SHORT ARTICLES. 175 



Hie iacet 



D. David Douglas, 



Scotia anno 1799 natus: 



qui 



indefessus viator, 



a Londinensi Regia Societate 



Horticulturali missus, 



in Hawaii saltibus, 



die 12^^ Julii A. D. 1834 



victima scientiae 



interiit. 



Sunt lacryraae rerum, et mentem mortalia tangunt. 



Verg. 



For the above transcription I am indebted to Dr. E. E. Brown, 

 Professor of Pedagogy in the University of California, who visited 

 the Hawaiian Islands in the summer of 1898. 



Douglas as a traveler was distinguished both for his sagacity and 

 his undaunted courage. The narrative of his expeditions in the 

 unexplored regions of western America possesses all the charm of 

 romantic adventure. So widely read is the life-story of this hardy 

 explorer, that I am sure the publication of the above lines from the 

 tablet will be received with interest. — W. L. Jepson. 



Migratory Plants in Alameda County. — While looking for 

 specimens of Suaeda Californica Watson, recently, on the marsh 

 between Oakland and the mole, I discovered Dicentra chrysantha 

 H. and A., Trichostema lanceolatum Benth., and Chrysopsis rudis 

 Greene, growing along the narrow-gauge railroad track. These 

 plants are out of their usual range and habitat. They have evi- 

 dently started out on a tramp existence and have, like many other 

 plants, chosen the highway frequented also by tramps of the human 

 species. 



It may be interesting to note the other plants found within an 

 area of a few square yards : Suaeda Californica Watson; Frankenia 

 grandifolia Ch. and Schl. ; Spartina stricta var. (unpublished variety 

 of Scribner) ; Solanum nigrum L. (a form with tiny white flowers 

 and black berries as large as peas) ; Rumex salicifolius Weinm.; 



