24 C. Dewey on Caricography. 
No. 266. (C Barbara, Dew. 
Spicis staminiferis 2 (raro 8) cylindraceis erectis terminalibus- 
que, suprema longa pedunculata, infima subelongata ; pistillif 
eris 8 longis 9-4 uncialibus rE eieisies dy pg erecta brevi: 
bracteata apice staminifera, inferioribus longioribus subremotis 
subrecurvis basi laxifloris brevi- racinatls foifacels -bracteatis, om- 
nibus nigro-purpureis; fructibus distigmaticis oblongo-obovatis 
apiculatis ore integris squama oblongo-obovata dorso pallida mu- 
page brevioribus ; culmo erecto “glauco es -foliato et va 
anes the fees onier than the fast and more remote; pis- 
tillate 3, long cylindric, 2-4 — long, and slender, the upper 
staminate at the apex and erect; the lowest longer, subremote 
and subrecurved, short- sheathed ‘and loose- flowered at the base; 
stigmas two; fruit oblong-obovate, short rostrate, entire at the 
orifice, with the scale oblong-obovate, pale on the back, with the 
nerve extended into a mucronate point and sometimes making 
e scale emarginate. 
Banks of streams af Santa re ie California; Dr. Parry. 
The locality gives name to the spec 
No. 267. €. Mack: Dew. 
Spica staminifera solitaria sublonga, terminali squamis ob- 
longis obtusis mucronatis ; pistilliferis ‘ternis oblongo-cylindra- 
ceis § vix nutantibus densifloris, infima exserto-peduncu- 
lata sublonge ‘vaginata fructibus éristigmaticis ovato-oblongis 
‘aiccetece is brevi-conico-rostratis subventricosis bidentatis 
posse 220 brevi oblonga obtusa dorso trinervata scabro-aristata lon- 
oribus vel basi m brevioribus. 
= alin two feet me erect, sca scabrous above and pace — 
; pistillate scale 
short-oblong, obtuse, scabrous-cuspidate, and — than the | 
fruit except at base of the spikes, — Telaed to . hystricina, — 
illd., but remote. 
At Mabibi, Sonora, in June; Thurber. It ere the honored 
name of its discoverer, oné of the exploring party. 
No. 268. ©. Wrightii, Dew. 3 
Spicis staminiferis 2 (raro 3) oblongo-cylindraceis erestis ae 
teatis subremotis cum squama oblonga acuta vel inferne aristata; a 
