﻿96 PLANTS PRATTENIAN^ CALIFORNICvE. 



TRIENTALTS latifolia, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. vol. ii. p. 121. A variety of T. 

 EuropcEa. 



APOCYNACEJE. 



APOCYNUM andros^emifolium, Linn. Two varieties; one with round-oval leaves; 

 the other, with very small flowers, oval-lanceolate and glaucous leaves, may, after- 

 wards, prove to be a new species ? Only one specimen of the latter. 



ASCLEPIADACE.E. 

 ASCLEPIAS longicornu, Benth. in D. C. Prodr. vol. viii. p. 570. 



ACERATES cordifolia, Benth. PI. Hartw. p. 323. " Cauli glabro, foliis sessilibus, 

 cordato-ovatis, glabris ; umbellis ad apicem caulis subpaniculatis ; pedicellis calycibus- 

 que pilosis; corollse laciniis ovatis; cucullis superne a gynostegio discretis sequilongis- 

 que. — Caulis elatus. Folia 3" longa, 2" lata vel summa minora, angustiora, acuta, mar- 

 gine vix ciliolata, basi auriculis rotundato-cordata. Flores fusco-purpurei, iis Asdepb- 

 adis curassavicce paullo majores. Gynostegium subsessile ; cuculi apice truncati, intus 

 acutangulari." Looks very much like the Asclepias obtusifolia. 



GENTIANACE^E. 

 ERYTHRJEA Muhlenbergii, Griseb, in D. C. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 60. 



FRASERA nitida, Benth. PI. Hartw. p. 322. " Caulibus subsimplicibus foliisque 

 linearibus glaberrimis, cymis densifloris in thyrsum terminalem dispositis. foveis oblon- 

 gis solitariis, coronse filamentis in squamas incisas cum staminibus alternantes con- 

 natis." 



I see very little cause for separating this from F. albicaulw. It seems to differ only 

 in being perfectly glabrous. 



HYDROPHYLLACE^E. 



NEMOPHILA maculata, Benth. PI. Hartw. p. 324. "Caule diffusa, foliis oppositis, 

 pilosis, ciliatis, 3 — 5 — 7-pinnati-partitis, lobis integris, obtusis, mucronatis, pedunculis 

 foliis longioribus, calycis segmentis ovato-lanceolatis, brevissime appendiculatis ; 

 corolla rotato-campanulata, calycem plus duplo superante, alba, lobis obovatis integris, 

 purpureo ad apicem maculatis." 



A beautiful and highly ornamental species, with larger flowers than N. insignis. 

 Corollas white, with a large purple spot at the top of each division and longitudinal 

 veins. In wet places. May. 



N. insignis, Benth. in D. C. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 290. Same locality. 



