ADDITIONS AND (JUUKECTIUNS TO VOL. I. 445 



1. P. ramosissimum, Nutt. A slirul), 2 to G foot lii<;li, very nuich branclictl, 

 ■with grayish baric and sliort rigid braiicldets : leaves narrowly oblaiiceolato, attoim- 

 ate into a very short petiole, acute, I or 2 inclies long, somewhat silky-j)ubescent, 

 sparingly denticulate : flowers appearing with the leaves, on short pedicels becoming 

 a hall-inch long or more, j)ale rose-color, three-fourths of an inch broad : calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate, about equalling the turbinate tube : styles elongated, tomentose : fruit 

 globose, lleshy and edible, 4 or 5 lines in diameter : seeds conijiressed, acutely mar- 

 gined : cotyledons orbicular-cordate. — Torr. it Gray, Flora, i. 474. 



Liisseii 1111(1 MimIoo Counties (/. G. Lemmoa) ; JUue Mountains, Orogon (KtitlaU, Cusick) ; 

 Soiitiicrn I'tah, Silcr, Palmer. 



Page 190. 28. CANOTIA. 



Ovary seated upon and connate with a much thickened fleshy base broader and 



longer than itself, with it broadly ovate. Ovules usually G in each cell, in 2 rows. 



Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell. — Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. xii. 159; Rothrock, Bot. 



Wheeler's Expl. 81, t. 1. 



Now rcferreil by Dr. Gray to the RnUicccr, as the nearest alUance. Traces of the oil-glands 

 characteristic of that order are with diliiculty detected in the sepals and bracts. 



I'age 19.5. , 1. SAXIFRAGA. 



§5. Stems sotnewhat lenfi/ : leaves reniform-cordate, lohed: cnlijx-camjmmdate, 

 coherent with the base of the ovary : staviens 5. 



10. S. ranunculifolia, Hook. Somewhat glandular-pubescent above, nearly 

 glabrous below, slender, a foot high or less : leaves ^ to 1 inch broad, 3-parted, the 

 cuneiform segments obtusely cleft : caulino leaves few, the upper simply 3-lobed or 

 reduced to a sessile lanceolate entire bract ; axils of the radical leaves bearing numer- 

 ous olilong bnlblots : llowera in a small coiymb, white, tho obovato i)etals twice 

 longer than the acute calyx-lobes: calyx campanulato in fruit. — Fl. Jior.-Am. 

 i. 24G, t. 83. 



Spanish Peak {Mrs. R. M. Austin); Kettle Falls, W.isliiiigton Territory (Douglas); Fraser 

 Piiver Valley, Macoun. Referred to as a synonym, with doubt, under Boijkinia occidenlalis. 



Page 196. 2. BOYKINIA. 



3. B. rotundifolia, Parry. Stem villous-pubescent and glandular, 2 or 3 feet 

 high, leafy : leaves rounded or broadly ovate, large (2 to 4 inches broad), crenately 

 incised and toothed, thin, nearly gla])rou3 above, the jictiules very villous, slightly 

 dilated and hairy at base ; stipules small or wanting below : peduncles axillary and 

 terminal ; flowers short-jiedicelled, secuud on the few elongated branches : petals little 

 exceeding the acute calyx-lobes: calyx broadly urceolate in fruit. — Gray, Proc. 

 Amer. Acad. xiii. 371. 



Along water-courses, San Bernardino Mountains, Parry k Lcmmon, July, 1876, n. 113. 



Page 201. 8. HEUCHERA. 



3. H. pilosissima, Fisch. & Mey. "Western Arizona, Palmer. 



8\ CHRYSOSPLENIUM, i.inn. 



Caly.K-tubo adnate to the ovary ; lobes 4 or i"), obtuse. Petals none. Stamens 



8 to 10, very short, on tho margin of an evident disk. Ovary 1 -celled, 2-lobed 



above ; styles 2, short, recurved. Capsule compressed, obcordate, 2-valved at the 



top, with 2 parietal placenta", many-seeded. — Low decumbent herbs, glabrous and 



