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  mostl 
  

  

  tj 
  

  

  beseem 
  above 
  (or 
  glabrate), 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  white 
  and 
  ap- 
  

   pressed-pubescent 
  beneath 
  with 
  straight 
  rigid 
  hairs 
  (some- 
  

   times 
  becoming 
  almost 
  glabrate 
  and 
  indmed 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   woolly 
  along 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  midrib), 
  2.5 
  to 
  12.5 
  cm. 
  long, 
  

   T.2to7 
  ^^' 
  wide: 
  flowers 
  mostly 
  in 
  small 
  cymes: 
  calyx-teeth 
  

   minute: 
  fruit 
  white 
  or 
  lead-color; 
  stones 
  very 
  variable, 
  

   from 
  ovate 
  and 
  pointed, 
  scarcely 
  flattened, 
  higher 
  than 
  broad 
  

   (5 
  to 
  6 
  mm. 
  high, 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  mm. 
  "broad), 
  to 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  flat- 
  

   tened, 
  broader 
  than 
  high 
  (3 
  to 
  4 
  mm. 
  high, 
  5 
  mm. 
  broad), 
  

   these 
  extremes 
  completely 
  connected 
  by 
  intermediate 
  shapes 
  

   and 
  dimensions, 
  all 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  furrowed 
  ed^-e.— 
  C. 
  

   al6(i 
  Lam., 
  not 
  Linn. 
  

  

  ITab. 
  From 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  and 
  New 
  England 
  to 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  

   Columbia 
  in 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  region, 
  extending 
  westward 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   region 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  far 
  northwest 
  into 
  British. 
  America 
  along 
  the 
  

   Mackenzie 
  river, 
  and 
  southward 
  throughout 
  the 
  western 
  mountain 
  

   systems 
  to 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  Arizona, 
  and 
  K 
  CaUfornia. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined: 
  Prince 
  Edw^ard's 
  Island 
  (Maxxjun); 
  New 
  

   Brunswick 
  (C^a/mers); 
  Y 
  ermont 
  (Pringle); 
  Massachusetts 
  [Oakes); 
  Dis- 
  

   trict 
  of 
  Columbia 
  (TFard) 
  ; 
  Pennsylvania, 
  Erie 
  (Garber); 
  W. 
  New 
  York 
  

   (Graj/); 
  Ontario 
  [ 
  Macaim 
  52&, 
  2241, 
  J/rs. 
  Ray); 
  Michigan, 
  Mackinaw, 
  

   Flint 
  (aaric^); 
  N. 
  Indiana 
  fCWZfer) 
  ; 
  Illinois, 
  Peoria 
  (Bre^icfef) 
  ; 
  Wisconsin 
  

   {Douglas); 
  Minnesota 
  (L. 
  H. 
  Bailey 
  39}; 
  Winnipeg 
  Valley 
  [Bmrgmu); 
  

   Mackenzie 
  river 
  {Hardesty); 
  British 
  Columbia 
  ( 
  Rv-hardson 
  , 
  Macoun); 
  

   Montana 
  (Watson 
  166, 
  167, 
  Canhy, 
  Ward); 
  Washington 
  (Suksdorf, 
  

   Mrs. 
  i. 
  P. 
  Anderson, 
  G. 
  R. 
  Vasey); 
  Oregon 
  {Spcdding, 
  Nevitis, 
  

   Ilfuderson); 
  California 
  (Bridges), 
  Modoc 
  and 
  Shasta 
  counties 
  (Lem- 
  

   mon), 
  Trinity 
  counly 
  (C. 
  C. 
  Marshall), 
  Plumas 
  county 
  {Mrs. 
  Anrny 
  

   Mrs. 
  Austin), 
  Butte 
  county 
  (no 
  collector 
  cited) 
  ; 
  Nevada 
  (ir^/Aion 
  473, 
  C, 
  

   L 
  . 
  Anderson 
  120) 
  ; 
  Utah, 
  Uinta 
  mountains 
  and 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City 
  (Watson 
  

   •i73j 
  ; 
  Colorado 
  (IlaU 
  & 
  Harbmir, 
  Hooker 
  A' 
  Gray, 
  Engelmann, 
  Wolf 
  & 
  

   Rothtockn, 
  Coulter, 
  Jones 
  125, 
  Patterson); 
  New 
  Mexico 
  {Fendler 
  280, 
  

  

  Wingate 
  (ifa^^/iei^i?) 
  ; 
  Arizona 
  {Palni^r); 
  also 
  from 
  "Rocky 
  

   niountain«5" 
  {Nuttall, 
  Scoville). 
  

  

  C 
  Htoloniftra, 
  C. 
  Baileid} 
  and 
  C. 
  puheseens 
  

  

  ^Siuce 
  the 
  preceding 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  paper 
  was 
  in 
  print 
  the 
  following 
  communication 
  has 
  

   been 
  received 
  from 
  Professor 
  L. 
  H. 
  liailey, 
  in 
  reference 
  lo 
  the 
  species 
  bearing 
  his 
  uttuie: 
  

   The 
  erection 
  into 
  specific 
  rank 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  puzzling 
  and 
  interesting 
  Corn 
  us, 
  in 
  the 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  Gazette, 
  calls 
  to 
  mind 
  some 
  ob^eivatlons 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  valuanje. 
  As 
  a 
  lad 
  I 
  was 
  

   lamUiar 
  with 
  the 
  plant 
  upon 
  the 
  sand 
  dunes 
  of 
  southwestern 
  Michigan. 
  It 
  was 
  early 
  im- 
  

   pressed 
  upon 
  my 
  mind 
  for 
  two 
  reasons, 
  viz: 
  its 
  hahit 
  of 
  blooining 
  continuously 
  all 
  s\nn- 
  

   nier, 
  and 
  its 
  persistence 
  in 
  evading 
  all 
  des;cripions 
  in 
  the 
  booiis. 
  It 
  grows 
  often 
  in 
  the 
  

   loosest 
  shiiting 
  white 
  sands, 
  along 
  with 
  such 
  things 
  as 
  Solid^go 
  hnmilfs 
  var. 
  Gilmanf, 
  

   Arctostapbylos 
  Uva-ursi, 
  Cuicus 
  Pitcheri, 
  Cakile 
  Americana, 
  Arabis 
  lyrata, 
  and 
  Cyperu.« 
  

   ochweinitzii. 
  In 
  these 
  places 
  it 
  often 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  feet, 
  growing 
  ereci, 
  

  

  