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BOTANY. 
Symphoricarpus RACEMOSUS, Michx. FI. 1, p. 107. Northern California and Cascade mountains, 
0. T. 
Linnea borealis, Gronov.; Linn. Sp. PI. p. 880; Hook. & Am. Pot. Beech. Voy. 1 , p. 125. 
Cascade mountains, 0. T. 
RUBIACEiE. 
Galium Aparine, Linn.; Pursh. FI. 1 , p. 103; Torn. & Gray, Flor. 2, p. 20. Klamath 
lake and Dalles of Columbia. 
Galium Californicum, Hook. &Arn. Pot. Peechey, Suppl.p. 349. Petaluma ; April, in flower. 
Galium boreale, Linn.; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Am. 1, p. 289. Shores of Klamath lake, O. T. 
GaliUxM rubioides, Linn. Spec. 1, p. 105 ; PC, Prod. 4, p. 599 ; Hook. & Am. Pot. 
Beech. Voy., p. 115 ; Hook. Flor. Por.-Amer. 1 ,p. 289. Cascade mountains, O. T. 
Galium asprellum, Michx. FI. 1, p. 78; Pursh, FI. 1, p. 103; Torrey, FI. 1, p. 166. 
Banks of Canoe creek, n< rthern California ; July 29. 
Cephalantiius occidentalis, Linn.; Michx. FI. 1 , p. 87. Common in Sacramento valley. 
Y ALERT AN ACEiE. 
Plectritis congesta, PC. Prod. 4, p. 631. Shores of San Pablo and bay, California. 
Valeriana Sylvatica, Banks; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Am. 1, p. 291. Crater pass, Cascade moun¬ 
tains, O. T. 
COMPOSITE.—(By A. Gray.) 
Eupatorium occidentals, Hook. FI. Bur. Am. 1, p. 305 ; Torn. & Gray, FI. 1, p. 91. On 
rocks. Canoe creek, northern California ; a low shrubby plant. 
Lessingia Germanorum, Cham.; Torr. & Gray, l. c. 2 , p. 451. Upper Sacramento valley. 
LESsrNGiA virgata, Gray, in PI. Hartw. p. 315 ; McCumber’s. This very remarkable species 
was known only by a specimen in the collection of the United States Pacific Exploring Expedi¬ 
tion, with which Dr Newberry’s plant well accords. 
Aster salsuginosus, Packards.; Furr. <f; Gray , FI. 2, p. 155. Crater pass. 
Aster adscendens, Lindl. in Hook. 1. c. & PC. Prodr. 5, p. 231. 
Aster Novi Belgii, Linn. Upper Des Chutes ; also a dwarf state at the Dalles. 
Aster simplex, Willd.f Torr. & Gray, l. c. Upper Des Chutes river. 
Aster falcatus, Lindl.; Torr. & Gray , l. c. Klamath lake. 
Erigeron filifolium, Nutt.; Torr. cfe Gray, FI. 2, p. 177. Cascade mountains, Oregon ; 
flowers white and pink. 
Erigeron Douglasii, Torr. & Gray , l. c.; var. foliis latioribus, capitulis (immaturis) mino_ 
ribus. Apparently the E. foliosum of Nuttall. McCumber’s, Upper Sacramento. 
Erigeron Canadense, Linn. Common in California and Oregon. 
ITulsea nana, (sp. nov.) : humilis ; foliis pinnatifidis ; pedunculo scapiformi monocephalo ; 
involucri squamis oblongo-lanceolatis subacutis; floribus luteis; pappi paleis fimbricato-la- 
ceris.—(Tab. XII.) In beds of scoria, at the line of perpetual snow, Crater pass. Cascade 
mountains, lat. 44° 10', September. This is one of the most interesting plants of Dr. New¬ 
berry’s collection, and I have great pleasure in proposing that the species shall bear his name. 
It opportunely confirms a genus, still unpublished, (but likely soon to be given to the world,) 
which 1 characterized two years ago in manuscript, and which was founded on a single specimen 
of a stem or peduncle, destitute of foliage, but bearing several heads. The floral characters 
