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(H)NTRI«UT1()NS FROM THE NATIONAL HERHAKIUM. 



Al()n<i' strciims. t'roin the inoiuitiiiiis of iioi'tlK^astci'ii ( alifoniia iind 

 juljiicciit Neviulii to ciistern Orct^on iiiid Idaho. 



tSpt'ciiiiiiiK i'.niiiilii('<l: 



Cai-ikohma: PlumiiH County, .Vrx. II. M. Aiistiu; Sierra rotinty, Lcmmoii, June, 

 IHSil; IliTiiiit Valley, Alpine County, altitude L',7()(> meters, ll<iii.ini :\-l\ 

 August l':{, ISiCi; Colby, Butte County, .\f,x. ('. ('. liriin, .hi\\, JHSHJ; near 

 I^issen Huttes, I'lunuiw County, llroin, (iOH, August 1-15, 18i)7. 

 OitKiioN: Su1)ali)iiie l)o<,'s and wet nieadows, Ciisiik Kiid', Septeiidier, ISSd; Crodk 

 County, altitude l,'_'7(> meters, /.< /Arc;/ 4()4, July IS, ISIM; near Shirk, Har- 

 ney County, altitude 1, ")()() meters, Lrihrnj L'fiO'), July li», 1S<n;; Alvord Val- 

 ley, hase of Steius Mountains, <\isirl- ^O'Mn, July I'l, IH<)8. 

 Idaho: Near Ketelnnu, llriKhrstni 'MOh, .]n\Y '2:i, ISltf). 

 Tlu' <)rejj(jn and Idaho spi'c'imens are of the narrower-leaved type; and [.eibinj 

 2()(>") lias foliage slightly rouglu'ued. 



2. Sphenosciadium eryngiifolium ((iroiMic) V. & 11. 

 Seliniiiii I ri/iKjiifiiliiiin Greviw, rittonia2: lOL'. 1S!)(). 



Resoni})lino- S. <'<ip!tell(ifi(ni^ but siiiallcf; leaves ptilor and somewhat 

 sciibroiis, l)ij)imiatc or the priutarv divisions appeariii"" tefjiate, iiioiv 

 dissected; seoj'iiKMits jiarrow; i' and iiiof(> coiiHiieiit, fewer toothed oi' 

 h)l>ed iiiid with pmio'ent tips, tind more (doiio-ated eimeate base; fruit 

 about 7 mm. h)iio-, with more prominent win«>s. 



Typehu-ality, '"near the Yosemite Valley. California;" collected by 

 lihiK )' r>i'rii\ .June, ISSJ), 



Dry soil, mountains of southern California. 



Sprciiix'iiK ('.nun iiicd: 



Cai.ii'ounia: San Jacinto Mcjuntaius, J'lirifh DSfi, August, 1881; headwaters of 



Keweali River, Tulare County, altitude 2,750 meters, Oirl/lr A- Finislan N7"i, 



Augtist 4, 1S91; Yosemite Valley, Ciiiihi/, August 15, 185)5; San Jacinto 



:\Iountaiiis, altitude 2,700 meters, JI. M. Hall 720, July 22, 1897. 



Two additional forms can not he referred to either of the above speeies, but oiir 



material is too meager to justify definite characterization. They are as follows: 



A form from the southern Sierras of California, collecte<l liy liniluoik (no. liStil, 

 September, 1SV5, at an altitude of 2,940 meters, has the general characterH of S. 

 erj/iHjiifvliinn, but the leaflets are elongated linear and montly entire. 



A form from Fresno County, Cal., collected by Mrs. Jicnivoti Pcckhipah, October, 

 1890, has large leaves, with large and crowded lanceolate to ovate, irregularly serniH' 

 or toothed, more or less confluent segments; rays more slender and idongated, bear- 

 ing smaller heads. The i)lant has the i)allid look and somewhat scaljrous foliage of 

 S. irjiiiglifoliiiiii, but otherwise seems (]uite distinct. Our specimen is in yoiiiij: 

 flowering condition. 



The following si)ecies, recently described an ScUniDn rfilkht)n by Mr. J. AV. Cohl'- 

 don, in l''.rythea 7:185. 1900, certainly belongs in the genus S})hrni)m(i(liuni, but wluM I nr 

 it is specifically distintit or not weare not prepared to state. Mr. C'ongdon promist'il iis 

 material, Imt was not able to furnish it in time for this jiaper. His description islvrc 

 published in full. We suspect that the plant is oidy an altitudiual variation. 



"Plant stout, tall, unusually strong pubescent in all its parts. Stems 8 to <> iict 

 high, leafy. Leaves biternately or bi])innately divided, usually broadly ovate in out- 

 line, sometimes nearly a foot in diameter; the ultimate leaflets usually ovate, seri;iiej 



