RANDOM BOTANICAL NOTES. 

 By George L. Moxley. 



Cahiiiintha mimiiloides Benth. 



September 7th, 1914, I found a single plant in Arroyo Seco 

 Canyon. Not realizing that it was an uncommon find, I did not 

 take much from it. Until quite recently I found no other record 

 for Southern California. The records now stand, as nearly as I 

 can learn, as follows : 



Cottonwood Canyon, near Acton, Los Angeles Co., Cal., 

 Aug. 23, 1893. Dr. H. E. Hasse, Zoe, iv. 287. 



Bear Canyon, San Gabriel Mts., Los Angeles Co., June, 

 1897. J. H. Barber, No. 216, ace. to H. M. Hall, Zoe, v. 265. 



Arroyo Seco Canvon, San Gabriel Mts., Sept. 7th, 1914. 

 Geo. L. Moxley, No. 280. 



Alisma plantago-aquatica L. 



August 31st, 1914, I revisited the locality where I found this 

 plant the previous year, as reported by Dr. A. Davidson in this 

 Bulletin for July, 1914. This is on the Long Beach line of the 

 Pacific Electric Railway, between Dominguez Junction and Cota 

 Station. The plant is apparently becoming quite well estab- 

 lished and will doubtless prove a permanent addition to our local 

 flora. 



Lactuca scariola L. 



Early last year I first noticed typical L. scariola growing in 

 the York valley, Los Angeles. The var. inte grata, Gren. & 

 Godr., is quite common. In June, 1914, I visited Yorba Linda, 

 Orange Co., where I saw quite a number of plants, all of the 

 typical form, growing near the station. I saw none of the var. 

 integrata there. Since then I have seen the typical form more 

 and more frequently in and around Los Angeles. It seems to 

 be gaining a foothold and will likely soon be as common as the 

 variety. 



Pier is ec hi aides L. 



This plant is established in quite a number of localities 

 around Los Angeles. I have noticed it in Colegrove, on Ange- 

 leno Heights, and there is a patch covering an area of about a 

 city block in the York valley. I also noticed about a dozen 

 plants in Florence in May, 1915. 



Silyhiiiii Marimium (L) Gaertn. 



At Florence Ave. and the Long Beach tracks of the Pacific 

 Electric, there is quite a good sizel patch, with isolaterl plants 

 sc.ttered about for some distance. 



