8 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
But in the description of C. Pringlei we read the following modified 
statement of the degree of leaf-dentation: “ leaf-blades . . 
coarsely and irregularly sinuate-dentate or shallowly repand- 
dentate.’ This description applies nicely to Rydberg and Carle- 
ton’s no. 6928 from Utah, but according to Standley, his C. Pringle: 
is confined to “ hillsides, Hidalgo.’’ Moreover, of two specimens in 
the Gray Herbarium labeled by Standley as C. Pringlet only one 
has “ coarsely . . . sinuate-dentate ” leaves and care must be 
taken to interpret liberally the descriptive term “ coarsely.” The 
leaves of the other specimen, also from Hidalgo, are scarcely as 
shallowly repand-dentate as are those of the Utah specimen of 
C. Fremonti. The next species in Standley’s treatment is C. neo- 
mexicanum Standley, |. c. 19, which is not distinguishable from 
C. paniculatum Hook. This latter species is very closely related to 
C. Fremonti but appears to be distinct by reason of the adherent 
pericarp. C. Palmeri Standley, as its author states, has the 
pericarp more or less adherent to the seed and this character 
together with the open ample inflorescence marks the plant as 
probably a good species although it is known from but a single 
collection. : 
CHENOPODIUM LEPTOPHYLLUM Nutt. Three of the seven species 
recognized by Standley in this group are proposed as new. Only 
one of these, C. pallescens is represented at the Gray Herbarium. 
This is apparently a good species much resembling C. subglabrum 
but distinguished by the adherent pericarp. The latter species 8 
well-marked by the open inflorescence and large seeds. Standley 
refers C. leptophyllum Nutt., var. oblongifolium Wats. Proc. Am. 
Acad. ix. 95 (1874) to C. desiccatum A. Nels. This is correct as 
regards the original of Watson’s variety (Fendler’s no. 717) but : 
Wright’s 1732 & 1733, referred by Watson to his variety, represent 
the broad-leaved form described by Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Club 
xxxix. 310 (1912), as C. pratericola. C. desiccatum is only a starved 
condition of the typical form of C. leptophyllum and should be 
treated, as by Watson, as a variety, or according to the ideals of 
the N.A. Fl. reduced to synonymy. C. pratericola is purely a2 
herbarium species, the result of sorting into one pile specimens 
exhibiting oblong-elliptic leaves in which the three nerves near the 
base are more or less evident and the placing in another pile spe¢!- 
mens with narrower leaves (rarely even linear) in which case, of 
