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CALIFORNIA.— SUPPLEMENT. 



\_Polygonea. 



of the stamina! tube ; in our present individual the leaves do not materially differ, nor do we find any other 

 difference from except that the bracteas of the involucre are larger and almost foliaceous. 



1 . Glaux maritima ? L. 



A singular state of this plant, as it appears to us, without flowers, with small imperfect leaves, and with the 

 stem singularly inflated at the joints, is in Mr Douglas' collection. 



Ord. XLVIT. PLANTAGINEiE. Juss. 



1. Plantago gnaphalioides. Nutt. Gen. Am. 1. p. 100. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 124. 

 — P. lagopus. Ph. (non Linn.). 



Ord. XLVIII. NYCTAGINE^. Juss. 



1. Abronia mellifera. Dough in Bot. Mag. t. 2879. Hook. Fh Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 125. 



2. A. arenaria. Menz.—Hook. Fx. Fh t. 193. Fh Bor. Am. 2. p. 125. 

 Found in California first by Mr Menzies. 



1. Chenopodium? spinosum. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 127. 

 North California. Douglas. 1826. 



Ord. XLIX. POLYGONEJE. Juss. 

 ERIOGONUM. Mich. 



Involucrum tubulosum, campanulatum v. cyathiforme, vix angulatum, subaequaliter 6-dentatum, multiflorum. 

 Receptaculum bracteolis intra pedicellos instructum. Perianthia exserta, profunde 6-fida. Benth. in Linn. 

 Trans, v. 17. p. 407. 



§ Fascicolata. Benth. 



1. E. parvifolium (Sm. in Bees' Cycl.) ; fruticulosum, foliis brevissime petiolatis ovatis 

 margine revolutis undulatis subtus lanatis, involucris sublanatis. Benth. 1. c. p. 411. Hook, 

 et Am. supra, p. 158. 



Upper California. Menzies. Douglas. 



Folia pollicaria, basi truncata vel subcordata. Pedunculi omnes simplices vel terminalis ramosus. 

 Capitula pauca lateralia et terminalia, fructifera rubescentia. Bractece sub capitulo paucse, parvae, ovatae vel 

 oblonga?. Involucra in capitulo plurima, sessilia, tubuloso-campanulata. Bracteolce intra involucrum plu- 

 mosae. Perianthii lacinice inter se subaequales. Benth. 



2. E. fasciculaturn [Benth.); fruticulosum, foliis oblongo-ellipticis Hnearibusve basi 

 angustatis margine revolutis glabris vel subtus tenuiter albo-tomentosis, involucris gla- 

 briusculis. Benth. h c. p. 411. 



Upper California. Menzies. Douglas. 



Folia i-J-pollicaria, de mum glabra. Pedunculi longiores Cjuam in E. parvifolio> terminalis saspissiuie 

 umbellifer, radiis 2-3 inaequaliter elongatis, 1-2 brevissimis vel uno alterove intra radios sessilibus. Bractece 

 sub capitulis numerosae, oblongo-lineares. Bracteolce intra involucra minutissimae. Involucra et flores E. 

 parvifolii. Benth. 



