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Parish, June, 1895, Cushenberry Canyon, Riverside Co.: Bran- 
degee, June 23, 93. Honey Lake, Cal.: Purpus 5286, Pah Ute, 
Cal. 
A. albicaulis, (Douel.) Rydb. — 
A species of the Rocky Mountain region, occasionally repre- 
sented westwards, as at Bear Valley, Fort Tejon (Greene), and 
Providence Mts., Lower California. 
Brandegee, May, 1875, Canyon City, Col.; Cowen, May, 1892, 
Lorimer Co., Col.; Gooding 932, Meadow Valley, Nevada; 
Drew, July 20, 1889, Bloody Canyon, Mono Co.; Parish 3314, 
Bear Valley , 6500 ft. alt.; Brandegee, May 26, 1902, Providence 
Mts. ; Orcutt, July 5, 1884, Gantillas Mts., Lower California. 
A. montana, n. sp. 
Annual; 12 to 15 in. high, upright, slender stems, very white 
and quite smooth to the eye, sparse hairs show under micro- 
scope: basal leaves 2 to 3 in. long, 4 to 6 lines wide, pinnatifid 
or roughly toothed or coarsely serrate; cauline leaves, 1 to 144 
in. long, 2 hnes wide in the middle, broader below and toothed 
on each, side, narrowed at base sessile; petals 2 to 3 lines long, 
yellow, calyx lobes 144 lines long; floral bracts 3, all lanceo- 
late- ovate, entire, occasionally toothed near base and broader, | 
the longest 1 line wide, equalling the capsule, the other two. 
successively shorter; capsule clavate 44 in. long or less, 1 to 
11% lines broad; leaves and capsule pubescent with soft, rather 
long hairs; seeds in three rows, brown, irregular, only an oe- 
casional one grooved. 
In vegetative appearance it most closely r asemblespinetorum, 
but the short capsule, and long floral bract readily differen- 
tiate it from any other species. The type is No. 6511. H. M. 
Hall, Mt. Pimos, Ventura Co., 6000 ft. alt., m author’s her- 
barium. 
Memorial of Stephen Grout. 
Mr. Stephen Grout died at Riverside, Cal., on the fourth day 
of February, 1906. He had attained to a ripe age, having been 
born October 28, 1823. His birthplace was Stratton, Vermont, 
and it was in that state that the most of his lif? was past. He 
was educated at the Academy at Manchester, and in 1857 be- 
came a resident of East Dorset. Here he married Miss Henri- 
etta A. Fuller, and here he continued to reside until the close 
of the year 1899, taking a large share in all the activities of 
the place, both civie and religious. In that year, his health 
failing, he sought the milder climate of California, and after 
a year’s residence in Los Angeles, he removed, in January, 1901, 
to Riverside. 
