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commemoration of his labors, and worthily do 

 him honor. 



In the vicinity of San Diego, in 1 882," he redis- 

 covered the little fern Ophiglossum nudicaule, 

 which he had first found in 1850, and which had 

 ever since remained unseen. In the neighbor- 

 hood of Todos Santos, or All Saints Bay, were 

 discovered the new Ribes viburnifolium, Parry's 

 Mexican rose (Rosa minutifolia, Engelmann), 

 and a dwarf horse-chestnut (Aesculus Parryi) , 

 among other new plants " ; also, later, in the same 

 region, " the new spice bush (Ptelea aptera, 

 Parry)." 



In the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, vol. ii, pp. 188, 189, Dr. 

 Parry tells of finding (July, 1876) an unde- 

 scribed variety of lily growing abundantly on the 

 ranch of the Ring brothers, near San Gorgonio 

 Pass, in the vicinity of San Bernardino, Southern 

 California. He says : " The specimens then col- 

 lected, together with later material, obligingly 

 furnished by Mr. Ring, have supplied the neces- 

 sary means for the complete description, and the 

 whole having been placed at the disposal of Mr. 

 Sereno Watson, who is now elaborating the en- 

 dogenous flora of California, he has determined 

 the same as an undescribed species, which he has 

 complimented the discoverer by naming Lilium 

 Parryi, Watson. At my request Mr. Watson has 



