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Dodecatheon Meadia, L., var. latilobum (Gray, Fl. Cal. 1, page 

 467). — One of the best-marked varieties of this troublesome species, 

 characterized by the "thinner, broader, undulate-toothed leaves, which 

 are suddenly contracted iuto a petiole, and calyx-lobes about half as long- 

 as the capsule". — Colorado, New Mexico (72); Arizona. (Albino form from 

 Mount Graham, at 9,250 feet, 40!).) Collected also by Loew in Arizona, 

 but no locality assigned. Nevada. 



Steironkma lanceolaium, Gray 1 (Proc. Arner. Acad, xii, 63). — Tonto 

 Basin, Arizona, Dr. Loew. A mere fragment, nearer the above than any 

 other species I am acquainted with. 



Steironema ciliatum, Gray, I. c. — Utah. 



OLEACE^E. 



Menodora* scabra, Gray (Amer. Jour. Sci. 2, 14, 44; Torr., Pacif. R. 

 R. Rep. 7, t. 7). — Branching from a woody base, 6'-2° high, slightly 

 hispidly-puberulent ; leaves thickish, entire, margins somewhat revolute, 

 1-2" wide and 3-10" long; yellow flowers, in a corymb or panicle, the 7-10 

 setaceous lobes of the calyx somewhat exceeding the tube of the corolla, 

 and also a little longer than the mature capsule. — Santa Fe, N. Mex. (60), 

 and Southern Arizona (561). 



Menodora scoparia, Engelm. (Fl. Cal. 1, p. 471). (31. scabra, var. 

 glabrescens, Gray in Watson's Cat. PI. Wheeler, 15.) — Differs from the 

 above in being smoother, having ordinarily only 5-6 lobes to the calyx, 

 and these not longer than the tube of the corolla. — Arizona. 



Fraxinus viridis, Michx. — Arizona. 



Fraxinus anomala, Torr. — Arizona. 



Fraxinus coriacea, Watson, Amer. Nat. 7, 302. — " Leaflets 1-2 pairs, 

 coriaceous, obovate or oblong, 1-2' long, truncate or rounded at the apex 



* Menodora, H. B. K. — "Calyx with a short ami turbiuato tube, and C-14 narrow lobes from its 

 truncate border. Corolla campanulate, funnel form or almost rotate, mostly 5-lobed ; the lobes imbri- 

 cated in the bud. Stamens 2, sometimes 3, on the tube of the corolla : authers oblong or linear. Stylo 

 slender; stigma obtuse or somewhat 2-lobed. Capsule didymous, mostly 2 parted, membranaceous at 

 maturity, circumcissile, the upper part of each lobe falling off as a lid leaving the scarious membrana- 

 ceous base. Seeds 2 (or rarely fewer in each cell), ascending, largo and with a fleshy, or when dry a 

 spongy outer coat, destitute of albumen. — Low and undershrubby or nearly herbaceous plants; with 

 sessile leaves, not rarely alternate and terminal, mostly somowhat cymose flowers, which aro rather 

 showy."— Fl. Cal. 1, p. 471. 



