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RUMEX PROCERUS Greene : 
Under the original description this species is said to be 
“confined to wet, boggy depressions among the coast hills about 
San Francisco Bay and Monterey.” Plants which appear to 
belong here.are found in dry ground along the road near our 
place, but it is also found in wet places in the vicinity. 
CLEMATIS LASIANTHA Nutt. 
Abundant on the hills about Los Gatos, clinibiag over 
_shrubs. A handsome plant when in bloom or when covered by 
the silky, long tailed fruits. It also occurs in the Mt. Hamil- 
ton range, and has been collected by the writer as far north as 
Mendocino county. 
DEI,PHINIUM NUDICAULE T & G. 
Collected late in April this yearon moist wooded slopes 
back of Alum Rock Park on a northerly exposure, the plants 
growing on and near moss covered rocks. It was also found 
near the summit of Mt. Hamilton in similar situations. It was 
seen on the east side of the Sierras in July, between Beckwith 
and Red Clover valley, Plumas county, at an elevation of at 
least 5500 feet, in woods near a stream. 
DELPHINIUM PATENS Benth. 
Not uncommon here and there in thickets and on wooded 
slopes. It is found on the hills near our place, in Los Gatos 
canyon, on the hills about Alum Rock Park, and at the foot of 
Mt. Hamilton near Smith Creek. It has commonly been con- 
fused with D. decorum, a very different plant which occurs on 
hills near the sea. The flowers of D. patens are a rich violet- 
purple. In our vicinity it is the only bluish colored species in 
bloom during March and April. 
