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cality. The species is said to occur in the coast region through- 
out the whole length of the State. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA CROCEA Benth. California poppy. 
A perennial species, one of the most beautiful in the genus, 
its large glossy flowers orange red. It is apparently the only 
species in this neighborhood, equally at home in the valley and 
on the hillsides, beginning to bloom in March or earlier, but is 
not in its glory until April, when great golden areas of it are 
seen. Some have confounded it with £. Calfornica, which 
grows in the sand hills about San Francisco, but our plant is 
always more upright in growth, has a larger, more pointed bud, 
a different torus, and the color of the flowers different from the 
beginning. Most species have smaller and paler flowers as the 
season advances. Originally collected somewhere in the coast 
region by Douglas. 
RIBES SUBVESTITUM H. & A. Gooseberry. 
This elegant species has long been confused with 2. Men- 
ztestt from the northern coast of California, but differs from it 
in flower structure as well as in the golden yellow berries. It 
is common in our hills at elevations of from 500 to about 2000 
feet. The young branches are very spiny, glandular as are also 
the leaves and berries. The sepals are maroon or brownish, the 
broad white petals showing well above them when in full an- 
thesis. It is commonly four or five feet high, the stalks numer- 
ous. As to distribution, it may be confined to Santa Clara and 
San Mateo counties, but perhaps occurs north of the bay in 
Marin. . 
VIOLA PEDUNCULATA T. & G. Yellow pansy. 
In places the hillsides are thickly dotted with this beauti- 
ful species from the latter part of March well into April, grow- 
ing in mat-like masses when not disturbed, dozens of blossoms 
springiug from a single clump of plants. It is found in the 
coast region from at least Sonoma county south to San Diego. 
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