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Lake, Golden Gate Park, Lobos Creek, Presidio; flowering nearly 

 all the year. " Silky Nettle." 



433. Urtica urc7is L. spec. 1396. Common. Nearly all the 

 year. "Nettle." 



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EUPHORBIACE^. 



434- Croton Californicus Mull. Arg. DC Prodr. xv\ 691. 

 South San Francisco and sandy grounds in the western part of the 

 city. March— July. 



435. Euphorbia leptocera Engelm. Pac. R. Rep. iv, 135. 



Common, flowering all the year. 



436. Euphorbia lathyris L. spec. 655. Rarely met with about 

 waste places. Islais Creek. June— August. 



MYRICACE^. 



437- Myrica Californica Cham. Linn^ea, vi, 535. Buena 

 Vista Park, Point Lobos, Golden Gate Park, Swamp at Visitacion 

 Bay. March— July. ''Wax Myrtle/' 



salicine^. 



438. Salix lasiolepis Benth. PL Hartw. 335. The common 

 wdllow of the coast. February. 



439. Salix lasiandra Benth. PL Hartw. 336. Lake Merced, 

 Presidio, Point Lobos. February. 



cupulifer^e. 



440. QuERCUS AGRIFOLIA N^c, Ann. Cienc. Nat. iii, 271. The 

 common oak of the outskirts of the city, usually low and shrubby, 

 but occasionally becoming a tree. March — April. '*Encina.'' 

 ^* Coast Live-Oak.'* 



441. QuERCUS CHRYSOLEPis Liebm., in PL Hartw. 336. Hills 

 near Lake Merced; a very low form, only two or three feet in height. 

 ** Golden Oak.*' ''Maul Oak." 



CORYLACE^. 



442. CoRYLUS ROSTRATA Ait, Hort. Kcw. iii, 364, var. Cali- 

 fornica DC. Prodr. xvi^ 133. Strawberry Hill in Golden Gate 

 Park, Mission Hills and hills near Lake Merced. February 

 March. ** Hazel." 



