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fendleri of the White Mountains, New Mexico, was ap- 

 parently well differentiated from lobata. Perhaps this is a 

 subspecies not hitherto recognized, and not the txn& fend- 

 leri, which is sureh' the plant of the region about Santa 

 Fe, etc. 

 (3.) SpJiceralcea fendleri per pallida {S. lobata perpallida, CklL, 

 Bull. Tarr. Bot. Club, xxvii. 88). Rincon, N. M., may 

 be considered the type locality ; the plant occurs from 

 there northward as a well-segregated race, apparently not 

 mixed with the tj'pe. The leaves are rather narrow and 

 deeply lobed, but ver\- variable. 

 (4.) Sphceralcea fendleri variabilis {S. variabilis, Ckll, xAmer. 

 Xat., 1900, p. 291), with f. triphylla, described above. 

 ►/\S. cuspidata, (Gray) Britton, has been confused with the 

 fendleri series, but is entirely distinct. The first spring leaves 

 of ciispidata are long and narrow; those oi fendleri alwaj'S very 

 broad. 



Our common Malvastrian at Las Vegas, X. M., is M. dis- 

 sectnin, (Xutt.) CklL, Dr. P. A. Rydberg writes me that he 

 thinks this is the veritable J/, coccineinn (Pursh) Gray; but it 

 seems to me doubtful whether Pursh 's plant can be certainly'' 

 identified, or proved to be different from that of Xuttall. It 

 would probabh' cause least confusion to drop the name r(?ra««^;;z, 

 and call the plant I referred to coccineinn in Bull. Torn Bot. Club, 

 xxvii. 88 b}' the name Malvastriim elatinn {M. coccinenvi var. 

 elatnm, E. G. Baker, Journ. Bot. xxix 171). IMr. Baker kindly 

 sent me a tracing of the leaves of his plant, so I feel assured of 

 its identity, though his actual t^'pe was doubtless more robust 

 than usual. 



Ma.rirve Biological StOLtiorv, SslFI Pedro, CqlI. 



The second session of the " 2\Iarine Biological Station" of 

 the University of California at San Pedro, opened June 26. 



The laboratory occupies the same quarters as last year, con- 

 sisting of a large general laborator}' with lockers, store-room and 

 aquaria, and also a number of smaller rooms for private work. 

 This, together with microscopes, reagents, apparatus, and refer- 

 ence books from the department of Zoology of the Universit3'' 

 make a good working equipment. 



As announced in the circular of information, the object of 

 the station is mainly research. All the students have had pre- 

 liminary training and are doing advanced work, individually 

 instead of in class, under the direction of Dr. C. A. Kofoid and 

 Dr. H. B. Torre}'. Each student is given a special independent 

 problem or line of work, and general zoology comes in incident- 



