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Berkeley --Gaultheria shallon. [drawing of cross-section of ovary] Cross-sect. ovary. The placentae project more heavily into the cells than represented in the sketch which is very rough. The above is a rough cross-section and really gives a wrong idea of the placentae seen longitudinally it is like this: [another drawing, of longitudinal cross-section with columella labeled] I should say the placentae were borne at about the middle of the short col-
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May 18, 1912. umella [columella, continued from prev p] and perfectly horizontal, _not_ ascending as said by Gray in Syn. Fl. [Synoptical Flora of North America]--My material was sent in fresh, probably from Marin County, but without any indication of origin. [odd scribble with arrow, note: Later: --] Monterey! Miss Eloise Fife.
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