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BOTANY. 



69 



EcHEVERTA LANCEOLATA, Kutt. L c, (Tab. XXIV.) Dxj cliiy Lanks near tLe sca^ ftt San Diego, 

 California^ June; Parry, CoronaJos islands; Tliurhcr. 



SAXIFRAGACE^, 



Saxieraga Pakrti (n. sp.) : cauJice suLterranco tuTbcroso ovato; foliis radicalibus BU^orLicu- 

 ]ato-corclatis inci^o-lobatisj lobis Jenfatis ; venis suLlus petiolisque pul>e^oentil)U8 ; srnpis midis 

 gracilibus ; floribus paucis laxe paniculatis ; calycibus campanulatis libcris, dcntibus brcvibus; 

 petalis lanceolatis brevi unguiculatis, stylis ovario subi\}quaHbiis in fructii divcrgentibus. (Tab. 

 XXV,) Dry hills near San Diego and San Luis rtcy, California^ Xuvember — December; Parry, 

 Tuber about the size of a hazel-nut^ fleshy. Leaves nil radical, and withering away soon after 

 the flowers appear, about an inch in diameter, slightly ])ubesccnt above; petiole nearly as long 

 as the lamina. Scapes 4-8 inches high, commonly 2-4 from each tuber, a little pubescent. 



Flowers 4-7 



Caly 



teeth triangular, rather obtuse, and about half the length of the tube, retals wliite, nearly 

 twice the length of the calyx teeth. Stamens 10; filaments subulate, the altcrnnte ones 

 rather shorter than the others. Carpels united below, rostrate and diverging above, pointed with 

 the slender styles, which are as long as the beaks. Seeds dull, angularly 4-ribbed. A remark- 



Heuchera, but it is decandrous and 



is wholly free as well as 2-celled. 



Fl 



but 



like the eastern plant. Near San Diego, California ; Parry, 



Heuchera micraxtua, Dougl. in 1 

 Monterey, California, May : Parry 



Torr d Gray. FL 1, 579. Ravines near 



Vr. in Stansh. Rep. p. 388, t. 5; Gray^ PL TFi 



imber, (in fruit;) Bigeloiv. 



Nu(L in Torr. d Gray. FL 1, r>. 581, Gray 



New Mexico, A.ugust ; Bigeloiv. 



Copper Mines, 



California, March ; Parry, 



Torr. d Grmh Fl 



Barbara 



iiTLLA, Hooh. &Am.: Torr 



Monte 



March— May; Parry. Napa Tall ey ; Thurher, 



i sPATHULAiUMj BU. Sh. I, p. 370 ; Torr. & Gray, I. c, p. 390. Sant 



Pa-rry. 



Biigelm. & Gray, PL Wright, p. 77 



Mexico 



and rocky places along the Rio Grande, down to the Presidio, March— May. 



Philadelpiius serptllifolius, Gray, PL Wright. I, p. 17. Mountains and rocky places on the 

 "' ) Limpio, Texas, and at the Copper Mines, June— July ; Bigehic. Sonora, April ; CapL E. 



K 



UMBELLIFERiG. 



Hydrocotyle umbellata, Unn. Sp. p. 234; Torr. & Gray, FL I, p. 599. Rio San Antonio, 

 Texas ; Schott. Devil's river, September ; Bigelow. Bachuachi, Sonora, June ; Thurher. 



Hydrocottle 



Torr. cC Gray, I. c. C. pfolifera, Kellogg, Proc. Calif. 



^^at. Sc. 1, p. 15. Borders of brooks, Monterey, &c., California; Parry. 



Hydrocotyle RAKuxcTLorDES, Linn. / ; Torr. & Gray. L c. Fronteras, Sonora, May ; 

 Th u rber. 



