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cups, Platystemon Californicum, CoUinsia tinctoria, Phacelia tanaceti- 

 folia, Brodiaea cvpifata and Chia appeared frequently. Yarrow, the 

 California dandelion witli its scarce-opening blossom, chick weed {Stel- 

 laria longipes), Microcala quadrangular is, Arenaria Californica, Strep- 

 tanthus peramoenus, Tellima Bolanderi, and two species of mustard were 

 other plants found. 



In damp localities the yellow 3Iimidus luteus and the tri-colored 

 mimulus; in dry ones EritricMum Scouleri, Capsella Bursa-pastoris, 

 wild portulaca ( Galandrmia Menziesii), alfalfa, Mentzelia gracilenta, Ho- 

 sackia subpinnata, brass buttons (Cotida coronopifolia), a small mint, 

 pepper-grass (Lepidiiim nitidum), the little yellow thistle {Cnicus Cali- 

 fornicus), Salvia cohtmhariae, the yellow wild carrot {Daucus pusillus), 

 Gilia acJiillaeifolia, miner's lettuce {Montia perfoliata, the perpetual 

 blooming Heterotheca fioribunda, and the thistle-sage (Salvia carduacea. 

 About four-o'clock, true to its name, the fragile spice-scented four-o' 

 clock {Gilia dichotoma began to unfold its white ruffles, and the time 

 arrived for us to start home. 



We had spent literally a day among the flowers, sixty-four distinct 

 species being noted. Probably an experienced botanist would have 

 added greatly to this list, especially from the minute and almost micro- 

 scopic specimens which were frequently noticed. I have enumerated 

 only the more familiar ones which even a novice would recognize as 

 distinct species, and it will suffice to give a good general impression of 

 the spring flora of the San Joaquin valley, or at least a small section 

 of it. 



Fresno, California. 



" On May 6th, while driving along a thicket in a rich ravine near 

 Sellersville, Pa., I discovered the Tidipa sylvestris L. growing in con- 

 siderable abundance. Later it was found in the meadows a mile up 

 the stream. Upon inquiry it was ascertained that it had been growing 

 there for at least five years. 



" At the same time it was reported from Lansdale, Pa., a point ten 

 miles from the first mentioned locality. There it was found in a mea- 

 dow, from which it had spread into an adjoining truck-patch, and 

 thence into a wooded ravine. 



" It is thoroughly established in both localities, and should be in- 

 cluded in the flora of the United States."— C. D. Fretz, M. D., in Tor- 

 reya for July. 



