PLANTS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 



liy Dr. Gi;(j. Vaskv ;uu1 J.N. Kosk. 



During June and July, 1888, Dr. Edward Palmer collected for the 

 J)epartinent of Aj^rieultiire in the counties of Keni, Tnhire, and Han 

 Bernardino. The early part of June he collected on the Green Horn 

 Mountain and on the North Fork of Kern Kiver. Kern County; the 

 last of June was spent at Victor, in San Bernardino County, and the 

 month of July was spent in Jjong Metwlow and the surrounding country, 

 in Tulare County. 



Thanks are due to Dr. Sereno Watson for the determination of some 

 new an{l ditiicult species, and to Mr. F. V. Coville for help in deterndn- 

 \ug a number of species. 



The following paper, contains a list of the si)ecies with Dr. Palmer's 

 field notes : 



Nos. 18 to :5l. Collected on tlm North Fork of Keru River, Dear Kern- 

 vill4i, Keru County, Ciil., Juno 7 to 15. 



18. Equisetuni Icevigatum, A. Br. 



19. Jiincus effusus, L. 



20. Jiiiiciis Nevadensis, Watson, 



21. Juiicus Hp. 



Nos. 18, ly, "20, and 21. Found at the bonier ol' river in wet locations. 



22. Jiincus, sp. Fouiul in a dump meadow near river. 



23. Elyniii.s triticoides, NuLt. Connnon in rather low ])laceB near river, grow in j^ so 



thickly a>s to sceni artilicially sown. Cattle eat it only when yonu^. 



24. Sporobolus airoidea, Torr. Grows in wet meadows and alonj^ water-courses. 



L'attlo cat it ^recn and a.s liay. 



25. Paiiicuni dichotomum, L. I'onud on .stiudy .spot near river. 



27. Festuca Myurus, L, (irows very thick in meadow near river. 



28. Polypogon littoralis, Sniilli. 



29. Polypogon Moiispellensis, 1 )csi'. 



30. Agrostis verticillata, Trin. 



Nos. 28, 2d, and :{0 wore louud iu a wet meadow near river. 



Nos. '.]2 to 107 and IHO to lOO w<;re (iolh^cted under i)ineH, at a lieij^ht of 

 6,00U or 7,000 feet, upon the Green Horn Mountains, 10 or 12 uiilcs west 

 of Kornville, Keru County, Cal., Juno 7 to 15, 1888. 



32. NemopMla parviflora, Doug. Grows close to the ground, undershade of bushes. 



l''lowers liglit lilac. 



33. Chaeiiactis saiitolinoides, Greene. Large, <i)mi)act i)lant, '2 I'eot high; blos- 



soms freely. Flowers creamy white. 



34. Comandra umbellata, Nutl. A loose, scraggy phuir, growing sparsely upon 



iiili-sides. Flowers dingy white. 



35. Eriogoiium vagaus, Watson. Very common. Found under pines and oaks upon 



slopes and level places upon ridges. 



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