482 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO VOL. 11. 



small stipule-like pair at base ; flowers unecpially pedicelled, Avitli a luinute scarious 

 bractlet at base. A single species. — Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 2i)G. 



1. H. lanata, Watson, 1. c. Decumbent or prostrate, covered with loose -woolly 

 toraentura, less dense on the lower leaves : leaves oblanceolate, attenuate at base, 

 the lower 1 to 3 inches long, the upper much shorter and narrowly ovate, aculeate- 

 tipped, the stipule-like pair linear-subulate, 1 to 3 lines long : perianth woolly, a 

 line long, the linear-lanceolate lobes green with a scarious margin, the inner slightly 

 shorter and broader. 



Near Sau Luis Oliispi), /. G. Lcminon. 



Page 46. 3. TELOXYS. 



This genus is referred by Beiitham & Hooker (Gen. PI. iii. 51) to section Botnjois of Cheno- 

 podium. The species dili'er from otliers of tliat section only in the less pubescence anil less 

 divided leaves. Indeed T. Mandoiii, Watson (Proc. Anier. Acad. ix. 91), is only Chenopudiuhi 

 fcetidum, Schiad. 



Page 47. 4. CHENOPODIUM. 



G*. C. cornutum, Benth. & Hook. 1. c. — Tdoxi/s cornula, Torr. 



Page 51. 7. ATRIPLEX. 



1. A. patula, Linn., var. hastata, Gray. Santa Barbara, Mrs. E. Coojier. 



7. A. bracteosa, Watson. Near Los Angeles, Ntvin. 



8. A. Coulteri, Dietr. A decumbent perennial, with slender stems and leafy 

 branches, the thin lanceolate sharply acuminate leaves 3 to 6 lines long, the fruiting 

 bracts a line. broad or more, with herbaceous laciniately toothed margin. 



San Diego, near the shore, D. Cleveland. Mentioned under A. viicrocaryxt and almost certainly 

 to be referred to this species, which should accordingly he n moved to the perennial group, follow- 

 ing A. polymrpa. 



15. A. Californica, Moq. Leaves often fleshy. Mohave Desert, Mrs. Bush. 



19. A. confertifolia, Watson. Mohave Desert, Mrs. A. E. Bush. 



Page 58. 12. SPIROSTACHYS. 



1. S. OCCidentalis, Watson. Tulare Plains, Lemmon. 



Page 66. The Onler Buxaceae is reduced by Bentham k Hooker (Gen. PI. iii. 239) to the 

 rank of a Tribe in the order Unphuibiaacv. 



Page 70. 3. ARGYTHAMNIA. 



2. A. Bericophylla, Oray. A matted busli, a foot high. Desert near Aqua 

 Caliente, Sau Bernardino County, S. B. Pariah. Flowering in January. 



Page 73. 7. EUPHORBIA. 



1'. E. platysperma, Engelm. Ms. " A prostrate glabrous annual, stems \ to 1 

 foot long : leaves oblong-obovate, entire, short-cuspidate, thin and transparently 

 reticulate, | inch long ; stipules subulate, mostly entire : involucres large, hemi- 

 spherical, solitary, with 1 to 4 naked or somewhat margin-ap]iendaged glands : ovary 

 oblong ; the bifid styles very short : capsule large, oblong, If lines long, the carpels 

 rounded on the back : .seeds large (1| lines long), flat, slightly convex on the back 

 and carinate on the ventral side, reddish gray. 



