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having the thick and fleshj^ appendage at 

 the base of the tilament smooth instead 

 of papillose, and obtuse at the summit 

 Instead of bicuspidat^e, and in the much 

 shorter style, which is shorter than the 

 ovary. On the mesas near San Die^o, Cal- 

 ifornia; first collected by D. Cleveland, m 

 1874, and recently received from him ana 

 from C. R. Orcutt."— S. Watson, Proc. 

 Am. Acad., xx. 376 (Feb. 21, 1885>. 

 BLOOMERIA MONTANA Greene. 



"Corm 1' broad: leaf solitary: scape 2° 

 high, stout and scabrous: bracts numer- 

 ous, lanceolate: pedicels 30-50 1-2' 

 long: perianth rotate, 1' in diameter: ap- 

 pendage at base of filament 1" long, its 

 lateral cusps subulate-filiform, % as long 

 as the filaments: anthers linear, IV2" 

 long, attached almost at the very base, 

 but versatile."— Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 

 Sci., ii. 10-11 (Dec. 14, 1885). 

 LEUCOCRINUM MONTANUM Nutt. 



SMIL ACE AE. 

 SMILAX CALIFORNICA A. Gray. 



POWTEDEIIIACEAE. 

 SCIIOLLERA GRAMINIFOLIA Willd. 



AKACEAE. 

 LYS CHITON KAM£CHATCENSIS Sch. 



TYPHACEAE. 

 SPARGANIUM EURYCARPUM E. ^ 

 GenuM TVPHA Tonriiefort. ' 

 TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA Linn. 

 TYPHA LATIFOLlA Linn. 

 LEMNACEAE. 

 Gennj* I.E33XA Linuaens. 



LEMNA MINOR Linn. 

 LEMNA TRISULOA Linn. 

 LEMNA VALDIVIANA Phil. 



NAIADACEAE. 

 LILAEA SUBULATA H. B. K. 

 ZANNICHELLIA PALUSTRIS Linn. 

 liUPPIA MARITIMA Linn. 

 ZOSTERA MARINA Linn. 



Geiin.s NAIAS Lilunaens. 



NAIAS FLEXILIS R-S. 

 NAIAS MAJOR Allione. 



Gtnus TRIGLOCHIX Llnnnens. 

 TRIGLOCHIN MARITIMUM Linn. 

 Geuns POTAMOGETON Tournefort. 



POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS Linn. 

 I OTAMOGETON LUCENS Linn. 

 POTAMOGETON NATANS Linn. 

 POTAMOGETON PUSILLUS Linn. 



AUSMACEAE. 



ECHINODORUS ROSTRATUS Engelm. 

 SAGITIARIA CALYCINA E. 



CYPERACEAE. 



Genus CVPERUS Linnaeus. 



CYPERUS ARISTATUS Rottb. 

 CYPERUS DIANDRI^S Torrey. 

 CYPERUS ESCULENTUS Linn. 

 CYPERUS VIRENS Michx. 

 CYPP^RUS LAEVIGATUS Linn. 

 CYPERUS MTCHAUXIANUS Schult. 

 CYPERUS OCCIDENTALIS Torr. 

 Genns ELEOCHARIS R. Brown 



ELEOCHARIS CAPITATA R. Br. 

 ELEOCHARIS PALUSTRIS R. Br. 

 ELEOCHARIS ARENICOLA Torrey. 

 ELEOCHARIS ACICULARIS R. Br. 

 Genns SCIRPLS. Linnaeus. 

 SCIRPUS LACUSTRIS Linn. 

 Variety OCCIDENTALIS S. Watson. 

 SCIRPUS MARITIMUS Linn. 

 SCIRPUS RIPARIUS Spreng. 

 SCIRPUS OLNEYI A. Grav. 

 SCIRPUS SYLVATICUS Linn. 

 Variety DIGYNUS Borck. 

 SCIRPUS PUNGENS Vahi. 

 SCIRPUS SETACEUS Linn. 



Genns HEMICAR.PHA IVees. 

 HEMICARPHA SUBSQUARROSA Nees. 



Genus CAREX Linnaeus. 

 CAREX PRESCOTTIANA Boott. 



Carex taibarae Dewey, ex Torr in bot 

 Mex bound 231. 

 CAREX STRICTA Good. 



Carex angustata Boott in Hcok Fl Bor 

 Am 2218. 



CAREX FILIFORMIS Linn. 

 Variety LATIFOLIA Boeckl. 

 CAREX MARCIDA Boott. 

 CAREX MURICATA Linn. 

 Variety AMERICANA Bailey. 

 CAREX MULTICAULIS L. Bailey, 

 CAREX LACINIATA Boott. 

 CAREX PSEUDOCYPERUS L. 

 Variety COMOSA Boott. 

 CAREX SICCATA Dewey. 

 CAREX TRIQUETRA Boott. 



JUNCACEAS. 



Genus JUNCUS Linnaeu». 



JUNCUS NUDOSUS Linn. 



Variety MEGACEPHALUS Torrey. 

 JUNCUS OXYMERIS Engelm. 

 JUNCUS PHAEOCEPHALUS Engelm. 



Variety GLOMERATUS Engelmann. 

 JUNCUS BALTICUS Willd. 

 JUNCUS BUFONIUS Linn. 

 JUNCUS DUBIUS Engelm. 

 JUNCUS LESUERII Boland. 

 JUNCUS LONGISTYLES Torr. 

 JUNCUS ROBUSTUS S. Watson. 

 JUNCUS XIPHIOIDES Mey. 



PALMAE. 



Genus BRYTHEA S. \%^atson. 



The Tecos grandes is the fruit of the 

 beautiful blue palm of Lower Cali- 

 fornia, and forms an important article 

 of food with the Indians, ripening in 

 July and August. The fruit is the 

 size of a common marble, with sweet 

 mealy pulp surrounding the large stone 

 (. % inche in diameter). The tree grows 

 40 feet high, bearing its fan-shaped, 

 glaucous leaves in a very graceful 

 manner. This palm was first found, 

 in the Cantillas canyon. Lower Cali- 

 fornia, which opens out onto the Colo- 

 rado derest, by Dr. Edward Palmer. 

 Dr. J. N. Rose has since found it in 

 Mexico, east of Mazatlan, I believe. 

 The seeds require from six months to 



