490 TRANS. OP THE ACAD. OP SCIENCE. 
Durand informs me, undoubtedly of European origin; tbe 
only certain locality in North America is the Californian 
one. 
Pag. 439. J. Boemerianus. The New Jersey locality 
rests on the doubtful authority of Pursh; I have seen no spe¬ 
cimens collected farther north than Wilmington, N. Carolina, 
whence Mr. Canby has sent it, Hb. norm. 1. 
Pag. 441. L Balticus has been distributed in Hb* norm. 
4 from Pennsylvania, Porter; 3, Michigan, Bigelow; 2, Wis- 
consin, Lapham , and 5, Californian Mountains, Bolander . It 
also occurs on the Pacific coast at least as far south as the 
Dalles of the Columbia, Lyall; J. Haenkei , Mey. June. p. 10, 
is a depauperate northern form. 
Pag. 442. In place of “ subsp. J. Pacijicus ,” put: 
5. b. J. Lesueurii, Bolander, in Proc. Acad. Cal. 2, 179 
(1863) : rhizomate repente; caulibus (2-3-pedalibus) crassio- 
ribus mollibus ssepe fistulosis; paniculae ramis secundis; flo- 
ribus (bruneo-striatis) majoribus; sepalis lanceolatis exterio- 
ribus acutissimis interiora obtusa paulo superantibus, omnibus 
supra capsulam ovatam vix obtuse angulatam acutam brevio- 
rem vel ssquilongam conniventibus; antheris 6 late linearibus 
filamento brevissimo quadruplo quintuplo longioribus; semi- 
nibus magnis ovatis obtusis breviter vel vix apiculatis tenuis- 
sime irregulariter reticulatis vel laeviusculis.— J. Balticus , 
Benth. PI. Hartw. 341; J. Balticus , subsp. Pacificus, p.442; 
J. compressus , E. Mey. PI. Cham, in Linn. 3, 368, and J.pic- 
tus f Philippi, ib. 33 (1864), p. 268 (planta Chilensis). 
In saltmarshes and in saline sandy soil near the coast of 
San Francisco bay, Bolander , Kellogg , Hb. n. 6.—FI. July 
and August.—The plant certainly stands close to J. Balticus , 
but may always be recognized by the characters given above, 
and the habit is quite different. The stems of the larger spe¬ 
cimens are much thicker, often 2^-3 lines in diameter, and 
softer; inflorescence as in all its allies very changeable, some¬ 
times loose but more commonly compact and with strikingly 
1-sided branches; flowers larger than in J . Balticus , 2^-3 
lines long, and capsule from an oval base pointed; seeds 0.30 
-0-37 and in Chamisso’s Chilian specimen even 0.40 line long, 
smoothish or usually somewhat reticulate, the network cor¬ 
responding with the cells of the epidermis, which when re¬ 
moved leaves the seed, very similar to that of J . Balticus , 
marked with a distinct but delicate transverse reticulation; 
something of this is also se^n on the inside of the detached 
epidermis, perhaps from adhering parts of the second layer, 
of cells. J . Balticus has usually smaller flowers, 1^-2 lines 
long, only in north Pacific specimens have I seen them nearly 
as large as in J. Lesueurii; its capsule is more prismatic 
and abruptly mucronate, the seeds of the same size, but, evi¬ 
dently owing to the greater transparency of the epidermis, 
