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NOTES ON THE FLORA OF MARIN COUNTY.— II. 

 By Alice Eastwood. 



Geranium Sibiricum L. This is abundant on the Abbott 

 Ranch, at the entrance to Bear -Valley. The specimens agree 

 exactly with one identified by Dr. William Trelease, and collected 

 by Miss Edmunds, also in "Bear Valley." Since Bear Valleys are 

 to be found all over the State, the exact locality was uncertain. 

 The rediscovery of the species in the beautiful valley near Olema, 

 now identifies the locality. 



Stellaria crispa Cham. & Schl. This is another interesting 

 northern plant, which has its home in Bear Valley. Specimens 

 were collected May 30th, 1898, near where the Glen Ranch road 

 branches off from the Bear Valle}' road. It is a pretty plant, 

 adapted to beautify rockeries and hanging baskets. The stems are 

 slender and leafy, gracefully hanging over the mossy banks along 

 the roadside, and forming bunches or mats. In the Synoptical 

 Flora, Vol. I, Pt. I, p. 2.36, this species is said to inhabit "moun- 

 tainous regions of Northern California to Alaska." Specimens 

 from the following Californian localities are in the herbarium of 

 the academy: Sequoia gigantea Region (Hansen 1102), Mono 

 (Bolander), Summit (M. K. Curran). 



Lactuca leucophsea Gray. This has never been reported from 

 California, so far as I have been able to ascertain. It grows in 

 Bear Valley, by the roadside, on the right-hand side as one goes 

 west. It is rare, only two or three plants having been noticed. 



Ciicrea Pacifica Asch & Magnus. In the herbarium of the 

 Academy there are specimens of this species, collected at Lagunitas 

 Creek, May and July, 1878, by J. P. Moore. I have been on the 

 lookout for the plant during the last two years. On May 29 I 

 happened across a spot where it carpeted the ground. This is 

 across the stream from an old lime-kiln on Olema Creek, which is 

 hidden and overgrown by the trees and brush, like an Aztec ruin in 

 a tropical forest. The plants were from a few inches to a foot in 

 height, both in flower and fruit. The long, thread-like rootstocks 

 were laden with small white tubers. 



Goodyera Menziesii Lindl. This was collected by the writer in 



Erythea, Vol. VI, No. 12 [15 December, 1898]. 



