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JS. Californica the middle lobes are considerably larger than the lateral. Internodes 

 2 — 4 inches long. The calyx is not clavate, but uniformly expanded and perfectly 

 cylindrical, with delicate striae. The laminae of the petals are always four-lobed, two 

 large obtuse lobes in the centre and two smaller and acute on the sides. Flowers 

 deep scarlet. Hills of Deer Creek. May. 



S. Californica, var. miniata, var. nov. Caulis erectus, simplex, 6 — 8 pollicaris, 

 foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, basi attenuatis, sessilibus; internodiis 1 — lh pollicaribus; 

 cymis 3-floris ; calyce omnino conformi S. Californicce ; petalis miniatis, bilobatis 

 cum dentibus lateralibus duobus. 



The most striking characters of S. Californica are the tubular form of the calyx 

 and the four-lobed petals ; in the variety miniata the petals are not exactly four-lobed, 

 the lateral teeth are too small to be accounted lobes, but the calyx and the claws of 

 the petals are exactly the same. The latter might, however, prove to be a new 

 species, if the minium color of its flowers is constant. Its leaves differ in being oval- 

 lanceolate and more attenuate at base than S. Californica; it is also a smaller plant, 

 with comparatively short internodes. Dr. Heermann brought it from Calaveras, 

 mixed with specimens of S. Californica. 



S. multicaule, Nutt. in Torr. and Gr. Fl. Am. vol. i. p. 192. 



\ 

 PORTULACACE^E. 



SPRAGUEA umbellata, Torrey, PI. Frem. in Smiths. Contr. 1853, p. 4, PI. I. A 

 new and beautiful genus, belonging to the family of the Poriulacacew, and dedicated to 

 Isaac Sprague, the able botanical draughtsman of Prof. Gray's Genera lllustrata. 



ERODIUM cicutarium, L'Her. in Torr. and Gr. Fl. Am. vol. i. p. 208. 



LIMNANTHACE.E. 



LIMNANTHES alba, Benth. PI. Hartw. p. 301. " Foliis laxe pilosis, segmentis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis linearibusve, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis, pilis longis albo-lanatis. 

 Habitus et folia L. Douglassii. Haec vero, praesertim folia superiora, pilis longis, laxis, 

 albis ciliata. Flores quam L. Douglassii paullo majores videntur, petala alba, unicolo- 

 rata et vix emarginata." Marshy ground. 



MALVACEAE. 

 SIDALCEA Hartwegi, Gray, PI. Fendl. p. 20. Wet places. July. 



ACERACE^. 



ACER macrophyllum, Pursh's Fl. vol. i. p. 267. A large tree, growing along the 

 banks of Deer Creek. 



