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ellii, C. ccBspitosa paniculata, Potentilla Californica Carmeliana, 

 Trifolium columbinum argillorum, Boisduvalia campestris, Eryn- 

 gium Californicum, Angelica tomentosa elata, Convolvulus luteolus 

 solanensis, Castilleia spiralis, Plantago Patagonica rosulata, Nemo- 

 phila venosa, Allocarya salina 1 , Monardella viridis, Pledritis glabra, 

 P. Davy ana, Eriophylhim idoneum, Gtindelia robusta Davyi, 

 Erigeron Setchellii, Corethrogyne viscidula Greenei, Aster Chilen- 

 sis media, Scirpus robustus compactus, Mimulus Langsdorffii Cali- 

 fornicum, Boisduvalia densiflora montamts. Several of these 

 species are, however, considered somewhat doubtful by the 

 author. 



Within the limits set by the author, bounded on the north by 

 the counties of Mendocino, Lake and Colusa; on the south by 

 Merced, San Benito and Monterey; and on the east by the Sacra- 

 mento and San Joaquin Rivers, there seems to be, in a hasty 

 examination of the work, several omissions of recorded species; 

 for instance: Lysichilo?i Kamtschatcensis near Boulder Creek; 

 Oenothera gaurce flora, near Livermore ; Glinus lotoides, near 

 Lathrop; Caulanthus crassicaulis, near Altamont; Callitriche sepulta } 

 San Francisco; Centunculus minimus, San Francisco, Laundry 

 Farm, Antioch; Choriza?ithe polygoywides, Tamalpais, Laundry 

 Farm. Of the introduced plants there are also some notable 

 omissions, as Ulex Europcea, well established in Visitacion Valley, 

 and Taraxacum Dens-leonis, abundant in San Francisco lawns. 



Mr. Davy says under Lamarckia aurea that "the species appears 

 within our limits have been found only once, near Eden 

 Vale railroad depot, Santa Clara Co., in 1893, Davy." It grew 

 abundantly on a hill between Visitacion Valley and South San 

 Francisco, in 1 890-9 1. 2 



Malvastrum exile Gray, though extra-limital is included, and 

 under it M. Parryi Greene, is given as a synonym otj the author- 

 ity of Dr. Robinson, who considers the former to be the pistillate 

 and the latter the perfect form 3 of the same species. This view 

 of the case is discredited by the fact that through nearly all the 

 wide area inhabited by M. exile M. Parryi does not occur. 



1. This is another synonym of Lithospermum glabrum . See page 94, preceding. 



2. Zoe, ii, 380. 



3. Syn. Fl. i, 308. 



