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CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERHARIUM. 



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The low acaulescont habit, simply i)iniiate leavos, an«l otluT cliaractcrs of //. coi^i- 

 irooihw aivX L. ni<tvi)i(iiii,m) unUkc our (ithcrsiH'cics of Lifjnslicitni, \\ii>*fuinii'>*W(\fi'\:\\- 

 jjatioii as !i >j;('iitis. Species of siiniiar lial)it, however, siicli as /-. <tr()iii(iliriuii JJaiik-" 

 & Solaiid, anil /-. nnixil Kirk, (leriir in New Zealand, and siu-h segregatiuu wonM 

 demand an extended Htudy of the whole genus. 



In addition to the species described above, numerons speciinens of Liffvslleini) hiivf 

 been collected which do not sei'Mi to belong to thcni, but the material is cither t"o 

 scanty or too incomplete for satisfactory di'lermination. W'v cite sonu' of this niiitc- 

 rial in the hoj)e that collectors may be able to supplement much of it. 



A plant of the mountains of southeastern California, collected by I'lirpiin (no. r)(itil ) 

 at "Farewell <iap," altitude l,0!tO meters, in lHit7, is not associated geographically 

 with any known Lii/iisticuni. It suggests L. ixntrri sonu'what, which grows in norlli- 

 em Arizona, but it is aeauleseent, with small fruit (4 to 5 nnn.) and prominent coni- 

 cal stylopodium. 



We can notdetermine Kellogg tO Ifurj'onl '.>04 and .S09, June 24, 1868, from Oaklainl 

 Hills, California. The plants are ai)])arently different from either /.. iijiiiKluriiin m- 

 L. ('(ilijonilnou of the same region. 



Undetei'mined form.s from the upjier Kogut^ River region of soutluvestcrn Oregon 

 are Applfgatc 2Cy\iH (Jackson County), July, ISDS; an<l Corilli' S- Ajipligolc 1184 (Jcl- 

 fenson Mountain), August, 1898. 



A form collected in Hower near Monte.sano, (,"liehalis ('ounty. Wash., by A. A. A- 

 E. Gfilniilc IfclliT (no. :597.'}), June 28, 1898, has foliage ijuite different from any (if 

 the known species of LiguHtirinn. 



In the Cascade Moimtains of Washington, and especially in the region of jNIount 

 Rainier, there is a group of forms w hich have Ih'imi confused with A. (tj)iij'<tliii)ii, and 

 which possibly represent several .specii's. Some of them are as follows: SiikxdorJ 'vS 

 (Mount Adam.s),Septend)er, 1882; 7Vm/// 288, in 1882; Piper (129 (Mount Rainicri, 

 August, 1889; ,S'/;////( lOoO (.Mount Rainier), August, ISiH); llnnln-xon ;-!78 (Mount 

 Adams), August-October, 1892; Gorman WiS) (head of Poison Creek), Septembrr, 

 1897; (lornioii 81() (Horseshoe P.asin), October, 1897; //<»•//,/• 21(i, .July 17. IX'7; 

 Khiwr 1222 (Mount Stuart, Kittitas County), August, 1898. 



Undetermini'd forms from northeastern Washington are the W'tlkix Kr/nd. |>l:int 

 from Fort Colville and Spokane River, and Sandhi-rg A- Ijiihin/ 7.'!!, in 1S9M. 



In Canby's Alaskan journey of 1897, plants were collected in the Selkirk Moun- 

 tains at (ilacier, Canada (no. 9(5), ami in southern Alaska, which .wet'Oi (piite ili,-- 

 tinct from any known s|H'cies of I/upmliciini. 



A Lii/iisliciiiti from the Coast .Moimtains near Waldo, Oreg., collected \)y Ifiiinll 

 (no. 121), June lli, 1884, seems to differ from any known species. It mny possiMy 

 reprt'»<n\t Ci/)i(tpi 11)11 viulmtuUs Nutt. in Torr. & (iray Fl. 1: ()41. 1840, tiie iiescii|i- 

 tion of which it seems to answer, but it is somewhat out of its range. Tiie spccinun 

 has no basal leaves, so that no complete charai'ti-rization is ))o8sible. 



43. COELOPLEURUM L(>d(d). Fl. Koss. 2: 301. 18-A4. 



Calyx teeth ol),soleto. Fruit oblono-, slightly Ihittenod liitorall.x it' 

 at all, glabrous. Carpel with very thick and prominent corky ribs, 

 becoming hollow, the laterals broadest or all etjiial, each with a lar.;'e 

 group of strengthening cells. Oil tul)es small, 2 to -i on the conniiis- 

 sural side and 1 or 2 under each ril) (in addition to the one in tlio 

 interval), all adhering to the seed, which is loose in the pericarp, and 

 with plane or somewhat concave face. 



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