(399 ) 
Specimens examined: Near Santa Barbara, Torrey 74; San 
Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, altitude 1200 meters, Mc Clat- 
chie, July, 1893; Sierra Madre and Mount Wilson trail, altitude 
1200 meters, Abrams, July, 1906; Canyon back of Monrovia, 
Dudley, Dec. 1907. 
EUPHORBIACEAE. Spurce Famity. 
Flowers not in involucres; perianth evident, of several segments. 
Flowers dioecious; herbage densely stellate-pubescent. 1. Bernardia. 
Flowers monoecious; herbage not stellate-pubescent. 
Staminate flowers uppermost; herbage pubescent with simple hairs; 
leaves ovate, crenate-serrate. 2. Acalypha. 
Pistillate flowers uppermost; leaves large, palmately lobed; glabrous. 
3. Ricinus, 
Flowers in involucres; perianth represented by a minute scale at the base of 
a filament-like pedicel. 4. Tricherostigma. 
I. BERNARDIA. 
1. BERNARDIA MYRICAEFOLIA. (Scheele) S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 
70. 1880. 
Tyria myricaefolia Scheele, Linnaea 25: 581. 1852. 
Ricinella myricaefolia Muell. Arg. Linnaea 34: 153. 1865. 
Type locality: “An Waldrandern auf felsigem Boden, nordlich 
von Neubraunfels, am Rande der Hochebene.” 
Distribution: Mohave and Colorado Deserts, eastward to west- 
ern Texas and northern Mexico. Lower Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: San Felipe, Parry, 1850. 
2. ACALYPHA. 
1. ACALYPHA CALIFORNICA Benth. Bot. Sulph. 51. 1844. 
Type locality: “Bay of Magdelena,” Lower California. 
Distribution: Southwestern San Diego County southward at 
least to Magdalena Bay. Lower Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Poway, Parish 4430; near San Dieguito, 
Abrams 3388; between Jamul and Jamacha, Abrams 3744. 
3. RICINUS. Castor BEAN. 
1, Ricinus communis L. Sp? Pl. 10075. ‘1753: 
Type locality: “Habitat in India utraque, Africa, Europa 
australi.” 
