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less desirable, on this account, that the original description should 

 appear. It ought also to be here mentioned that the genus in its 

 name commemorates one of the worthiest American botanists of the 

 last generation, Dr. William Darlington, of West Chester, Pennsyl- 

 vania, author of the Flora Cestrica, &c, who survived in a good old 

 age to see and admire this wonderful plant.] 



Ord 5 PAPAVERACEA 



1. ESCHSCHOLTZIA, Cham. 



1. Eschscholtzia Californica, Cham. 



Hab. Near San Francisco, and in other parts of California : common. 



2. Eschscholtzia Douglasii, Rook. & Am. 



Hab. On the Willamette River, Oregon, and from thence to the 

 Sacramento Valley, California. — We suspect this is not distinct from 

 E. Californica. 



2. DENDROMECON, Benth. 



1. Dendromecon rigidum, Benth. 



Hab. Near San Francisco, and on the Upper Sacramento, Califor- 

 nia. — A shrub, usually not more than three feet high, with a smooth, 

 polished stem. 



