122 CONTRIUUTIONS FKOM THK NATloXAl- IlKKUAKUJM. 



solitiirv ill the iiitorviils, 2 (tii the foniiiiissunil side. Srcd sulnitr 

 hcnnith tMich oil tiih<> ((■oiiiiiiissiiral us well us doisul). 



Mostly u(|iiiiti<' j;lul>rons lici'bs. with suct'iilcnt stciiix, piiiiiiitc or 

 (Iccoiiipouiid icuvt's, mid usually liivoliici'utc iiiiilx'ls «»l" wliilr (lowers. 



First sprcics citccl. < h iHinflu psfiilnsn L. 



A yciiiis of about .'50 species, all ut" wliicli iM'loiiy- to tlic Kastciii 

 HcuiispJiciT except injj^ the I'oilowiu;; I'acilic coast species and a Mexi 

 can species. 



1. Oenanthe sarmentosa riesj.. in DC. I'rodr. 4: Wis. ls;;i). 



Kio. ;;.-,. 



Succulent steins (5 to l.'» dm. \\'\)*\\\ leaves ternate and l»i|)iniiuti'; 

 leaflets ovate, acuiiiinate, tootlnMJ, often lohed at hase, 1 to li.T) cm. 

 lonj;-; mnhels iiiany-rayed. with involiiciu' of a few linear bracts or lutiir. 

 and invidiicels of similar more nuiiieroiis bractlets; rays :i.r» cm. loiii^ 

 or less; piulicels numerous, short; fruit about 4 mm. lonj;', with coiii- 

 lui.ssural face (as well as ribs) very corky. 



Type locality, " Nootku Sound." Vancouver Island; collected liy 

 Ifdi'iih . 



From British ('oluml)ia to central California. 



iSjH'chnrux I'.niininnl: 



BuiTi.sii ("dumhia: .Near Victoria, Vancouver Island, Muroiui ."{(M), .July 21, iMit.'i. 

 WA,siiiN(iTt)N: (iniys Harbor, Clu'lialis County, Wllkfn Kii>i'if.; Cstscailcs, KiII'ljij 



.C ffarfiinl ',\\A, in iSdS-tid; upper \allcy of tlic N'c><i|ually, .\lliii Mr>, Au^'ust 



OctoluT, 1S!(M; near .Monttwino, ("hflialis County, -1. .1. A- /:,'. (iiTlnalr Jlilln- 



:«tH.'), .Tunc L'tt, ISitH. 

 ()i{K(ioN: Near Portland, Killm/i) t{- Ilnrfnril -W.^, in IS()S-()!»; wcMtcrn Orcpiti, 



lloinll, August, ISSO. 

 Camkoknia: AFcndocino County, '/. A'. I '«.«//, in IS7"); IMunias Comity, Lninic'ii, 



in IHH^t; .\niador County, //(fz/.s!// :V2'.i, May '27, IKit.'J; near .Mendocino, Umini 



H.'?l, .Tune, 180H. 



Oenanthe sarmentosa californica (WjitsoiOC. I'c H. Kev. \. Am. rml»ell. 

 U'2. IS.SS. 



( hntnillii riilifiinilcii Wiiif'itti, I'mc. Am. Acail. 11: llSit. I87f). 



A more .southern form, with usutdly more approximate and acute 

 or acutish leaflets. 



Type lociility, "" mar.she.s at l*oiiit Lobo.s," California; collected li\ 

 Ki'lhxjg: type in Ilerl). (Jniy. 



From the Bay Keji;ion, Californiii, to San I)iej,'o County. 



Speniiinix i\i<( mined : 



California: Near San Diego, I'dlinn; in 1S75; near Santa Harhara, liiiOimrk. 



July, 187.'>; lu-ar Los Angeles, /A/.v.sv, .fune 5, 1S.SH, and .bily, lHi»l; near 



Berkeley, dim,,, April, IS.Hi). 



After an examination of the material cited al)ove \vt' can llnd no rea.son lor 



changing the conclusion reached in our Revision. The intiTgrades are too numeiuiis 



and the chariu'ters too slight to recognize in cn/i/oniic'i anything more than a sciitli- 



ern form. 



Ill adtlitioii to the sj)e(;iineiiH citetl alH.>ve, which are fairly rivognizahle a.s tyi'iial 



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