A POPULAR 



CALIFORNIA FLORA, 



OR, 



MANUAL OF BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. 



CONTAI^'ING 



DESCRIPTIONS OF FLOWERING PLANTS GROWINQ IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, AND 

 WESTWARD TO THE OCEAN. 



ILLUSTRATED INTRODUCTORY LESSONS, ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THE 



PACIFIC COAST. ^»BkA«V 



M W YORIfc 

 ftOTAMCAL 



By VOLNEY KATTAN, 



Teacher of Natural Sciences in the Girls' High School, 

 San Francisco. 



iifti) lUuiscn Ceciition. 



SAN FRANCISCO: 



A. L. BANCEOFT AND COMPANY 



1883. 



