ADDITIOi\S AND CORRECTIONS TO VOL I. 449 



'""S" 2«) 2. MELOTHBIA. 



2». ELATERIUM, Linn. 

 Flowers dioecious, the male racemose, the female solitary. Calyx and corolla sal- 

 veriorm w.th elongated tube, or in the male flowers sometimes n.ore or less broadly 

 can,panulate. Stan.ns 1 to 3. united into a slender column, the anthers conna e 

 and the .near cells s.gn.oid-llexuous. Ovary ovoid, beaked, usuallv hispid or echi- 

 nate and n.ore or less oblique, variously looellate ; ovaries 1, 2, or ,nore in each cell 

 . erect or ascending. Fruit ileshy, bursting irregularly. Seeds flattened. _ Herba- 

 ceous climbers, with cordate leaves entire or lobed, and slender 2 - 3-cleft tendrils. 

 A genus of a dozen species or more, cliiefly of tropical America. 



thil; nini^.^^r^""^!; ^^'I'""- ;^^r' ^'''^' ''^"^'^'■' Sl^brous or nearly so : leaves 

 thu, lough.sh-pap.llose beneath, hastate-cordate, the middle segment l-.nceohto 



all' ntT/o r?"'^''; ' '' ' ^'^^'"^ ^"'«" ^'-^^^^^'1 divaricately spreadt^ nd 2 -ltd 

 all entire or obscurely sinuate: male panicle shorter than the leaves very sle2r 



xTSif^^lL'T''"" ^--»- ^^— 2: fruiting podicerfrl^the te 

 ahW ' ^ ?,,''",": ^' "'°''= calyx-tube 2 or 3 lines long: ovary oblioue 



glabrous, apparently 1-celled and 1-ovuled. - Proc. Amer. Acad xii 059 ^ ^ ' 



si^iar s^.^l^t- a^nnS^^J3;tht;^K;Sfe^A.r i^^ ^^'^ 



3. MEGARRHIZA. 



1. M. Californica, Torr. Leaves usually lobed to the middle, the lobes often 



or ?e1 "the^f^rl-^ hH "1^ ""^'^".^ ^^' '"-'^^ ''''' «" ^^''^^^ ^ half "nch lo^g 

 PPllil ;. n ^''g^t -y ^^^•■^''^'•' ^^-'tb abortive stamens: ovary spuriously 4-G 



celled, the cells 1 -4-ovuled : fruit bursting by 4 or G openings at he apex • seec^ 

 oblong or oblong-obovoid, 9 to 13 lines l„ng. 1 o ne apex . seeclh 



7?,wi!,^"^f-''""r"*'?'T/'''""''I'*'''" ^' <^'''^"" '■'•o'n ^'"l''0"s specimens receivcl from ^f>■s Ji F 

 f^rt^lurm IJ.ng ,an. s Canon, near Santa Barbara. IS.'specting other species little fu the infonnV 

 tion ],as b.en ohtame.l. The Spanish ehil.lrcn are said to ph,y"with tl e ripe see is o son e sneciis" 

 of th^e t?^ ^'T'''^l\ «"'• ;;'^'l tl.em ■' Chili Cojotes." A notable peculiLi ^1 g^r J^ S 

 hiat ho •%<^^^'-"'-ibe;l I'y Dr. Gray in Amer. Journ. Sci. 3 ser. xiv. 21, the^otyledo.r e ma n 

 mg at the surface of the ground, within the see.icoat, and by the development of tE \ZmW 

 sCet n T^"'f /V ^'' •"""''' "'"' '■•'^'''•^'•' *" ^"""' <listance under the soil. The no rish e^^^^ 



S^'^^rea^eKM:;:^^^^;: 'i:^:^^ --'-^^^ -•^' -^ ^'^ ^--'^ ^^^ 



P'-'g^ 242. 1. DATISCA. 



1. D. glomerata, P>enth. cl- liook. The root of this species is collected for use 

 in medicine, as a bitter tonic, and known as " Durango Root." 



^'^e<'244. 1. MAMILLARIA. 



defnlv^;,v^f ?'T''/'"f''"- ^^"'- "''^"'^-^•^^^"se or oval, simple, with subr^ylindric 

 deeply gooved tubercles : spines 25 to 30, straight, acicular, grayish white the 



shorter, an. al,ovc these 5 or G interme.Iiate ones : flowers about an inch lon^ and 

 wide ; sepals 20 to 25 in several rows, narrowly lanceolate, aristate,;;^]"^;. ,11^1! 



