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PORTULACE.^. 



57. Calandrinia caidesccns HBK. nov. gen. vi. 78, t. 526, var. 

 Menziesii Gray. Common. March — ^June. Neither this nor C 

 Breweri have the habit of indigenous plants. 



58. Claytonia perfoliata Donn. Ind. Hort. Cant. 25. Com- 

 mon in shaded places everywhere. February — May. ''Miner's 

 Lettuce." 



59. Claytonia spathulata Dougl. var. tenuifolia Gray. 

 Proc. Am. Acad, xxii, 282. Rocky hills in Laurel Hill Cemetery. 

 March. 



60. MoNTiA fontana L. spec. 129. Wet springy places in the 

 western and southern parts of the city. April. 



elatine^. 



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61. Elatine brachysperma Gray. Proc. Am. Acad, xiii, 361. 

 In late dried pools along the Cliff House Road near First Avenue. 

 July — September. '' Waterwort." 



m^PERICINE^. 



62. Hypericum ANAGALLOiDEsCham. & Schl. Linnaeaiii, 127, 

 Wet places in the western and southern parts of the city. March 

 June. 



MALVACE^. 



63- Lavatera assurgentiflora* Kell. Proc. Cal. Acad, i, 

 14. Planted about the city for ornament and as a Avind-break for 

 gardens; persisting and spreading wherever protected from brows- 

 ing. It is the universal belief of the Spanish population of Cali- 

 fornia that the seeds of the plant were brought from Spain, but 

 direct comparison with Mediterranean species has not yet been 

 made. 



64. Malva^ Nica^ensis All. ped. n. 1416. Lowlands about the 

 Potrero. Flowers larger than in the other species about the city; 

 bractlets broad and nutlets less reticulated. It agrees perfecdy with 

 all the specimens so named in the herbarium of the California Acad- 

 emy of Sciences. These are from France and from Chili. 



65. Malva parviflora L. Am. iii, 416. Common but much more 

 robust and larger-fruited than our examples from France and from 

 Teneriffe. 



*Zoe, ii, 4, 



