Valerianece.^ 
CALIFORNIA.— SUPPLEMENT. 
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ATENIA. Nov. Gen. 
Calycis margo 5-dentatus persistens. Petala obcordata cum lacinula inflexa. Fructus subglobosus latere 
compressus didymus Isevissimus. Mericarpia dorso jugis 5 filiformibus subprominulis sequalibus sequidis- 
tantibus, lateralibus ante raarginem positis. Valliculce evittatss ! Commissura angusta evittata. Carpo- 
podium integrum tenue. Semen tereti-convexum antice planiusculum. — Herbse glabrce hipedales. Caulis 
teres superne ramosus, oligophyllus. Folia pinnata, pinnis 2-3, angustissime linearibus basi apice 
attenuatis, vaginis elongatis, angustis. Umbella composita, sub \0-radiata. Involucrum nullum aut 
monophyllum parvum subulatum. Involucella polyphylla, foliolis parvis subulatis. Flores albi. 
1. A. Gairdneri. 
Besides our Californian specimens, we have the same, gathered by the late Dr Gairdner, in dry grounds 
by the Columbia River. 
Ord. XXVII. CAPRIFOLIACE^. Juss. 
1. Lonicera ciliosa. Poir — Hook, et Arn. supra, p. 143. 
2. L. Ledehcmrii. Koch. — Hook, et Arn. supra, p. 143. 
3. L. (?) subspicata ; fruticosa ramulis folisque junioribus pubescentibus, foliis oppositis 
breviter petiolatis coriaceis ellipticis integerrimis nitidis subtus pallidioribus, floribus laxe 
spicatis bracteatis solitariis v. binis oppositis, ovario globoso limbo calycino 5-lobo, corollo 
bilabiata pubescenti labio superiore 3-inf.-trifido. 
Of this remarkable plant, our collection possesses but a solitary specimen, with several spikes, but with 
few perfect flowers. The branches are woody. Leaves about an inch long, their margins much recurved in 
a dry state ; upper branches terminating in flowering spikes, the leaves passing into opposite remote pairs of 
bracteas, and having in their axils lesser bracteas, which bear the flowers solitary or in pairs. These are 
small, not half an inch long. Ovary globose, crowned with 5 moderately large blunt lobes or teeth. Corolla 
downy, oblong, bifid or two-lipped, the lips rather unequal, one with 3, the other with 2 oblong lobes. 
Stamens 5, Anthers large, rather shorter than the corolla. Anthers large, linear-oblong. Style reaching 
to the top of the stamens, curved. Stigma globose. — The aspect is quite different from any Lonicera with 
which we are acquainted. 
Ord. XXVIII. RUBIACE^. Juss. 
1. Galium boreale. L — G. septentrionale. Boem. et Sch. 
Hab. Snake Country. Mr Tolmie. 
2. G. Californicum ; annuum? gracile diffusum ramosum ubique hirsuto-pilosum, 
caulibus 4-gonis, foliis quaternis patentibus ovatis acutissimis, pedunculis subterminalibus 
solitariis ternisve 1-3-floris folia superantibus, ovario subgloboso laevi glabro, corollae 
(albae) laciniis acutissimis. 
Imperfect specimens of this, collected also in California, by Mr Menzies, have been long known to us. 
Mr Douglas’ possess flowers, but we are still unacquainted with the fruit. The root, also, we have not 
seen. When held between the eye and the light, the leaves present a distinct reticulated appearance. 
Ord. XXIX. VALERIANE^. Juss. 
1. Plectritis congesta. De Cand. Prod. 4. p. 631.— |S, Hook. FI. Bor. Am. \. p. 291. 
