Short pedicel, Stamens 6, connate. Ovate, 1- or occasionally 2-celled, with usually 4 pairs of broadly ovate thickened scales. Anther smooth, nearly triangular, flattened at the inner margin. Styliform process filiform, projecting from the apex of the pericarp, tubular, of elongated cells, expanded at base. Testa double, outer coat slightly thicker than inner, with a thin layer of cells. Albumen fleshy, free or loosely attached to the testa, within the cavity of the testa - subglobose in young and not discernible. Probably the only species in the U.S. - West Texas to California, S. Whales & Nevada. Apr. 22 + May 9, 1864.- Near Carson May 12, " Drunken Fork Hills " 13, " " 16, " Drunken Fork Hills " 18, " June 27, " Riggins Valley " 27, " Month Spaulding's Canyon July 7, " Smokey Valley Coniferar Libocedrus decurrens, Torr. - Sierra of California May 2, 1864.- Kings Canyon 3 sp. Pseudips communis, L., var. alpina, L. "Shorey's upper Creek Lake, Maine & Northern" G. M. Stafford & Hudson's Bay Territories, Sitka. - Washington Colo. (Gunnison) July 30, 1864.- E. Humboldt Aug. 14, " " 27, " Lake Shore Sept. 25, " Peak above Willa Camp 4. Virginiana, L. - Florida to California, northward to Canada, the Saskatchewan; Oregon, found only in the Eichhorn's, W.B. Nevada, but frequent in the Wasatch.