^46 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO VOL. I. 



succulent, with petiolate creaate leaves, no stii)ules, and small solitary axillary 



shortly pedicelled flowers. 



About 15 species are known in cooler anil mountainous regions, eliielly of the northern hemi- 

 sphere, growing in swamps ami biooks. Three species are Korlli American. 



1. C. glechomcefolium, Nutt. Stem slender, rooting at the lower joints: 

 leaves opjjosite, or tlie upper alternate, roundish or ovate, abruj)tly cuneate at base, 

 crenate-tlentate, li to G lines long, about equalling the petioles : flowers about 1 or 1 ^ 

 lines long, rather exceeding tlie pedicels : seeds comparatively large, ovate, brown, 

 shining. — Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 589. 



On a tributary of Redwood Creek, Klamatli County, F. Rattan. 



Page 202. 9. PARNASSIA. 



2. P. fimbriata, Banks. Reported in tlie San Jiernardino Mountains, Parish. 



Page 203. 11. CARPENTERIA. 



Calyx 5 - 7dobed, adnate to the middle of the subdepressed 5-celled ovary. Petals 

 imbricate in aestivation, tardily deciduous. Filaments fllif(U-m, very numerous. Style 

 short and thick, bearing 5 oblong 2 lobed persistently connate stigmas. Capsule 

 free except at base. — Cray, Proc. Amer. Acad. xv. 42. 



1. C. Californica, Torr. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, the short petiole dilated 

 at base and narrowly amplexicaul : inflorescence cymose, the peduncles subtended 

 by ovatedanceolate sessile bracts : flowers white, fragrant ; petals cuueate-obovate, an 

 inch long. — Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. vii. 110. 



On King's River, Fresno County, Dr. G. Eincn. 



12. WHIPPLEA. 



1. W. modesta, Torr. Humboldt County, very frequent (V. h'attan) ; Willa- 

 mette Slough, Oregon, J. Howell. 



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3. R. Lobbii, Gray. Humbug Hills, near Yn^ka (A'. L. Greene) ; "Willamette 

 Slough, Oregon {J. Howell) ; Vancouver Island, J. Macoun. 



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2*. T. peduncularis, Smith. JNIuch branched from the l)ase, the ascending 

 stems about an inch high: leaves linear-oblanceolate, 1 or 2 lines long: flowers 

 nearly sessile, the pedicels becoming in fruit 4 to 6 lines long and very slender : 

 carpels purplish, truncate, equalling the ])etals and twice longer than the triangular 

 sepals. — DC. Prodr. iii. 382; Gay, Fl. Chil. ii. 531. 



Santa Barbara, Mrs. Elwood Cooper, May, 1879. Ciiili and Buenos Ayres. 



2. SEDUM. 



2. S. spatulifolium, Hook. San Bernardino Mountains {Parry k Lemmon) ; 

 Plumas County, Mrs. Austin. Petals narrowly lanceolate, 3 or 4 lines long. 



4. S. obtusatum, Gray. Calyx broadly campanidate : leaves very thick. 



G. S. variegatum, Watson. Stems slender, 2 to G inclies high, from a thick 

 tuberous rootstock ; radical leaves linear-oblanceolate, attenuate at ba.se : flowers in a 

 spreading cyme, the petals 2 or 3 lines long, and sepals usually green. — San Diego, 

 D. Clevthual ; .May and June. 



