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CATALOGUE OF SPECIES. 195 



Stillingia paucidentata Wats. Proc. Airier. Acad. xiv. 298 (1879.) Type locality, 

 "Colorado Valley, near mouth of Williams River," Arizona. 

 Near Little Owens Lake (No. 1007). 



URTICACE^. 



Celtis occidentalis reticulata (Torr.) Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. 247 (1828), as C. reticulata; 

 Sarg. For. N. A. 126 (1884). Type locality, "base of the Rocky Mountains " 



A specimen of Celtis was recorded in the valley of Caliente Creek, a few miles 

 above Caliente, It probably belongs to the variety reticulata of C. occidentalis, but 

 unfortunately no specimens were collected. 



Urtica breweri Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. x. 318 (1875). Type locality, "Los 

 Angeles, California." 

 Near Whitney Meadows (No. 1696). 



Urtica holosericea Nutt. PL Gamb. 183 (1848). Type locality, "near Monterey, 

 Upper California.'' 



This nettle was found at several points in the intramontauo region between Walker 

 Pass, Kernville, Caliente, and Tehachapi. 



Urtica urens L. Sp. PI. ii. 984 (4753). Typo locality European. 

 Near Keene (No. 1109). 



Parietaria debilis Forst. PI. Ins. Anst. Prodr. 73 (1786). Type locality, "Nova 

 Zeelandia." 

 In the Funeral Mountains, at a point west of Amargosa (No. 331). 



PLATANACE.SJ. 



Platanus racemosaNntt. Sylv. i. 47 (1842-53). Type locality, "Upper California, 

 in the vicinity of Sta. Barbara." 



This tree, the sycamore, was found only in intramontane California and showed no 

 tendency to follow down the desert streams. It was observed on Lytle Creek (No. 

 128); along the branches of Caliente Creek; toward the lower end of the Canada de 

 las Uvas; in the lower part of Tejon Canon; along Poso Creek; and along the lower 

 Kaweah. Although a paludose plant it seemed to confine itself to the foothill belt, 

 and not to extend into the chaparral. 



CUPULIFERiE. 



Betula occidentalis Hook. PI. Bor. Amer. ii. 155 (1838). Type localities, " Straits 

 of De Fuca,"and "near springs on the west side of the Rocky Mountains," and "on 

 the east side, from the mountains to Edmonton House." 



Near Lone Pine, at the point where the Hockett Trail crosses a small stream, at 

 the eastern foot of the Sierra Nevada. 



Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. Sylv. i. 33 (1842-53). Type locality, "in the vicinity of 

 Monterey, in Upper California." 



This tree, the alder, was seen only along streams in the Sierra Nevada, namely, at our 

 camp near Kernville, at a few points along our route to Caliente, along the Kaweah 

 River from Viealia to Big Tree Canon, and on Kern River between Trout Meadow and 

 Soda Springs. 



Coi-ylus rostrata californica DC. Prodr. xvi. pt. ii. 133 (1814). Type locality 

 "in California." 



The hazel-nut was seen only between Big Tree Canon and Mineral King, on the 

 headwaters of the Kaweah liiver. 



