58 ERYTHEA. 
Silene conoidea, L. (S. multinervia, Wats.) Reported 
from Santa Monica. 
Cerastium viscosum, L. In the city lawns here and at 
Santa Monica, it is not infrequently met with, and this is 
what might be expected of a plant so common in Europe 
among grasses. 
Portulaca oleracea, L. Of very frequent occurrence 
along the byways and streets of Los Angeles. 
Malwa parviflora, L. Abundant everywhere. 
Modiola Caroliniana, Don. First discovered last year by 
Miss A. J. Merritt, within the limits of the city of Los 
Angeles, and since then found at El Monte. 
Linum usitatissimum. L. This is another new record for 
southern California; and the plant seems fairly established, 
as I have found it appearing regularly every spring at the 
Santa Fe depot; no doubt originally introduced with freight. 
Erodium moschatum, L’Her. The note on the Hrodiums 
in the Botany of the State Survey would lead one to infer 
that in early days this was rarer than Z. cicufarium. In 
Europe and the British Isles EH. cicutarium is the more 
widely diffused, while here the conditions are in part if not 
wholly reversed. EH. moschatum in the neighbourhood of 
Los Angeles bids fair to supplant not only H. cicutariwm 
but everything else, through its early, rank and rapid growth. 
E. cicutarium, L’Her. Though widely disseminated, this 
is mostly confined to the foothill districts and to drier ground, 
where the other appears unable to maintain a hold. 
Medicago denticulata, Willd. A valuable fodder plant, 
abundant on the plains and among the lower foothills. M/. 
sativa, Moris., though frequently escaping from cultivation, is 
not by any means common as a wild plant; and it seems 
doubtful if it would long survive if the farmers should cease 
to cultivate it. 
Melilotus Indica, All, Very common. JM. alba, Lam. 
Of this, two plants were observed by me two years since, 
growing in a sand wash of the river at Elysian Park. The 
winter rains obliterated the station altogether; but I have 
