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an Orthocarpus labeled Q. purpurascens Palnieri Gray. It be- 

 longs, bower, to tbe Q. deiisiflonis type and we are unable to de- 

 tect any material difference between it and that species. The 

 specimens were collected near I,os Angeles by L. A. Greata in 

 April, 1899. 



Plantago Bigelovii Gray. In moist ground near Inglewood. 



Grindelia caiuporimi Greene- Wiseburn. 



Belpharipappus elegans (Nutt.) Greene. Big Tejunga wash. 



B. hispidus Greene. Arroyo Seco and LaCanada. 



Baeria chrysostoma F. & M. Port Ballona and the northern 

 slope of the Santa Monica Mts. 



B. mutica (Nutt.) Gray. Edges of sand dunes near Port 

 Ballona. 



Amblyopappus pusilltis YL. 8l A. On cliffs overhanging the 

 sea, Port Los Angeles and between Port Ballona and Redondo. 



Ptiloria pleiirocarpa Greene. Common about Pomona. 



Stanford University, Cal. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



In the Torrey Bulletin for July, 1902, 4 new grasses are described 

 by Lamson-Scribner and Merrill. All are Western, and two are of local 

 interest, viz., Elymus vehitinus from Deep Creek, San Bernardino Mts. ; 

 and Festiica Elmeri, from Stanford. 



In the same issue Miss Eastwood describes live more new species 

 of Nemophila. 



Torreya August. Hemisonia grandiflora, Abrams. A new species 

 from Crystal Springs Lake, San Mateo Co., Cal. 



"Preliminary sketch of the Mohave Indians,'" by A. L. Kroeber. 

 American Anthropologist, Vol. 4, No. 2. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Experimental Station Record. U. S. Dept. Agricult. Nos. 10 and 11, 

 Vol. 13 and Vol. i. No.c i. Vol. 14. 



Monogram of the N. American Umbelliferae, by J. N. Coulter and 

 J. N. Rose, U. S. National Herbarium. Vol. 7, No. i. 



The Western Hemlock, by E. T. Allen, Forestry Bulletin No. 33, 

 U. S. Dept. Agricult. 



The River-irrigating Waters of Arizona — Their Characters and 

 Effects. By R. H. Forbes. Bull. No. 44, Agric. Experiment Station, Univ. 

 of Arizona. 



Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Association of 

 Economic Entomologists. Bull. 27, Entomology, U. S. Dept. Agricult. 



