64 Muhlenbergia, \'olume 7 



while the perennial roots of the others were probably not de- 

 stroyed. 



This plant has much more slender leaflets and much smal- 

 ler flowers than has the preceding species. My determinations 

 of both are based upon the descriptions and keys in Bailey's 

 Encyclopedia of Harticulture. 



Xo. 22og^ Cache county, Logan, 25 June, 1910. 



ViciA viLLOSA L. Planted on the Agricultural College 

 farm some years ago in connection with forage investigations, 

 and still persistent along certain ditches, making luxuriant 

 growth in 1910, but probably not adaptable to dry farm condi- 

 tions, so that rapid spreading for it is unlikeh-. It seeded 

 abundantly in 1910 before being laid low by the scythe, and 

 plants in bloom in September and even in October, were prob- 

 ably from seeds of the season. 



No. 2082, Cache county, Logan, 21 September, 1909. 



Aquilegia leptocera Xutt. I have looked in vain for a 

 diagnosis of the genus Aquilegia that would allow for more than 

 five carpels, and regret that the original description of this spe- 

 cies is not at hand. However, my experience with this large, 

 white, long-spurred form bids me claim that the expression "car- 

 pels five or more," would not be amiss. I found the plant plen- 

 tiful in the canyons around Logan Peak, and on the mountain 

 slopes on the west side of the Franklin Basin, Idaho, and it is 

 probably common in suitable places throughout the Bear river 

 range. 



I was surprised to note the irrt-gularity in the number of 

 carpels, specimens being taken with as high as twelve in some 

 heads, six, seven, and nine being of frequent occnrrence. but 

 none less than five. Tabulations would certainl\- be of interest, 

 and I will not lose another opportunit:\- to make more of a study 

 of this variation, existing, as it does, in nature. I should be 

 glad to hear from others who have nf)ticed any dixersity of the 

 number of follicles in this genus. I have one specimen of A. 

 ffn7'f'srrns Wats, which has six carpels in one head. 



