May 15, 191 I 55 



this number, as well as Chandler J62, coi:cctccl at the same 

 place, shows that there are almost without exception only three 

 leaflets, rarely a leaf with five leaflets api)earin<,^ Ckeene says 

 "leaflets mostly 5 onl\." 



A. 'ridcstromii is certainly distinct from L. littoralis, there 

 beinjT ver>- little resemblance between the two species. L. ht- 

 toralis is much less silvery, is a lar^^er plant, has longer and 

 narrower leaflets, somewhat smaller flowers of a darker color, 

 the pods are larc^er, containing more seeds, and the seeds them- 

 selves while of practically the same color and marking when 

 mature, are lounger in propoition, as shown by specimens col- 

 lected at practical!) ihe type locality, Clatsop Beach, Oregon. 



RECENT LITERATURE 



Cox?:-bi-:arixg Trees of the California jMouxtaixs. By 



J. Smeaton Chase. Illustrated. Pp. 99. Chicago. A. C. 



McCluro & Co. 191 1. 

 A Phytogeograpiiic axd Taxoxomic Study of the South- 



ERX Califorxia Trees axd Shrubs. By Leroy Abrams. 



Pp. 1S6. Plates 10. Bulletin of the New York Botanical 

 Garden, \^)]. 4, Xo. 21. 19 10. 

 A Flora of Western Middle Califorxia. By Willis Linn 



JejSMi, Ph. D. Second edition. Pp. 515. Cunningham, 



Curtis and Welch. San Francisco. 191 1. 



In the increasing attention which is now turning to fores- 

 try throughout the whole country, the Pacific coast is having its 

 share. Within the last five years Miss Eastwood has given us 

 her Handbook of the Trees of California, and Mr. Sudworth his 

 Forest Trees of ihe Pacific Slope, and in recent months Dr. Jep- 

 son has brought out his Trees of California and has further en- 

 riched the literature of forestry with his magnificent Silva. To 

 the.se books are now to be added two of the works mentioned 

 above. 



Mr. Chase's little book supplies a reliable popular guide to 

 the coniferous trees of the California mountains, admirably 



