428 ADDITIONS AND COKUECTIUNS TO VOL. 1. 



viither short i^edicels, tlio souiewhut miiiutc;ly tdiUL'utuso sepals vatlier narrow, about 

 G lines long or less : ovaries glabrous. 



lu tlio Sionii Nc'Viulii, as stutoil, uiul the only -siiciiies of the groiij) tliat hiis Wen Ibiunl there ; 

 flowering July and August. 



7. D, trolliifolium, Gray. Tliis species is glabrous, or the inllorescenee some- 

 what i)ubesceiit wiLli wliite usually s[)reailiiig hairs, the large bright blue or reddish 

 purple Howers comparatively few, upon long si)reading pedicels : i'ruit 8 to 12 lines 

 long : seeds dark, lirm, obpyramidal, with a lighter truncate depressed bummit. 



Common on ridges throughout Humboldt County, where tlie stockmen call it "cow poison" 

 (RalUni), and ranging noithwaril to the Columbia IJiver {JIal/, IIuwcll), on low dry grounds. 

 Flowering from March to June. 



D. OCCIDENTALE {D. datum, var. (?) occidcntalc, Watson, Bot. King Exp, 11). This alpine or 

 subalpine species ranges from Union County, Oregon (/r. C. Casick), to Colorado, it is readily 

 recognized by the stitf glandular spreading pubescence, which extends rarely to the ovaries and 

 fruir: Howers numerous, iluU or dark blue, very variable in size, the raceme often compound : 

 seeds light colored and somewhat spongy. Flowering from July to September. 



D. scoPULOiiUM, Cray, of the Rocky Mountains from Hritish America to New Me.\ico, has not 

 been found west of the East Humboldt iMountains, Nevada, H^ulson. It has generally more nar- 

 rowly dissected leaves than the allied species, and the pubescence is a fine hoary tonientum. The 

 f'luit is also pubescent, about half an inch long, on stout subereet pedicels. 



8. D. nudicaule, Torr. & Oray. Follicles narrowly oblong, 6 to 12 lines long, 

 somewhat narrowed at base. The color of the Howers varies to yellow and greenisli 

 {Mrs. It. M. Austin). 



9. D. cardinale, Hook. Follicles shorter and broader, obtuse at base. Flowers 

 also occasionally yellow, Mrs. A. E. Bush. 



Page 12. 10. ACONITUM. 



1. A. Columbianum, Nutt. (Substitute for A. Fischeri.) More or less 

 pubescent above with short spreading yellowish viscid hairs : galea varying much in 

 breadth and in the lengtli of the beak. — Torr. ^ Gray, Flora, i. .'U. 



In the Sierra Nevada, from Walker River to Washington Territory, and eastward to Wyoming 

 and Colorado. The Siberian A. Fisclicri differs especially in its more cylindrical almost bcukless 

 galea, and in the pubescence, minutely puberulent or sometimes wanting. 



Page 13. 13. CROSSOSOMA. 



2. C. Bigelovii, Watson. In Whitewater ("ahou, San I)ernardiiio Mountains 

 (,S'. B. Parish), growing 5 feet liigh, among rocks; llnwering in January or later. 



Page 17. 2. NUPHAR. 



1. N. polysepalum, Fngelm. Collected at Santa Cruz by llartweg, found near 

 San Franci.sco, ami common about Humboldt Hay ; I'lumas County, Mrs. Austin. 



A " white water-lily," doubtless a Nympluca, is reported as growing in the mountain lakes at the 

 head of Eel River. The genus is not otherwise known as occurring on the Pacific Coast. It is 

 distinguished IVom Nupkar liy its 4 oblong-lanceolate sepals, numerous large subpersistent i)etals 

 imbricatcly inserted all over the ovary in many rows, stamens uiion the ovary, tiie outer with 

 dilated filaments, stigma concave and uuibonatc, IVuit depressed-globose and ripening under water, 

 and the seeils wilhiu a sac-like aril. 



Insert in ordinal character of SarraccniitccK : — 



Ovules anatropous, very numerous, on large placenta' projecting from the axis. 



Page 20. 3. ROMNEYA. 



1. R. Coulteri, Harv. From San Diego to Santa Barbara County; branching 

 from a shruliby base and growing 4 to 8 feet higli ; llowering from May to August, 



