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commemoration of his labors, and worthily do 

 him honor. 



In the vicinity of San Diego, in 1882," he redis- 

 covered the little fern Ophiglossum nudicaule, 

 which he had first found in 1850, and which had 

 ever since remained unseen. In the neighbor- 

 hood of Todos Santos, or All Saints Bay, were 

 discovered the new Ribes viburnifolium, Parry's 

 Mexican rose {Rosa minutifolia, Engelmann), 

 and a dwarf horse-chestnut [Aesculus Parryi) , 

 among other new plants " ; also, later, in the same 

 region, " the new spice bush {Ptelea aptera, 

 Parry)." 



In the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, vol. ii, pp. 188, 189, Dr. 

 Parry tells of finding (July, 1876) an unde- 

 scribed variety of lily growing abundantly on the 

 ranch of the Ring brothers, near San Gorgonio 

 Pass, in the vicinity of San Bernardino, Southern 

 California. He says : " The specimens then col- 

 lected, together with later material, obligingly 

 furnished by Mr. Ring, have supplied the neces- 

 sary means for the complete description, and the 

 whole having been placed at the disposal of Mr. 

 Sereno Watson, who is now elaborating the en- 

 dogenous flora of California, he has determined 

 the same as an undescribed species, which he has 

 complimented the discoverer by naming Lilium 

 Parryi, Watson. At my request Mr. Watson has 



