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linae is cup shaped) nor in pod or testa is Catalinae at all allied to splendens, 

 and the latter is we think best retained in a separate group as Watson has 

 done. Some of the varieties the author believes hybridize freely but this 

 will require practical demonstration. Our attempts at hybridization of the 

 the common species have, like those of the author, always resulted in failure. 

 The author might with advantage have paid more attention to the 

 characteristic shape of the pods, the recurving of the sepals in some species, 

 and the quality of the hairs on the petals. Some of the observations on the 

 latter do not agree with our investigation on the same species in Southern 

 California. Here C. ve?iusta has the hairs simple, C. splendens has them 

 not only matted but glandular. C. Pabneri the author has not seen, all those 

 sent him as such being either C. invenustus or C. splendens, var. montanus 

 What we understand as C. Pabneri Wats, is still abundant at its original 

 station, the Mojave River, and on the higher hills on the desert slope as 

 far as Rock Creek. The author has added several new species, and among 

 the illustrations are drawings of the petals of many of the species. These 

 from a diagnostic point of view are the most important of the illustrations. 

 The other illustrations are the least satisfactory features in a work that is 

 otherwise a useful contribution to botanical literature. 



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