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EschschoHzianum^ although in a round-about way. Whether 

 the plant of Idaho and Oregon should be included under this 

 species is doubtful, but the Alaskan type is certainly distinct 

 from the eastern V. viride. One point of difference which 

 immediately appeals to the eye is the drooping flower branches. 

 The following is the original description: 



Ramis majis patentibus; floribus remotibus, minoribus. 



In Norfolk Sound: Eschscholz. 



Obs. In beta^ quod V. Lobeliano simillimum, sed examine 

 in vivis instituto tamen forte species propria: caulis i Yi ped. et 

 ultra, inferne crassite digiti, undique pubescens. Folia inferiora 

 ovata, superiora lanceolata, omnia acuminata, supra glabra, sub- 

 tlis dense pubescentia, exsiccatione nigricantia, inferiora 6 poll., 

 2^ poll, lata, superiora 3 poll., 9-12 lin. lata. Panicula ^ ped.; 

 rami laterales simplices, patentes vel subreflexi, nee erecto-paten- 

 tes, ut in nostro. Racemi terminalis bracteae inferiores lanceo- 

 latae, acuminatae, flores multo stiperantes, 9-10 lin. latae; supe- 

 riores flores aequantes vel iisdem paulo breviores, sic etiam in 

 ramulis; omnes subtus pubescentes. Flores minus approximati, 

 majis patentes, minores quam in nostro, exsiccatione fusci, om- 

 nes pedicellati, sUperiores hermaphroditi, inferiores in ramulis 

 saepius masculi. Pedicelli densissime pubescentes, i-i ^ lin. 

 Petala obovato-lanceolata, acuta, margine denticulata, ungue 

 parum angustato non incrassata, e exteriora paulo latiora et fere 

 breviora extus pubescentia, praesertim ad dorsi basin, 4 lin vel 

 paululo ultra, i-i^ lin. lata. Stam. corolla vix duplo breviora; 

 filamenta graciliora quam in nostro; antherae peltatae, pallidi- 

 ores. Styli staminibus breviores, recurvi. Ad specimen in 

 Herb. cli. Martins. Hue videtur pertinere V. album a clo. Mer- 

 tens prope Sichta lectura et in Linnaea 1829 p. 72 adductum. 



^' Veratrum Californicum Durand, Journ. Phila. Acad, II. 3: 

 103. 1855. 



The type of this species was collected near Nevada City, 

 Nevada county, California, by a Mr. Pratten in 1854, and since 



