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306. Sojichiis asper VilL Waste places, common nearly all the 



year 



'* Sow-Thistle/' 



307. So7icIuis oleraceiis L. Common. ** Sow-Thistle. 



) > 



ERICACE^. 



308. Vaccinium ovatum Pursh. Fl. i, 290. Laurel Hill Ceme- 

 tery, Mission Hills. March— June. ** Huckleberry." 



The berries of this species are common in our markets. The 

 beautiful, glossy evergreen foliage makes it well worthy of cultiva- 

 tion. 



309. Arctostaphylos PUMILA Nutt.Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. vii, 

 226. Laurel Hill Cemetery. February— May. *' Creeping Man- 

 zanita." The improvements now going on will soon destroy this 

 locality. 



310. Arctostaphylos PUNGENS HBK. Nov. Gen. & Spec, iii, 



278, t. 259. February— April *' Manzanita.'* 



Dr. Behr says this species formerly grew about the Protestant 

 Orphan Asylum. Mr. C. A. Michener collected it last year some- 

 where between Lobos Creek and Fort Point. 



311. Gaultheria Shallon Pursh FL i, 284, t. 12. About the 

 rocky summits of the Mission Hills. February— May. " Salal'' 



PLUMB AGINE^. 



312. Armeria vulgaris Willd. Laurel Hill, Ocean View, Point 

 Lobos, flowering the greater part of the year. ** Thrift/' *'Sea 

 Pink." 



313. Statice Limonitmi var. Californica Boiss in DC. Prodr. 

 xii, 463. Marshes in Visitacion Valley, South San Francisco, 

 Presidio. May-September. *' Sea-Lavender/' *' Marsh-Rosemary." 



primulace^- 



314. Dodecatheon Meadia L. var. macrocarpum Gray. 



South San Francisco, Mission Hills, Point Lobos. March. ^' Shoot- 

 ing Star.'' 



van ELLIPTICA (Nutt. PI. Pratt 94)- Adobe soil in de- 

 pressions of the Potrero Hills. 



315. Glaux maritima L. spec. 301. Above the flume, ^about 

 midway between Lobos Creek and Fort Point. June. bea- 



Milkwort." 



