BOTANY. Py [63] 7 
figure). It differs from D. nudicaule in the leaves, the lobes of which are deeply 3-cleft, with 
linear-lanceolate acute segments. 
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DeEtpHInium AzurEUM, Miche. Fl. 1, p. 314: var. floribus ceruleo-albidis, Benth. Pl. Hartw. ? 
~ p, 296. Plains, etc., Knight’s Hieey. Stanislaus; May 7. 
_ Detpurnium pAtTens, Benth. Pl. Hartw., p. 296. Hills, Napa; and on mountains near 
Uakland; April 4-25. 
Darpannvm SIMPLEX, Dougl. in Hook. Fl. Bor.—Amer, 1 , p. 25; Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey, 
p. 317. Napa valley; April 26. 
DELPHINIUM VARIEGATUM, Zorr. & Gray, Fl. 1, p. 32; D. decorum, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 295. 
Napa valley; April 26. Flowers sometimes almost white. 
Detpurium pecorum, Fisch. & Mey. Index sem. (3) Petrop., p. 33. Plains near Punta de los 
Reyes; April17. Perhaps D. variegatum is not distinct from this. 
DELPHINIUM scopuLorUM, Gray, Pl. Wright. 2,p.9. In theiandia mountains, New Mexico; 
October. In fruit. _ 
ACTHA SPICATA, Linn. var. ArauTA, Nutt. in Torr, & Gray, Fl. 1, p. 35. Redwoods, Corte 
Madera, and Oakland; April 4-10. Not found before south of Crore: We are of opinion 
that A. rubra and A. alba are likewise only varieties of A. spicata. 
Pzonta Brownu, Dougl. in Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer.1, p. 27; Bot. Reg. 25, t. 30. Coco- 
mungo, March 17; and Duffield’s ranch, Sierra Nevada, May 10. P. Californica, Nuét., i 
not a distinct species. 
Crossosoma CaLirornica, (Tab. I .) Nutt. Pl. Gamb. in Journ. Acad. Philad. (ser. 2) 1, p. 150. 
Cafions on Williams’ River, a branch of the Colorado, western New Mexico; February 8. In the 
memoir above quoted, Mr. Nuttall does not express any opinion as to the affinities of this genus, 
owing to the embryo being unknown, the seeds in all his specimens being imperfect; but he 
says that i it ‘may well form a Suborder Crossosomezx.”’ On the ticket of a fragment of this 
plant, which he sent us, he has written: Nat. Order Pwoniacew. Unfortunately, our specimens 
are only in flower, and the ripe seeds are still wanting. Although the stamens are decidedly 
perigynous, and the seeds are furnished with an ample fimbrillate arillus, the plant may never- 
theless belong to the tribe or Suborder Peeoniaceee. We were once inclined to refer it to tribe 
Spireee of Rosacez, to which it has some resemblance in the flowers; but it is destitute of 
_ stipules, and arillate seeds are not found in that order. We should place this remarkable plant 
in Dilleniacez, were it not for the perigynous stamens. These are inserted in several series into 
the upper part of a thin disk which, lining the tube of the calyx, projects in a somewhat 
tumid ugar around the base of the pistils: as in peas 
BERBERIDACE®. 
VANCOUVERIA HEXANDRA, Morr. & Dec. in Ann, Se. Nat. (2 ser.) 2, p. 351; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 1, 
p.52. Epimedium hexandrum, Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am.1, p. 31, ¢. 13. Deep ravines and shady 
woods, Napa valley; April 27. 
Berperis Aquirouium, Pursh, Fl. 1, p. 219, t. 4, (excl. fig. 4.) Hill-sides Downieyille, Yuba; 
May 22. In the specimens om hig docality, the leaflets are mostly reduced to a single pair, 
and are sometimes even solitary. The Var. REPENS was found in the Sandia mountains of New 
Mexico. 
BERBERIS PINNATA, Lag. Elench. 1803, p. 6; Benth. Pl. Sines: , p. 296. Mahiién, fascicu- 
laris, DC. Syst. 2, p. 19, and in Deless. Ic. 2, é, 3. Mountains near Oakland; April 4. This 
agrees pretty well with Delessert’s figure, but we are not confident that it is distinct from B. 
aquifolium. The short petioles are pretty constant, but we can find no ae reliable characters. 
‘This plant occurs also near San Francisco. 
_ BeERBerIs TRIFOLIATA, Moricand, Pl. Amer.t. 69? In arroyas and cafions; ees. creek 
western New Mexico ; December 4, (in fruit.) This species grows 15 feet high. The leaves 
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