February 7, 191 r -» 



first g^Hmpse of the plant tliere was no don1)t concernino^ its iden- 

 tity. The few flowered whorls and the wide spacing between 

 the apices of banner and wint^, so well shown in the ori<(inal 

 plate, at once settled the matter. 



Lindley describes the caly.x as without bractlets between 

 the lobes, but upon close examination they are found to be pre.s- 

 ent. The lower lobe is said to be entire, but is slij^htly 3-toolhed. 

 Unless the lobes are flattened out, minute toothing is apt to be 

 overlooked, even in living specimens. The seeds are just as de- 

 scribed, "clouded with greenish-brown [areas of minute dots], 

 having on each side a dark oblique line." They are 3.5 mm. 

 long, 3 mm. wide. 



Fi.c^ire 2. Floral parts of /jipinus hico/or. enlarged. 



Piper, at the time his flora was published, had seen no 

 specimens of this species from Wa.shington. Besides my ioo6g 

 from Vancouver, from which the accompanving illustration" of 

 the floral parts is taken, I have several specimens collected by 

 John Macoun in the vicinity of Victoria, British Columbia. 

 Two of these have pink flowers. So far I have seen nothing 

 from south of the Columbia river that can be referred to hicolor. 



The cover illustration w^as copied from the original plate at 

 Stanford Universitv- throuo^h the kindness of Fiofessor .Muanis. 



