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rather before the leaves, usually becoming lateral from the development of only one of the 
buds near the extremity of the flowering branch : pedicels 4-6 lines long, villous. Invo¬ 
lucre nearly as long as the pedicels, very deciduous ; the leaflets ovate, acute, yellowish, or 
tinged with purple. Teeth of the calyx minute, crowning the ovary. Petals lanceolate, or 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Style filiform ; stigma slightly dilated. Immature fruit twice as 
long as broad, somewhat hairy. This species, remarkable as the only one of the section 
Tanyyania found in America, is closely allied to C. mas of Europe and C. officinalis of Japan, 
differing only, so far as our imperfect materials show, in the slight characters given above. Dr. 
Bigelow’s specimens have the foliage and the young fruit. A branchlet gathered by Mr. Prat- 
ten exhibits the flowers just developing. 
Cornus pubescens, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, FI. 1, p. 652, (sub var. C. sericea,) & Sylv. 3, 
p. 54. C. circinata, Cliam. & Schleclit. in Linncea 3, p. 139. C. sericea, /3? occidentalis, Torr. 
& Gray , l. c. River banks and ravines. Grass valley and Middle Yuba ; May 20. Also, hill¬ 
sides, Duffield’s Ranch, Sierra Nevada ; May 12 ; with unexpanded flowers. We incline to 
the opinion that this species is more nearly allied to C. alba (stolonifera) than to C. sericea. 
It varies in the degree of pubescence and in the breadth of the leaves. 
CAPRIFOLIACEvE. 
Lonicera involucrata, Banks; DC. Prodr. 4 , p. 336. Near San Francisco, California. 
Lonicera California, Torr. & Gray , FI. 2, p. 7. Knight’s ferry on the Stanislaus. A 
small-leaved form. L. hispidula is a more or less hairy state, apparently of the same species. 
Symphoricarpus rotundifolius, Gray, PI. Wright. 2, p. 66. In the Sandia mountains near 
Santa Antonita, New Mexico ; October. In fruit. 
Sambucus Mexicana, Pres, in DC. Prodr. 4, p. 323 ; Gray , PI. Wright. 2, p. 66. S. glauca, 
Benth. PI. Hartw. p. 313, (non Nutt.) S. velutina, Durand & Hilg. PI. Heerm. in Journ. 
Acad. Sc. Phil. ( n. ser .) 3, p. 39, (a more pubescent form.) Knight’s ferry, Stanislaus river, 
May 7, (in flower ;) also on Mark West’s creek, California. Our specimens agree very well 
with the plant collected in New Mexico by Mr. Wright. 
Sambucus pubens, Michx. FI. 1, p . 181; Torr. dc Gray, l. c., p. 13. Hills near Oakland, 
California. 
RUBIACE2E. 
Oldenlandia (Houstonia) rubra, Gray , PI. Wright. 2, p. 68. Hills and plains near Galisteo, 
New Mexico ; October. 
Galium aparine, Linn. Sp. 1, p. 108. San Francisco and Napa valley ; May. A small- 
fruited form, apparently of this species, occurring in various collections from California, New 
Mexico, and western Texas. 
VALERI AN ACEiE. 
Plectritis congesta, Lindl.; DC. Prodr. 4, p. 631. Mountains near Oakland ; April—May. 
Plectritis macrocera, Torr. & Gray, FI. 2, p. 50. P. brachystemon, Fisch. & Mey. Napa 
valley; April. 
COMPOSITE. (By A. Gray.) 
Elephantopus Carolinianus, Willd. On the Canadian River ; August. 
Vernonia Jamesii, Torr. & Gray, FI. 2, p. 58. On the Canadian; and Llano Estacado ; 
August—September. 
Pectis (Pectidopsis) angustifolia, Torr. in Ann. Lyc. Ncto York 2 ,p. 214; Gray, PI. Fendl. 
p . 61. Head waters of the Canadian. September. 
