at Bakersfield, and Professor Greene has referred it with doubt 

 to P. anemonoides. Another specimen of the same thing also 

 from near Bakersfield, March 23, 1893, ^^ has marked "P. ele- 

 gansf'' but it has many more and larger stamens than the type 

 of elegans. Our plant is common on the elevated plain back of 

 Bakersfield, as well as on the hills 15 miles to the east. 



P1.ATYSTEMON PROXIMUS Greene, Pittonia, 5: 172. 1903.? 



No. 7570, collected March 22, in grain fields near Sutter 

 City, Sutter county. The type of this species was collected near 

 Chico, Butte county, a point about 35 miles farther north, I 

 do not know whether these plants belong to this species, or 

 whether P. proximns^ as well as some of the others, should be 

 referred to P. leiocarpiis (P. eniarginatiis Greene), as defined by 

 Fedde in Deutsch. Bot. Gesell. 33: 94. 1904. The species in 

 this genus could perhaps be determined better if their number 

 were somewhat reduced and stronger constant characters brought 

 out. 



Eschscholtzia helleriaiia Greene, Pittonia, 5: 229. 1905. 

 No. 6638, collected i\pril 29, 1903, at Pacific Grove, Mon- 

 terey county, in sandy soil in a vacant lot near the upper end of 

 17th street, where it was abundant, growing in large clumps, 

 the numerous stems spreading and ascending. Specimens of 

 this number, the early flowering state, were sent to Professor 

 Greene for determination, but he makes no mention of it in the 

 diagnosis of the species. 



No. 6860, collected July 4, 1903, at the same spot as 6638. 

 This is the late flowering stage, also bearing mature fruit, and 

 is designated as the tvpe of the species. 



PvSCHSCHOLTziA MACRANTHA Greene, Pittonia, 5: 242. 1905. 



No. 7826, collected May 5, at Tehachapi, Kern county, 

 where it is abundant over the whole plateau, growing in small 

 clumps or in large patches, the deep orange-red of the flowers 

 enlivening the landscape. Flowers measuring 7 inches were 



