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Frankexiaceae 



Frankenia graxdifolia C. & S., Lfnnaea 1:35. 1826. 



Middle island of Anacapa group, August 1, Ebnore 250. 



Along the coast from central California south to northern Baja Cali- 

 fornia and on the adjacent islands of Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Rosa, 

 Santa Cruz, and Santa Catalina. 



Cactaceae 



Opuxtia littoralis (Engelm.) Cockr., Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci. 

 4:15. 1905. 



San Clemente Island, February 18, 19, Elmore 382. Santa Cruz, 

 Prisoners Harbor Canyon, September 14, Elmore 279, rocky hillside. 

 Middle island of Anacapa group, August 1, Elmore 245, steep rocky 

 slope. 



Along the coast from Santa Barbara to northern Baja California 

 and on the adjacent islands; the exact type locality is not known. East- 

 wood (1941:67) also reports it from Santa Barbara, San Nicolas, and 

 Santa Rosa Islands. 



The above series of specimens, particularly Elmore 382 from San 

 Clemente, are atypical of the mainland plants in the more orbicular pads 

 (rather than ovate) and in the straightness of their spines. 



OXAGRACEAE 



Oenothera chieranthifolia Hornem. ex Spreng. Syst. 2.228 

 San Miguel Island, August 10, Elmore 331. Tyler Bight, August 3, 



Elmore 313. Point Bennett, September 12, Elmore 335. Santa Rosa 



Island, Becher Bay, August 2, Elmore 209, sandy hill slope. 



Sea beaches from Oregon to southern California and adjacent islands. 



Not listed from San Clemente and Anacapa, but apparently common on 



all the others. 



Zauschxerla. californica villosa Jeps., Man. Fl. PL Calif. 667. 

 1925. 



Santa Rosa Island, Becher Bay, August 2, Elmore 183, dry hillside. 



Stated by Jepson to be in southern California. It is known from the 

 islands of Santa Cruz, San Clemente, and Santa Catalina, and may 

 originally have been an island endemic. 



Umbelliferae 



FoEXicuLUM VULGARE (L.) Gaertn., Fr. Sem. 1:105. 1788. 



Santa Cruz Island, Prisoners Harbor Canyon, August 2, Elmore 

 254, dry river bed. 



A naturalized weed from Europe and now widely dispersed in west- 

 ern North America and in South America. It is also listed from Santa 

 Rosa and Santa Catalina Islands. 



