ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO VOL. I. 447 



Page 211. 3. COTYLEDON. 



2. C. pulverulenta, Benth. & Hook. Densely white-pulverulent : flowers 

 secund, the corolla somewhat contracted above ; petals carinate with a prominent 

 mealy-glaucous midvein, about 7 lines long. 



3. C. lanceolata, Benth. & Hook. Leaves usually slightly mealy, lanceolate 

 with an acutish edge, those upon the flowering stems (naked below) all broadly tri- 

 angular-ovate ; floral bracts 2 or 3 lines long, about equalling the stout pedicels : 

 calyx very broad and truncate at base, 2 or 3 lines long : petals orange with promi- 

 nent glaucous midvein. 



4. C. farinosa, Benth. & Hook. Short-caulescent, usually densely mealy, a 

 span high or more : leaves oblong-lanceolate, short-acuminate, with obtuse margin, 

 the upper broadly ovate : calyx narrow, the triangular-ovate sepals about 2 lines long : 

 petals pale lemon-yellow, not carinate, the midvein not prominent nor glaucous, 4 or 5 

 lines long. 



6. C. laxa, Benth. & Hook. Basal leaves loosely spreading, lanceolate, attenu- 

 ate above, the margin acutish, somewhat purplish : racemes simple or branched : 

 pedicels 2 to 8 lines long : sepals about 2 lines long ; petals orange-yellow, carinate 

 with a prominent glaucous midvein, scarcely spreading at the apex. 



8. C. Palmeri, Watson. Caulescent : leaves not at all mealy nor glaucous, 

 reddish, lanceolate and acuminate (narrowing gradually from the base to a very sharp 

 point), 2 inches long by 8 or 9 lines wide at base, the margin obtuse : flowering 

 stem a span long, red, with scattered broadly triangular-ovate leaves, the lower more 

 acuminate : racemes few, simple, secund, spreading, somewhat glaucous ; pedicels 

 3 to 6 lines long : calyx rather broad ; sepals triangular-ovate, 2 lines long ; petals 

 pale yellow, scarcely carinate, the midvein not glaucous, 5 or 6 lines long : carpels 4 

 lines long, at length somewhat spreading, the styles divergent. Proc. Amer. Acad. 

 xiv. 292. 



Near San Simeon Bay, Dr. E. Palfiicr, 1877. 



9. C. Lingula, Watson, 1. c. Much like the last. Leaves oblong, acute, 2 or 3 

 inches long by an inch broad: stems \\ to 2 feet long, the branches of the cyme 

 short and less spreading ; pedicels a line long or less : sepals narrower and longer : 

 carpels 3 lines long, somewhat spreading, the styles straight. 



From the same region and collector. The above descriptions and notes upon the different species 

 are based upon specimens in cultivation at the Botanic Garden of Harvard University. 



Page 21 4. 1. AMMANNIA. 



1. A. latifolia, Linn. Ludwigia scabriuscula, Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. vii. 

 78, apparently. 



2. A. humilis, Michx. Low : leaves narrowly oblanceolate or somewhat spatu- 

 late, attenuate into a short petiole : flowers 1 to 3 in each axil, sessile : style very 

 short. 



Yosemite Valley (J. G. Lemmari) ; Columbia River, Oregon (/. Howell) ; common in the 

 Atlantic States and ranging to the West Indies and Central America. 



Page 215. 2. MYRIOPHYLLTJM. 



2. M hippuroides, Nutt. Near Prattville, Plumas County, Mrs. Austin. 

 Page 218. 4. EPILOBIUM. 



1. E. spicatum, Lam. Near Humboldt Bay, V. Rattan. 



9. E. glaberrimum, Barbey. Washington Territory, Suksdorf. 



