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long-beaked fruit. In fruits becoming sometimes 2 in. long, 

 more than three-fourths of this length is occupied by the stiff 

 flattened beak. This is the "shepherd's needle" or "Venus- 

 comb n of Europe and W. Asia, a common weed of the fields. 



Ch^rophyllum Anthriscus Lam., a common weed of 

 Europe, known as "burr chervil," has been found by J. G. 

 Lemmon growing in the streets of Alameda, California. 

 Prof. E. L. Greene sends the same plant, having been col- 

 lected at the same station by Dr. Gibbons, May, 1889. It is 

 Anthriscus vulgaris Pers. 



Osmorhiza brachypoda Toit. is sent by C. R. Orcutt 

 from near Julian, San Diego county, California, collected in 

 May, 1889, thus extending its recorded range southward. 

 He writes that it is called " ginsheng," and is of considera- 

 ble medical value. 



' Vel^ea arguta C. & R., var. ternata. More robust and 



taller (2 to 2\ feet high) : leaflets larger (2 to 3 in. long) and 



broader, irregularly and sharply toothed, becoming more or 



less 3-lobed ; the lowest pair with long petiolules (inch or 



more), giving a ternate appearance to the leaf: umbel 14 to 

 18-rayed. 



Cuyamaca Mountains, San Diego county, California. 

 July, 1889 {Orcutt) : probably also Palmer 110a, a ^ ery im- 

 mature specimen collected in 1875 * n *h e same locality. Mr. 

 Orcutt's specimens bring us for the first time good fruit ot 

 this species. 



Sium cicut^efolium Gmelin, was collected in marshes ot 

 Lake Pend d'Oreille, Idaho, August 9, 1889, by Prof. E. L. 

 Greene. The specimens show very dissected submersed 

 leaves. 



Carum L.— Professor E. L. Greene (Pitlonia i. 272J has 

 adopted the views of Hooker & Arnott in separating our Pa- 

 cific species from the Old World genus under the name Atce- 

 nia. If such a separation is possible of course this generic 

 name is inevitable. Aside from the fact that such a separa- 

 tion must involve a study of the numerous Old World species, 

 we can not discover that the autumnal habit of blooming and 

 fruiting can be made to hold in all our species, for our collec- 

 tions show dates of good specimens beginning with May and 

 ending in October. Specimens of C. Kelloggii just received 

 from Prof, Greene, collected in March, show abundant and 

 vigorous leaves, while others collected in August have flowers 

 and fruit and mere remnants of leaves. This apparently 

 common habit of C. Kelloggii is a point well taken, but until 



