HO Cor i lie Botanical Esplnmtiom of Tho)Hx NntlalL 



BO8ACBAB. 



Alchemilla cuneifolia Nutt. Referred by most authors to Alchemillu 

 anvnui* ( L.) Scop. Professor Greene, however, in Flora Franciscana, page 

 62, maintains it as distinct from that species, basing his opinion on Nut- 

 tail's description. It was originally collected on " dry plains, St. [Santa] 

 Barbara.' ' 



Cercocarpus betuloides Nutt. Mountains of Santa Barbara, April. 



VICIACEAE. 



Amorpha californica Nutt. Near the coast, May. 



Hosackia crassifolia Nutt. Dr. Gray referred this plant to Hosaclcia 

 scoparia Nntt. as a ntew variety, diffasa. Professor Greene in publishing 

 his Lotus glaber (Pittonia 2 : 148, 1890) cited Hosackia scoparia Nutt. a.s ;i 

 synonym, but made no mention of the variety or of Nuttall's I fowl; in 

 crassifolia. It was collected by Nuttall on dry hillsides near the sea. 



Hosackia maritima Nutt. = Lotus salsuginosus Greene. Clayey soils 

 and on broken declivities near the sea, March. 



Hosackia ochroleuca Nutt. = Lotus grandiflorus (Benth.) Greene. 

 Shady mountain woods near Santa Barbara, March to April. 



Hosackia prostratus [-ta] Nutt. = Lotus nutlallianus Greene. Plains 

 near the sea, Santa Barbara, April, and also at San Diego. 



Hosackia scoparia Nutt. = Lotus glaber (Vogel) Greene. Dry hillsides 

 near the sea r March to April. 



Phaca canescens Nutt. Astragalus Icucopsis (Torr. & Gr.) Torr. Bor 

 ders of woods near the sea. 



Phaca tricopoda Nutt. = Astragalus tricopodus (Nutt.) Gray. Borders 

 of woods near the sea, April. 



Pickeringia montana Nutt. = Xylothermia montana (Nutt.) Greene. 

 Summits of the mountains in the vicinity of Santa Barbara. This was 

 the type of Nuttall's genus Pickeringia. 



Trifolium aciculare Nutt. Plains of Santa Barbara, March to April. 



Trifolium polyphy Hum Nutt. This is one of the clovers that have been 

 referred by various authors, without sufficiently critical examination, to 

 Trifolium tridentatum Lindl. Woods around Santa Barbara, April. 



Trifolium spinulosum triste Torr. & Gr. This plant is identified by 

 Professor Greene with Trifolium. variegatum majus Loja, a reference which, 

 if maintained, requires a change in the varietal name. 



ANACARDIACEAE. 



Rhus laurina Nutt. On bushy plains near Santa Barbara. 



Styphonia integrifolia Nutt. = Rhus integrifolia (Nutt.) Benth. & Hook. 

 Common on the margins of cliffs near the sea around Santa Barbara and 

 also at San Diego. 



Styphonia serrata Nutt. = Rhus integrifolia (Nutt.) Benth. & Hook., 

 with which it was originally collected. 



