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a doubt But whether the acquisition of more specimens may not 

 eventually result in the necessity of uniting C. pyrrhus with 

 mitchellii is another question. 



The original character relied upon for the distinction of these 

 two species, viz. : The number of loreals, there being one in the type 

 of C. mitchellii and four in that of C. pyrrhus breaks down upon an 

 examination of the specimens which have come to light since. In 

 this respect Mr. Orcutt's larger specimen is particularly interesting 

 inasmuch as on one side of the head it has a very long lower preorb- 

 ital, the condition which obtains in C. mitchellii, while on the other 

 side this plate is divided as in the other specimens of C. pyrrhus. 



I have not the type of C. mitchellii at hand now, but a second 

 specimen was collected by Mr. L. Belding, at La Paz, L. C, in 1882, 

 and judging from this the chief difference seems to consist in the 

 double row of small scales interposed between the rostral and the 

 prenasal, while in all the known specimens of C. pyrrhus there is 

 only a single series. By this means r.he uoscrils in C. mitchellii ap- 

 pear to be placed further back, and the space between nostril and eye 

 is correspondingly shortened. Leonhard Stejneger. 



NOTES ON PACIFIC COAST PLANTS. 



(From Girden and Forest, iii. 286, etc.) 



One of the prettiest Brodiseas we have seen came from Oregon 

 under the name of B. Hendersoni. Its flowers, six to twelve, are in 

 an umbel three-quarters of an inch wide, creamy white with a yellow- 

 ish centre. A prominent dark purple stripe runs the whole length 

 of the sepals both outside and inside. The leaves are from the base, 

 long and narrow, and the naked stem is about a foot high. It would 

 be useful for cutting. 



Another showy little plant is the Allium serratum, from Cali- 

 fornia. It is about ten inches high, with a naked stem and a many 

 flowered umbel of rose-purple flowers half an inch wide. Like our 

 A. tricoccum the leaves die down at time of blooming, leaving only 

 the flower-stalk visible. It may not be hardy. Ours were covered 

 with leaves during the winter. 



Calochortus pulchellus, now in bloom, has pretty nodding yellow 

 flowers an inch wide, on short stems. The plant is low, only four to 

 six inches high, bearing in succession two to five flowers. It is not 

 suitable for bouquets, but is well worth growing as a garden plant. 

 It probably needs protection in winter. 



Geranium incisum, from Oregon, is also a pretty species, with 

 rose-purple flowers, with darker stripes [than G. naculatum], an inch 

 wide. The plant is usually about a foot high, is hardy and well 

 worth growing. 



Brodisea multiflora bears a close, round umbel of sessile, bluish- 

 purple flowers half an inch wide, but they are so close together that 



