6l8 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



the roots of this and the habit and flowers of D. hicolor, 

 so do many from Colorado. The following numbers are 

 much alike also : 



5409a. June 7, 1895, Marysvale, Utah, in gravel, 6000*^ 

 alt. 



5441a. June 15, 1895, Ireland's Ranch, Salina Canon, 

 Utah, 8,000° alt., in gravel. 



5176a. May 4, 1895, Silver Reef, Utah, in gravel, 

 6000° alt. 



It is well nigh hopeless to try to bring order out of the 

 chaos in this genus for half the recognized species run 

 together. 

 Aquilegia jlavescens Wats. King's Rep. 5, -lo. 



No. 59iih. August 25, Tate Mine near Marysvale, 

 Utah, 9300° alt., along Bullion Creek among willows. 



No. 5338b. May 31, Marysvale, Utah, in marshy 

 places, 6000° alt. 



An examination of the type specimen as well as the 

 original description shows that Mr. Watson took for the 

 type of his A . Jlavescens what he has since regarded as 

 only a form of A. ccBridea and which certainly intergrades 

 with that species. The plants which he has referred to 

 this species, which grow at a lower altitude, are quite dif- 

 ferent and characterized by very short and hooked spurs, 

 very small flowers, hardly more than 6" long, always 

 yellow; upper leaves reduced to minute bracts; stems 

 very long, 1-3° long, slender, at least three times as 

 long as the short and small leaves. It is probable that 

 the labels of the two species have been changed in the 

 National Herbarium, but must have been changed by 

 Mr. Watson himself before his descriptions were drawn 

 up, for the plant which he calls " subalpine " form is sel- 

 dom found higher than 7500 ft. altitude, but is common 

 as low down as 6000 ft. altitude along streams, while the 



