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H K- IVt.iIs all oMong, short, narrow, and very similar. 



A . Rugelii, KdiiiNsox, 11. s|). l.,i)\v undershrub with flexuouH red ferrugiiie<»u.stoiiieiituIiise 

 .sKmu.s; early glahrate reticulate-veiny cliartaceo-coriaceous leaves (iiiili t<» im li and a half 

 ill k'Mi^tli, half inili in breadth) tyjiirally oblong, rounded at the ape.x, abru|itly cuntraitcd 

 at the siibpetiolato b;use : flowers very small, short-pcdicellfd : jjctals until their fall nut over 

 3 or 4 lines in length, thick, subsiinilar : carpeis only 2 <ir .'{, pubescent when yuiig ; 

 ovules about 7. — .1. reticulalu, Sliuttl. in distr. pi. Uugel, not of Cliapin., nor A. i>i/'jm<ia,U) 

 which reduced by Gray. — In pine woods, near Smyrna, Florida, Rut/el, no. 9, May, I84H. 

 With habit of A. pi/giiura, l)ut differing in its shorter typically oblong not cuncatc leaves, 

 smaller flowers, and thick oblong petals. 



MENISPERMACE^. 



2. MENISPfiRMUM, Tourn. 



M. Canadense, !>., p- GG. Extend range west to Kansa-s, Shear, Hitchcock, and Xebra.ska, 

 ace. to Small. 



BERBERIDACE^E. 



1. BERBERIS, p. 66. In generic character for "bracts," read, bractlets. 



1. B]£RBERIS, Tourn. 



B. Nevinii, Gray, p. 69. Add. lit. Gard. & For. ix. 41.5, f. 54. 



B. pinnata, Lag., p. 69. It is probable that the type of this species was commnnicated 

 rather than collected by Nee, whose voyage of exploration does not appear to have ex- 

 tcMidcd t(j California. 



B. Aquifolium, Pursh, p. 69. Ranges eastward to Waterton Lake, Alberta, Mncmn. 



B. repens, Lindi.., p. 69. Extends eastward to Alberta, Maconn, and the Black Hills. 

 Ri/dberij. Note 1, on p. 70, should apjily not to this species but to B. A'/uifh/iuni. I'ursb, on 

 the preceding page. These species have been the subject of much misunderstanding and 

 several contradictory statements. It is probable that both were collected by Lewis & 

 Clarke, and that both send out procumbent sarmentose branches. I'ursh descril)es his 

 species as having shining leaves and one of Lewis's specimens, now in herb. Acail. Philad., 

 shows this character. On the other hand, Lindley states that B. rfjiftis has leaves glaucous 

 upon each side, so that there seems no good reason to change the general interpretation on 

 pages 69 and 70. To B. repens, as there interpreted, B. nana, Greene, I'ittonia, iii. 98, 

 should be added as a synonym. 



B. nervosa, Pursh, p. 70. Extends ea.stward to Latah Co., Idaho, Sandberg. The time 

 of fruiting extends from May to September. 



NYMPH^ACE^. 



4. NYMPHS A. Tourn. 



N. elegans, ITook., p. 7.5. In second line of synonymy, for " must be ,V. ^fe.ricana, Zncc," 



sulistitiitc. is probaldy N./Iara, Leitner. 

 N. reniformis, DC, p. 76. Abundant near Delaware City, Del., Commons. 



5. NtrPHAR, Smith. 

 N. advena, Ait. f., p. 77. Typical specimens with the medium-sized flowers and yellow 

 anthers of this species have been found at Stockton, California, Je/ison. 



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