Astragalus pachypus Greene 



In the sand bed of a dry wash, near the summit of Tejon 

 Pass. May. 1914, Parish 9223. The type was collected by Airs. 

 Brandegee. in 1884. at Bealville in the "Mountains of Kern 

 county." 



Astragalus limatus Sheldon 



This species was noted by me in Carnegie Publication 193, 

 page 109, as endemic in Salton Sink, but its limits should be 

 extended to the drainage of Salton Basin. It was collected by 

 Brandegee at Borrego Spring, April, 1895 ; at Shafers Well, 

 April, 1904, by H. E. Wilder; and in Split Mountain canyon, 

 April. 1914, Parish 9040, and seen on Carrizo creek. 



Euphorbia peplus Linn. 



First noted at San Bernardino in 1895. as a rare weed in 

 lawns and gardens; now very common. Also common in like 

 l)laces in San Diego. 



Tetracoccus dioicus Englem. 



On bush}' hillsides, between Rainbow and Fallbrook, San 

 Diego county. April, 1914, Parish 9130. The type was collected 

 l3}- Parry at Santo Tomaso in northern Lower California. Previ- 

 us collections in this state are: Cleveland, near Table Moun- 

 tain, and C. R. Orcutt, near Temecula (Brandegee, Zoe 5:230). 



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Sherardia arvensis Linn. 



In a lawn, vSan Bernardino, July, 1913, Parish 8540. Col- 

 lected in 1891 by Michner & Bioletti in Alameda county, and 

 stated by Davidson to be "not infrequent in lawns" at Los 

 Angeles (Bull. S. Acad. 9:44); otherwise unreported from the 

 state. 



Xanthium commune Brittt.n 



Common al)out .San Diego; Old Town, Sept., 1913, Parish 

 8715, and in the same month on the Potrero Grades here- 

 tofore reported in the state only from the Colorado river bot- 

 toms at Fort Yuma and from Imperial valley. 



Amblyopappus pusillus II. & A. 



A characteristic seacoast species, common at the foot of 

 the bluffs along the shore, now collected inland at Glendora, 

 by Grant & Wheeler, May, 1904. 



Tragopogon porrifolius Linn. 



Common and thoroughly naturalized along streets and in 

 waste places at Santa Monica. September, 1913, Parish 9133. 



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