OPEN LETTERS. 67 



LlNACE^E. 



IAnum (probably usitatissimum L.) (Flax). 



Indigenous Species Peculiar to California or the Pacific 



Coast. 



1. B<Eria uliginosa Gray. 



2. Madia sativa Molina. 



3. Matricaria discoidea DC. 



4. Troximon apargioides Less. 



5. Lupinus bicolor Lindl. 



6. Spergxdaria Clevelandi Robinson. 



Species Indigenous to California but not Peculiar to the 

 Pacific Coast. 



1. Oxalis corniculata L. 



2. Erigeron Canadensis L. 



3. Achillea Millefolium L. 



4. Pentacsena ramosissima Hook & Arn. 



5. Bromus breviaristatus Buckl. 



6. Troximon humile Gray. 



7. Trijolium gracilentum T. & G. 



Escapes from Gardens. 



1. Alyssum maritimum L. (Sweet Alyssum). 



2. Linum (Flax). 



3. Oxalis (White Oxalis). 



Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 



OPEN LETTERS. 

 Not Beal but Linnasus. 



On page 25 of the March issue of Erythea Mr. J. Burtt Davy 

 has a short article on " The Botanical Name of the Ribbon-Grass." 

 He credits Prof. Beal with being the author of the name Phalaris 

 arundinacea var. picta (1896), and states that this name is antedated 

 by that of Nicholson P. arundinacea var. variegata (1886). 



