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AMARANTACE.45. 



Amarantus albus L. Tumble Weed. 



In cultivated fields of Strawberry Valley, etc. 



NYCTAGINACE^. 



Abronia villosa Wats. Piuk Sand-verbeua. 



Common beneath the pines in Thomas Valley, which it enters 

 from the desert region. Here the flowers are large for this 

 species; tube 7-11 lines long, lobes 2-3 lines long. (No. 1109.) 



PORTULACACE^. 



Calyptridium monandrum Kutt. 



Beneath chaparral on the south and west sides, scarcely 

 reaching the pine belt. Sepals 2; petals 3, white, nearly 

 orbicular, apiculate, equal, one upper and two lateral thus 

 leaving an opening on the lower side; stamen 1, the yellow 

 anther prominent in the opening between the lateral petals; 

 capsule compressed, much exserted and conspicuous on old 

 stems. (Nos. 1133, 2050.) 



Montia Chamissonis {Escli.) Greene, Fl. Fr. 180 (1891). 

 Claytonia Chamissonis Esch. 



Plentiful along the stream which flows through the Carex 

 meadow of Round Valley, at 9000 ft. alt. This is probably the 

 southern limit of its range. (No. 2402.) 



Montia perfoliata (Don.) Howell, Eryth. i. 38 (1893) . Claytonia 

 perfoliata Don. Indian Lettuce. 



Moist places, to 6000 ft. alt. 



Montia spathulata (Dougl.) Howell, 1. c. Claytonia perfoliata 

 spatliulata Tore, of Bot. Calif. 



Often with the last but not so common. (No. 2218.) 



