Prof. E. L. Greene, in his revision of Zauschneria in Pittonia, Vol. 

 1 :25, is, I believe, correct in classifying them according to the venation of 

 the leaves. Of the feather-veined species two are there described : Z. 

 latifolia, Greene, and Z. tonientella, Greene. The new species here de- 

 scribed is closely related to Z. latifolia, Greene, but the flowers are much 

 larger, the leaves more ovate, and the whole plant more . villous. When 

 Greene wrote, latifolia seemed to have been unknown south of Santa Bar- 

 bara. All our collections here show it to be quite common in the Sierra 

 Madre and San Bernardino ranges, at from 2000 to 5000 ft. altitude. In 

 the neighborhood of Los Angeles, it descends as low as 500 ft., and in 

 Blysian park it may be found growing in close proximity to Z. Calif ar- 

 nica, var. niicrophylla, Gray. Z. latifolia, as represented here, has , com- 

 pared with Z. Arisonica, long, narrow, lanceolate leaves, seldom more 

 than one-quarter inch broad, flowers smaller, not more than one inch long 

 and having styles and stamens not exserted more than half an inch. 



NOTES. 



Mr. Rydberg, in the Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 28, No. 11, has 

 given a careful revision of the genus Habenaria, and following the Euro- 

 pean custom has subdivided this genus. 



It has long been apparent to us here that the plant known as 

 Habenaria leucostachys, Wats. Bot. Cal., did not conform to the descrip- 

 tion given. Rydberg has re-established H. Thurberi, Gray, as Limnor- 

 chis Thurberi. This is the common species here, and is reported also from 

 San Bernardino by Parish and from Fresno by Hall and Chandler. L. leii- 

 costachys, Lindl., is retained for the plant common in N. Cal., Wash, and 

 farther north. 



Of the West American species listed, two are new, viz: L. Arisonica, 

 and L.ensifolia. In the genus Piperia our Californian species as now 

 named are : 



Piperia Cooperi, (Wats.), San Diego. 



P. lancifolia, Rydb; a new species found on Sierra Santa Monica, 

 by Dr. Hasse. 



P. longipetala, Rybd., mountains East of San Diego. 



P. multi-flora, Rybd., Monterey. 



P. elegans, (Lindl) ; Santa Lucia Mts. 



L. longispica, (Durand) ; Santa Monica and Cucamonga Mts., Mon- 

 terey. 



P. Michacli, (Greene) ; San Bernardino Mts. 



P. Maritinia, (Greene) ; San Francisco Co. 



Those interested in the introduction of the salt-bushes (Atriplex), 



now so much in demand as a forage plant on alkaline soils will find in 



Pulletin 2^, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, a complete description of the 



various seeds most commonly used. The seeds described are beautifully 



illustrated. 



