14 BOTANY. 



Venesasia carpesioides, DC. Prodr. 6, p. 43 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2, p. 410. San 

 Buenaventura ranch, and near San Gabriel ; February. A rare plant, which only Douglas 

 and Nuttall had previously collected. 



Matricaria discoidea, DC; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2, p. 413. Near Los Angeles; March. In- 

 troduced from Europe, and now common in California, New Mexico, and in many other places. 



Artemisia pycnocephala, DO.; Torr. d Gray, Fl. 2, p. 416. Salinas valley; November. 

 Our plant agrees well with the description of De Candolle, except that the segments of all the 

 leaves are narrowly linear. 



Artemisia biennis, Willd. Sp. 3, ^j. 1842 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. I. c. Kio Pajaro and on the 

 Salinas; November. Not found before west of the Rocky Mountains. 



Gnaphalium Californicdm, DC.; Prodr. 6, p. 224. San Gabriel ; March. A variety with 

 broader leaves, and the scales of the involucre more obtuse, was found at San Juan and in 

 other places ; November. 



Gnaphalium Sprengklii, Hooh. & Am. Bot. Beecliey, p. 150. Burro mountains; common; 

 August. 



Antennaria margaritacea^ R. Br.; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2, p. 429. Salinas valley ; Novem- 

 ber. Eare in California. 



Senecio longilobus, Benth. PI. Hartiu. p. 18; Gray, PI. Fendl. p. 108. Solidad Mission ; 

 December. 



Senecio Californicus, DC. Prodr. 6, p. 426. San Gabriel ; March. Leaves varying from 

 pinnatifid to nearly entire. 



Calais linearifolia, DC; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2, p. 4T1. Near San Gabriel ; March. 



Calais macrachaeta, Gray, PI. Fendl. p. 112, (adnot.) and in Whippile's Eep. ined. With 

 the last. 



Stephanomeria minor, Nutt.; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2, -p. 472. Colorado desert ; April. 



Lobelia Texensis, Raf.; DC Prodr. 7, pars 2, p. 383 ? River Mimbres ; August. Very near 

 L. cardinalis, but with smaller flowers : perhaps only a variety of that species. 



Arctostaphylos tomentosa, Dougl. in Lindl. Bot. Reg. A. cordifolia, Lindl. No. 1791, 

 (adnot.) Santa Inez, California ; February. 



Dodeoatheon Meadia, Linn. var. D. integrifolium, Miclix. D. frigidum, Cham. ; Hooh. Fl. 

 Bor. Am. 2, p. 118. San Gabriel, California ; March. 



Anagallis arvensis, Linn. Common about Los Angeles and in many other places in Califor- 

 nia. A native of Europe, but now completely naturalized ; March, April. 



Plantago Patagonica. Jacq. var. gnaphalioides. P. gnaphalioides, Nutt. Gen. \,p. 100. 

 Los Playas, New Mexico, August. A low form, with short few-flowered heads, was found near 

 San Gabriel, California. 



CniLOPSis linearis, DC. Prodr. 9, p. 227. Engelm. in Wisliz. N. Mex. p. 94. Vallecitas, Cali- 

 fornia, and Puerto del Dado, New Mexico ; May, July. Leaves variable in breadth and not 

 always glutinous. There appears to be but one species. 



Antirrhinum glandulosum, Lindl.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10, p. 291. San Isabel, Cali- 

 fornia ; May. 



Pentstemon spectabilis, Thurh. Mss. ; Gray, in Bot. Whipple's Rep. San Isabel, Cali- 

 fornia ; May. Mr. Thurber found it near San Pasqual, and Mr. Wallace in the same region 

 It was collected, also, by Dr. Bigelow on San Francisco mountain. New Mexico. 



