200 FRANCIS RAMALEY 



Rhamnaceae 



Rhamnus californica Esch., Coffee Berry. 



This common shrub of the coast ranges is usually much dwarfed on the 

 dunes; it reaches here about 6 dm. 



Cucurbitaceae 



*Echinocystis fabacea Naud., Man Root, Wild Cucumber. 



Climbing on bushes or sprawling on sand. The enormous roots are often 

 exposed by the blowing away of substratum. 



Onagraceae 

 Ejyilobium minutum Lindl., 



Annual; 1 to 3 dm. tall. 

 Epilobium paniculatum Nutt. 



Annual; 3 or 4 dm. tall. 

 *Oenothera cheiranthi folia Hornem., Sand Primrose. 

 Prostrate, spreading. 



Hydrophyllaceae 



Phacelia douglasii (Benth.) Torr. 



About 2 to 4 dm. tall; only in well established areas toward eastern limit of 

 dunes. 



Solanaceae 



Solanum nigrum douglasii Gray, Black Night-shade. 

 Prostrate annual, in moist places; rare. 



Scrophulariaceae 



Scrophularia californica Cham. 



In low places with fairly well established soil; 1 to 1.5 meters tall. 

 Mimulus langsdorjii californicus Jepson, Yellow Monkey FJower. 



Low places among willows. 

 Castilleia latifolia H. & A., Seaside Painted Cup. 



Usually 1 to 2 dm. tall. 



Plantaginaceae 



Plantago patagonica californica Greene. 



A diminutive silky annual occurring in patches. 

 Plantago lanceolata L. 



Introduced annual, in low places. 



Ambrosiaceae 

 *Franseria chamissonis Less. 



A low wide-spreading ambrosia-like plant about l\lm.^tall^and having very 

 thick roots. Highly variable as to canescence. 

 Franseria bipinnatifida Nutt. 



Similar to the preceding but not so common. 



