Umbellifera.} 



CALIFORNIA. 



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recently in the valuable Reliquice HcenkeancB of Presl. That author thus defines the generic character : 

 Cat. superus deciduus, tubo infundibuliformi cum ovario articulato, colorato, basi supra ovarium globoso-ven- 

 tricoso, limbo quadripartito. Petala quatuor, summo tubo inserta. Antherce lineares, dorso affixse. Ovarium 

 lineare, tetragonum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum, 4-lobum. Capsula linearis, tetragona, quadri- 

 valvis, unilocularis, polysperma. Semina oblonga, pappbsa. — SufFrutices decumbentes, ramosissimi, tomento 

 tenui canescentes. Rami oppositi. Folia opposita, angusta. Racemi terminates, simplices. Flores sessiles, 

 coccinei." — It appears to be only found at Monterrey. 



1. Epilobium tetragonum. Linn. — Lehm. in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. I. p. 206. 



1. CEnotliera biennis. Linn. — Lehm. in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 209. 



2. CEnotliera Lindleyii ; caule adscendente diffuso ramoso, foliis lineari-lanceolatis inte- 

 gerrimis glabris, calycis tubo laciniis triplo breviore, petalis integris denticulatis genitalia 

 duplo superantibus, stigmatibus luteis, capsulis cylindricis elongatis utrinque attenuates 

 puberulis. Lehm. — Douglas, in Bot. Mag. t. 2832. Lehm. in Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 213. 



3. CEnotliera spiralis ; caule subsimplice decumbente incano, foliis anguste ovatis oblon- 

 gisve obtusis integerrimis vel obscure dentatis strigoso-pilosis incanis inferne in petiolum 

 attenuatis, floribus solitariis, petalis (siccitate ssepissime viridibus) stamina duplo superan- 

 tibus, capsulis acute tetragonis acuminatis incanis demum glabriusculis subspiraliter tortis. 

 Hook, in Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 213. 



Ord. XVIII. CUCURBITACE.E. Juss. 



There are two Cucurbitaceous plants in the Collection, but without flower, and probably cultivated, as is 

 assuredly the case with a Mesembryanthemum in the Herbarium. 



Ord. XIX. GROSSULARIE^l. Be Cand. 



1. Ribes Menziesii; aculeatissimum, spinis tripartitis, foliis cordatis 5-lobis serratis basi 

 truncatis venoso-rugosis subtus pubescenti-tomentosis, pedunculo subunifloro, calyce cylin- 

 draceo-campanulato profunde 5-fido glanduloso, staminibus 5 inclusis, stylo subexserto 

 germine pedunculoque aculeatis. Hook. — Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 2. App. p. 732. De Cand. 

 Prodr. v. 3. p. 478. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. ined. — R. ferox. Sm. in Bees, et De Cand. 



2. Ribes sanguineum; inerme, foliis cordatis subquinquelobis serratis venosis supra 

 glabriusculis subtus villoso-tomentosis, racemis laxis pubescentibus foliis duplo longioribus, 

 calycibus tubuloso-campanulatis laciniis oblongis obtusis patentibus petala (rubra) integer- 

 rima superantibus, bracteis obovato-spathulatis, baccis turbinatis hirsutis. Douglas. — Pursh, 

 Fl. Am. v. l.p. 164. Dougl. in Hort. Trans, v. 7. p. 509. t. 13. Bot. Reg. t. 1349. Hook. 

 Fl. Bor. Am. ined. — R. malvaceum. Sm. in Bees' Cycl. 



There is still a third species of Ribes (Sect. Grossularia,) in the Herbarium, with a solitary stipulary 

 spine and no aculei, and with leaves resembling- those of R. Cynosbati, only thrice as large : but being- 

 destitute of flowers and fruit, it cannot be determined. 



Ord. XX. UMBELLIFERvE. Juss. 



1. Sanicula arctopoides; subacaulis, foliis longe petiolatis profunde 3-partitis laciniis 

 elongato-cuneatis lateralibus bifidis intermedio trifido omnibus subciliato-pinnatifidis, ped- 



