68 Writings of Edward L. Greene. [ZOE 
Mr. Greene’s memory is apparently often at fault in such 
trivial matters as may involve the giving of credit to others, espe- 
cially to those who have rendered themselves obnoxious by 
presuming to differ from him. A few instances have already 
been pointed out.* Among more recent lapses may be mentioned 
the rediscovery} of Sanicula maritima by Miss E. Cannon. Mr. 
Greene not long ago gave an account of it and its only known 
locality, [ but in ‘‘ Flora Franciscana’’ writes of it as if it were 
not uncommon, and makes no mention of the recent collector. 
That he should remember to quote his neighbor’s synonymy 
and forget his own is perhaps quite natural, but it may have a 
misleading effect upon the “tyro,” whom he so frequently 
mentions. Cleome Isomeris Greene of Pittonia i, 200, does not 
reappear in ‘‘ Flora Franciscana,’’ neither do the various species of 
Atenia, of which he is the author, and of 7%} rifolium triflorum Bo 
trace appears. 
The author of a local flora is supposed to have a good 
acquaintance with the plants of his region, but Mr. Greene’s 
knowledge of ‘‘his own western hills” is not by any means 
exhaustive, judging by the three parts of “ Flora Franciscana’”’ 
now issued. A few examples taken at random from the multi- 
tude may suffice. He evidently did not know that Roubieva multi- 
fida covers large areas in San Francisco, and is widespread about 
the interior towns; that Chorizanthe polygonoides grows at a con- 
venient walk from his door; that Silene multinervia, Calandrinia 
Breweri, Claytonia parvifolia, C. diffusa, and Astragalus Breweri 
abound on Tamalpais; that Cypselea humifusa and Glinus Cam- 
bessideus share the muddy margins of pools with ‘ Biolettia;”’ 
that Crantzia lineata abounds along the river and slough banks 
from Antioch to Port Costa; that Cleome integrifolia is abundant 
a few miles below Monterey; that Advonia villosa is found in the 
valley of the San Joaquin at least as far north as Alcalde; 
that Lotus stipularis ‘seldom seen’? is common on ridges of 
Tamalpais and on Redwood Peak in his immediate neighborhood; 
and that Zwonymus occidentalis, ‘* apparently one of the rarest 
* Proc. Cal. Acad., ser. 2,1, 259. Zoe, ii, 80. 
T Zoe, ii, 95. 
t Pitt., i, 269. 
