A POPULAR 



CALIFORNIA FLORA, 



OK, 



MANUAL OF BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. 



CONTAINING 



DESCRIPTIONS OF FLOWERING PLANTS GROWING IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, AND 

 WESTWARD TO THE OCEAN. 



ILLUSTRATED INTRODUCTORY LESSONS, ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THE 



PACIFIC COAST. 



By VOLNEY rattan, 



Teacheb of NaturaIj Sciences in the Gibls' High School, 

 San Francisco. 



tl)irtJ (gDttton, Ueutseti antJ (Snlargel^. 



SAN FRANCISCO: 

 A. L. BANCROFT AND COMPANY. 



1882. 



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BOTANICAL 

 GARJPEN 



