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of the large number of type specimens and duplicate types repre- 

 sented. Mr. and Mrs. Brandegee presented their entire collec- 

 tions to the University of California in August, 1906, since which 

 time they have been consulted almost daily in the preparation of 

 this paper. 



The California Academy of Sciences Herbarium was consulted 

 at frequent intervals before its nearly complete destruction in 

 the San Francisco fire of April, 1906. The Compositae were here 

 very well represented, and practically all of the Southern Cali- 

 fornia species were examined and notes made. The types of 

 nearly all of Dr. Kellogg 's species were preserved here, as well as 

 the types of most of Dr. Greene's early species, and it is very 

 gratifying to learn that many of these types have been saved 

 through the efforts of the curator, Miss Alice Eastwood. 



At San Bernardino I had the generous assistance of Mr. S. B. 

 Parish in working through the Compositae of his herbarium, 

 wherein the Southern California flora is so abundantly repre- 

 sented. This botanist was able not only to give much information 

 gleaned from his long studies in that part of the state but also to 

 add, in many cases, the opinions of Dr. Asa Gray, who had 

 examined many of his earlier collections. Dr. A. Davidson, of 

 Los Angeles, likewise offered me the use of his herbarium, where 

 the Compositae were looked over in June, 1904, since which time 

 certain specimens have been loaned for study. It was also in 

 June of 1904 that the herbarium of Mr. George B. Grant, of 

 Pasadena, was visited. It is probable that recent acquisitions to 

 these collections would yield valuable data, but lack of time has 

 prevented a repetition of the visits. The Herbarium of the Leland 

 Stanford Junior University was consulted in February, 1907, 

 with the especial object of examining the types of Southern 

 California Compositae described by Professor Abrams and by 

 Mr. Elmer. Through the kindness of Professor Abrams I was 

 enabled to see all of these types with the exception of one 

 (Machaeranthera Pinosa), which was temporarily unavailable. 

 The J. G. Lemmon Herbarium in Oakland has supplied valuable 

 data concerning certain species discovered by Professor and Mrs. 

 Lemmon when the botanical historv of California was still votinsr. 



