Culandrlnia. P( UnTLACACK.i:. 2G9 



6. Leaves smaller, Hat, narmwlv ..MaiKciate or hj.atuiat.-, in. li ur tw., l.,i.(j, a ,,uart.-r to a 

 third inch liroad. 



L.* Columbiana, Hoiun.hon, n. coml>. " Not Klaucouu." 4 to 12 inches hi^h : ntcin beariug 

 few or ratli.r rmiiitrous Hhort-oMong ;;lan<lulart(Mjtlie(l braetH : iurtoremenrc 1o<»»m«1v |>aiiicu- 

 late, sevfrai-inanv flo\veri'<l ; tlowi-rf* con-sidt-nihly Hnialier than in thi- prerolin^ iitMMien, red : 

 petals ahoiit 4 or 5 line.i lon^. — Ctlaudriuia Coiuml,„n„i, How.-ll. in (Jray. l'r.M-. Am. AcmU. 

 xxii. 277. Onnhruma Columbiana, Howell, 1. c. — From the C<iluiiil.ia Hivi-r, Orejjon, Iloutll, 

 to the Olympic Mis., Ileinlerson, and Vancouver I«l., ./. M. .\/„r„„„ ,• lirKt coll by LyaH ■ fl' 

 June, July. J 'S > • 



c. Leaves small, a.s in the la.st, but "terete." 



L.* Ledna, Robinson, n. coml>. Much like the la.st, but said to lie plaucons. 4 to 8 indu-n 

 high: inHiirescence a much-branched many-Howere.l panid.-; stems <li»articnlatirn; at the 

 kuse shortly after antiiesis (a trait erroneously attributed t<i the preceding specii-s bv Dr. 

 Gray, 1. c.) : petals about 7, " white streaked with red " : stamens 5 to 8 : ovules 5 to H (some 

 abortive and .seeds fewer '.) : bracts as in the preccling s|.ecif8 fimbriate and with reddish 

 beautifully glandular-tipped tcetli. — t'(i/rt;«/r/;i/(i Lenwi, I'orter, Hot. (iaz. i. 40; (Jniv, 1. c. 

 277. Oreobroma Leaua, Howell. 1. c. 31. — Siskiyou Mts. of California and Oregon, /.rr, 

 Howell. 



♦ * Stems slender, 1 to several, arising from a small globular conn : single anomalouii 

 species, with habit of Clayloniu, but with circum.scissile dehiscence of the cai>sule. 



L.* triph^lla, Uouinson, n. comb. Corm barely quarter inch thick : plant 1 to 4 inches 

 higli: radical leaves unknown; cauline a pair or sometimes a whorl of tiiree, narrowly 

 linear, sessile (half inch to 2 inches long) : paniculate cyme 2-20-tiowered ; |H'<liceIs slender 

 and erect in fruit : petals oblong, 3 to 10,2 lines long: cap.sule oblong-<onical. — <'7„,/^„„a 

 triphi/lta, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. x. 345 ; Gray, 1. c. xxii. 278. Oreobroma triphylla, Howell, 

 L c. 33. — Subalpine, Sierra Nevada, California, from al»ove the Yosemite northwanl to 

 Washington, fir.st coll. by the late Pr<,f. Ilolton, next by Watson, in the triphyllous state; 

 structure of the capsule noticed by Henderson. 



5. CALANDRlNIA, HBK. {J. L. Calamfnnt, a Genevan botani.st of the 

 18th century.) — Pacific-American and Andean (with some outlyin<? Australian) 

 low herbs, mostly alternate-leaved, and witli ephemeral red or rose-colored 

 Hovvers. — Nov. Gen. & Spec. vi. 77, t. 526, as to C. caulescens, the first descr. 

 spec. ; Howell, Erythea, i. 33. Calnndrinia § Eucalandrinia, Gray, 1. c. 277. — 

 The genus is here limited as by Mr. Howell to tho.se species having the capsules 

 dehiscent from the aj)ex. Ours are all annuals. [Revised and restricted bv 



B. L. Robinson.] 



* Herbage green : cap.<ule oblongobovate, acute ; seeds rather numen)us, lenticular, punc- 

 ticulate, minutely strophiolate. 



C. caulescens, II HK. (Jlabrousor slightly pubescent, or leaves and sep.ils ciliate. some- 

 what snci uJiMit : steins ascending, a span to a foot high: leaves spatulate-oblanceolate to 

 linear : Hower.s racemo.>iely extr.i-axillary, short-pedicelled : petals 3 to .'i, rose-red to whitish, 

 2 to 4 lines long : stamens 3 to 6 or more : fructiferous sepals ovate, short-acuminate or apicu- 

 late, enveloping the ovate capsule and of about its length ; the miiirib slightly prominent. 

 — Nov. Gen. & Spec. vi. 78. t. 520; DC. I'rodr. iii. 3.-)9 : (;ray. Pr<K-. Am. Aca<l. xxii. 277. 

 C. micrnniha, Schlecht. Hort. Hal. 9, t. ."i, small-flowered form. — Low gn>un<I. .Vri/ona and 

 S. E. California. Pritiijle, /'arisli, to islands of Ixiwer California, Palmer, ami on Columbia 

 Kiver.i S,dsd..rr. Ihudnsnu. (Mex. to Bolivia.) Pa.si<es to 



Var. Menzi^sii, Cm v, l. c. Flowers larger and longer-pedunrled : petals quarter to 

 half inch long, rose-red or purple: stamens 4 to 11. — Tnhnum (CaUindrinia) Mtnziffii, 

 Hook. Fl. nor.-.\m. i. 22-1, t. 7(). small form, in fruit, pn.liably from California. C Mtnzifiii, 

 Torr. & (Jray. Fl. i. l'J7 ; Hrew. & Wats. Hot. Calif, i. 74. C. «/.«ti<..«i, Lin.U. Bot. Heg. 



1 Also vicinity of VictDria, Brit. Columbia, M<\coun (iii>ocinicn distrib. ns C. Mfn:i($ii). 



