THE WEST-AMEBICAN SCIENTIST. 



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BOTANICAL NOTES. 



Mr. L. Belcling calls attention 

 to the error in the general notes 

 read at the annual meeting of the 

 Society of Natural History, where 

 San Pedro mountain (Lower Cal- 

 ifornia) is referred to as the south- 

 ern limit of pines in the peninsu- 

 la, he having found a pine, resemb- 

 ling in general appearance Pinus 

 muricata, on the Victoria mount- 

 ains, at an altitude of about 3,500 

 feet. 



An apparently new species of 

 Polysiphonia, a delicate seawee d 

 has been found at San Diego. 



Prof. W. G. Farlow, the cele- 

 brated algologist, will visit Cali- 

 fornia, and probably San Diego, 

 this spring. 



Arctostaphylos bicolor, Gray, 

 the characteristic southern man- 

 zanita forms a shrub from 3 to 15 

 feet in height, with strongly revo- 

 lute leaves that vary greatly in size 

 and shape. The leaves of young 

 shoots are often narrow, acumin- 

 ate and more pubescent than those 

 of older branches, on which the 

 leaves are often very broad and ob- 

 tuse. The leaves are long or short 

 petioled, sometimes nearly ( ? or 

 quite) sessile and varying accord- 

 ing to location or differing physi- 

 cal conditions. It is already blos- 

 soming near the coast in favorable 

 locations, sending out its clusters 

 of small, pinkish-tinged flowers, 

 which at a higher altitude and 

 further south, assume much larger 

 proportions and a pure white co- 

 rolla. This specie blossoms several 

 times in a season usually and 

 among the hills I have found it 

 budding and blossoming in July. 

 Its undoubted synonymy, accord- 



ing to Dr. Parry, consists of A. 

 Clevelancli, Gray, and A. Veatchii, 



Kellogg. 



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 newspaper item, or in a popular 

 or scientific work. See article en- 

 titled "American Pearls." 



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Information is wanted about 

 the wild fowl and game of South- 

 ern California , also about the mi- 

 gration of birds, etc. 



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