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have been informed th&t such was the 

 case. — Editor.) 



In regard to the other plant mention- 

 ed by you, Golondrina, we find that sev- 

 eral species of Euphorbia, mostly the 

 E. albomarginata, Torr. & Gray, and 

 the E. prostata, Ait., have acquired a 

 reputation as antidotes for snake poi- 

 soning, under the names of "Golondri- 

 na" and "Gollindrinera." (E. poly- 

 carpa, Benth., is the common 

 Golondrina of the Mexicans of 

 Southern and Lower California.— Edi- 

 tor.) 



The latter name has been applied also 

 to the Chelidonium majus, Linne, and 

 the Euphorbia maculata, Linne, is 

 known in some districts as Golondrina 

 de Filipinas, or Gatas-Gatas de Filipi- 

 nas. In the case of these last two 

 plants, however, we find no record of 

 their having been employed as snake- 

 bite remedies. 



Larrea Mexicana, Moricand, is pop- 

 ularly known as the creosote-bush or 

 stinkweed, and is credited with being 

 possessed of valuable properties for the 

 treatment of rheumatism and syphilitic 

 diseases. Trusting that the above will 

 be of interest, we are, very truly yours, 

 PARKE, DAVIS & CO. 

 Genus FRASERA \^alter. 

 FRASERA PARRTI Torr. 

 FRASERA NITIDA Benth. 



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EUSTOMA EXALTATUM Griseb. 

 POLEMONIACEAE. 

 Genus POLEMONIIM Tournefort. 



POLEMONIUM CONPERTUM A. Gray. 

 Genus PHLOX Linnaeus. 



PHLOX DOUGi^^.bll Hook. 

 PHLOX LONGIFOLIA Nutt. 

 PHLOX NANA Nutt. 

 PHLOX GRACILIS Hooker. 

 PHLOX DOLICANTHA A. Gray. 

 PHLOX CANFSCENS T-G. 

 PHLOX SPBCIOSA Pursh. 



Genus LOESELIA Linnaeus. 



LOESELIA EFPUSA A. Gray. 

 LOESELIA GUTTATA A. Gray. 

 LOESELIA TENUIFOLIA A. Gray. 



Loeselia tenuifolia Gray. — This herb 

 is credited with, valuable medicinal 

 properties, being held in high repute 

 by Indians and Mexicans for fevers 

 and in other diseases. Some Mexicans 

 once informed me however, according 

 to my field notes, that it Is a virulent 

 poison 'used only in venereal dis- 

 eases.' Without some actual knowl- 



edge of the properties of a plant it 

 should be experimented upon with ex- 

 ceeding caution. 



Genus COLLOMIA Nattall, 



COLLOMIA GRACILIS Dougl. 

 COLLOMIA GRANDIFLORA Dougl. 

 COLLOMIA HETEROPHYLLA Hook, 

 Genus GILIA Ruiz & Pavon. 



GILIA ACHILLEAEFOLIA Benth. 

 GILIA ANDROSACEA Stend. 

 GILIA AUREA Nutt. 

 GILIA BELLA A. Gray. 

 GILIA BIGELOVII A. Gray. 

 GILIA BREVICULA A. Gray. 

 GILIA CALIFORNICA Benth. 

 GILIA CAPITATA Dougl. 

 GILIA CILIATA Bentham. 

 GILIA DEMISSA A. Grav. 

 GILIA DENSIFOLIA Benth. 

 GILIA DIANTHOIDES End!. 

 GILIA FILIFOLIA Nutt. 

 GILIA FLOCCOSA A. Gray. 

 GILIA FLORIBUNDA A. Gray. 

 GILIA INCONSl ICUA Dougl. 

 GILIA LAT [FOLIA S. Watson. 

 GILIA LATIFLORA A. Gray. 

 GILIA LAXA Vasey & Rese. 

 GILIA LEMMONI Gray. 

 GILIA LINIFLORA Benth. 

 GILIA MICRANTHA Stend. 

 GILIA MULTIOAULIS Benth. 

 GILIA NEVINII A. Giay. 

 GILIA ORCUTTII. Parry. 



"A span high, slender; leaves only 2 or 

 3 paJrs up to the nflorcscence. very =inall. 

 with filiform divisions; f!. few, In the 

 clusters; tube of the corolla less than V2' 

 long, rather thick, dilated at summit, 

 hardly longer than the turbin'ite campan- 

 ulate throat and limb, its lobes ovate; 

 stamens and style included." — Parry. 

 Proc. Dav. Acad. Natl. Sci. iv. 40 (1S84). 

 GILIA PARRYAE A. Gray. 

 GILIA PUNGENS Benth. 

 GILIA SESSEI Don. 

 GILIA TENELLA Benth. 

 GILIA TENIUI-'LORA Benth. 

 GILIA VIRGATA Stend. 



NAVARRETIA FOLIACEA Greene. 



""^''ear N. atractyloides, but more dif- 

 fuse and leafs', leaves amp'er, less coria- 

 ceous and of a lighter tjreen, thtir sejj- 

 ments not wholly spinose, but herba- 

 ceous below; segments ■ f the calyx very 

 unequal, 2 larsfe, ovate-acuminate spin- 

 ose tipped and more or less recurved, 3 

 very small and only broidly subulate: 

 corolla white, small, little surpassing the 

 calvx: herbage scentless." — Greene, Pit- 

 tonia, i. 138 (N 25. 18S7). Potrero, San 

 Diego county, ^'at. (D. Cleueland). 



NAVARRETIA PENINSULARIS Greene. 

 "Diffusely branching, 3-10^ high, glan- 

 dular-puberulent and very viscid: leaves 

 all acerose-pinnatifid: fls. rather few, in 

 numerous scattered and mostly pedun- 

 culate glomerules; calyx sparsely hirsute, 



