CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN BOTANY. NO. VII. 



BY MARCUS E. JONES, A. M.' 



Having had an opportunity to examine the material in 

 the National Herbarium I have been able to correct many 

 errors, and possibly to make a few more. The following- 

 notes and new species are the result of those studies, and 

 are only such as have come to light from the identifica- 

 tion of my collection of 1894 "lade under the auspices of 

 the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture as Special Field Agent. 

 The long delay in the publication of the report necessi- 

 tates the early publication of the new species. The 

 number of new species and varieties discovered by me 

 in 1894 and described here are 104, those collected and 

 named but also found before by others are 29, a total of 

 133 new species and varieties in the collection. Other 

 new species and varieties described from other sources 

 are 57, a total of 190. 



The collection of 1894 consisted of about 50,000 speci- 

 mens and 1700 species, there being 1106 species and 

 varieties in the sets, to these I have added in the sets 

 which I will distribute about 50 others collected in 1893 

 and 1895. A very large amount of material was collected 

 as the basis of an extended report on geographical dis- 

 tribution and plant adaptation ; this material it is my in- 

 tention to work up at some future date in connection with 

 similar material gathered in the Great Basin since 1879. 



The types of the new species are in my herbarium un- 

 less otherwise stated. Duplicate types of all species in 

 the collection of 1894 are also in the National Herbarium. 



New species signed " T. & E." are by Tracy and Earl. 



New species signed " E. & E." are by Ellis and Ever- 

 hart. 



All numbers above 5000 belong to the collection of 

 1894. 



2d See., Vol. V. October 3, 1895. 



