68 Writinos of Edward L. Greene. [zoe 



Mr. Greene's memory is apparently often at fault in such 

 trivial matters as may involve the giving of credit to others, espe- 

 cially to those who have rendered themselves obnoxious by 

 presuming to differ from him. A few instances have already 

 been pointed out.* Among more recent lapses may be mentioned 

 the rediscovery! of Sanicula maritima by Miss K- Cannon. Mr. 

 Greene not long ago gave an account of it and its only known 

 locality, % but in " Flora Franciscana " writes of it as if it were 

 not uncommon, and makes no mention of the recent collector. 



That he should remember to quote his neighbor's synonymy 

 and forget his own is perhaps quite natural, but it may have a 

 misleading effect upon the " tyro," whom he so frequently 

 mentions. CIcome Isomeris Greene of Pittonia i, 200, does not 

 reappear in " Flora Franciscana," neither do the various species of 

 Atenia, of which he is the author, and of Ti^ifolhun triflorum no 

 trace appears. 



The author of a local flora is supposed to have a good 

 acquaintance with the plants of his region, but Mr. Greene's 

 knowledge of "his own western hills" is not by any means 

 exhaustive, judging by the three parts of " Flora Franciscana " 

 now issued. A few examples taken at random from the multi- 

 tude may sufl&ce. He evidently did not know that Roubieva 7ntilti- 

 fida covers large areas in San Francisco, and is widespread about 

 the interior towns; that Chorizanthc polygonoides grows at a con- 

 venient walk from his door; that Silene viultinervia , Calandrinia 

 Breiveri, Claytonia parvifolia^ C. diffusa, 2Ln6i Astragalus Breweri 

 abound on Tamalpais; that Cvpselca humifusa and GHnus Cam- 

 bessideus share the muddy margins of pools with " Biolettia; " 

 that Crantzia lineata abounds along the river and slough banks 

 from Antioch to Port Costa; that Cleome integrifolia is abundant 

 a few miles below Monterey; that Abronia villosa is found in the 

 valley of the San Joaquin at least as far north as Alcalde; 

 that Lotus stipularis "seldom seen" is common on ridges of 

 Tamalpais and on Redwood Peak in his immediate neighborhood; 

 and that Euonymus occidentalism "apparently one of the rarest 



* Proc. Cal. Acad., ser. 2, i, 259. Zoe, ii, 80. 

 t Zoe, ii, 95. 

 X Pitt., i, 269. 



