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GODETIA BPILOBIOIDES S. Watson. 

 Genui^ BOISDUVALIA Spach. 



BOISDUVALIA DENSIFLORA S. Wat. 

 B. CLEISTOGAMA Cur. da 6 

 JuBsiaearepens L. daG 

 Gayophytum diflfusum T-G da 6 

 Clarkia elegans Doug, da 6, cv 4 103 

 C rhomboidea Dougl. " " 



OENOTHERA BIENNIS Linn, 

 vhlrsutissima Ge da 6 



OENOTHERA BISTORTA Nutt. 

 V veitchlana Hook. da 6 



OENOTHERA BREVIPES A. Gray. 

 (E leptocarpa Ge da 6 

 CE callfornica Wat da 6 

 CE virescens Hook, da 6 

 da 6 

 da 6 

 da 6 



OENOTHERA CARDIOPHYLLA Torr. 

 OENOTHERA GAURAEFLORA T. & G. 

 OENOTHERA HEFRACTA S. Watson. 



<E micrantha Horn. 

 (E strigulosa T-G 

 CE decortlcans Ge 



properties to Cucurbita palmata. The 

 root attains immense size, and is cred- 

 ited with having- formed the basis of 

 the once famous "Dr. Walker's Cele- 

 brated California Vinegar Bitters." 



MICRAMPELIS FABACEA Ge. 



Megarrhlza californica Torrey. 



Echinochystis fabacea Naudin. 

 Mlcrampelis fabacea Ge da 6 



MICRAMPEiLIS LEPTOCARPA Ge. 

 M LEPTOCARPA Ge pitt 2 282 (1892). 



"Habit of M fabacea, but more slender, with 

 smaller & more deeply lobed foliage: leaves 

 very thin, rather sparsely & delicately sca- 

 brous: fls w, apparently open-campanulate 

 rather than rotate; the staminate about 8-12 in 

 a simple raceme; pistillate ones twice as large 

 (%' broad),with oblong prickly ovary yj long 

 or more: mature fr rather narrowly oblong, 

 acute, about 5' long, less than 2' thick, strong- 

 ly armed with flattened prickles y-V long: 

 seed- cavities 2, each with perhaps 5 or 6 seeds, 

 but these unknown, h— W G Wright" 



MICRAMPELIS GUADALUPENSIS Ge. 

 Echinocystis guadalupensis Ge. 



Genus MJttlGARRHIZA Torrey. 



M californica Torrey- see Mlcrampelis fab. 

 ECHINOCYSTIS FABACEA Naudin. 



See Mlcrampelis fabacea. 

 ECHINOCYSTIS GUADALUPENSIS Cn. 



Micrampelie guadalupensis fide Ge. 



DATISCACEAE. 

 Genns DATISCA Linnaeus. 



DATISCA GLOMERATA B. & H. 

 "The root is a bitter tonic known as 

 Durango root" (Mrs. Bingham). 



LOASACEAE. 

 GenuH PETALONYX A. Gray. 



PETALONYX LINEARIS Greene. 

 PETALONYX THURBERI A. Gray. 

 Genus MENTZELIA Linnaeus. 



MENTZELIA ALBICAULIS Dougl. 

 MENTBZELIA DISPERSA S. Watson. 

 MBN'TBZfiLIA GRACI LENTA T-G. 

 MENTZELIA INVOLUCRATA S. Wat. 

 MENTZELIA LAEVICAULIS T. & G. 

 MENTZELIA MICRANTHA T. & G. 

 MENTZELIA TRICUSPIS A. Gray. 



Genus EUCNIDE: Znccarlnl. 

 EUCNIDE CORDATA Kellogg. 

 EUCNIDE URENS Parry. 



CTJCURBITACEAE. 

 Genus CUCURBITA Linnaeus. 

 CUCURBITA FOBTIDISSIMA H B K. 



Cureubita perennis A. Gray. 

 CUCURBITA PALMATA S. Watson, 

 mock orange and wild pomegranate are 

 names frequently applied to this and 

 other species of the genus cucurbita. 

 The root is very bitter, and a strong 

 and quick emetic, acting "without any 

 disagreeable effect on the nerves." In 

 common with the following species this 

 is known to the Mexicans as "Chili 

 Coyote," or "Calabazilla." 



Cucurbita Foetidissima, H. B. K. — 

 I do not know that the natives dis- 

 criminate between these species in fa- 

 vor of either one or the other. "The 

 macerated root is also used as a rem- 

 edy for piles" (Watson, Bot. Cal., 

 1:239). 



MICRAMPELIS MACBOCARPA Ge. 

 "The" chilocothe vine, also belonging to 

 the Cucurbitaceae, possesses similar very acceptable to children, large and 



FICOIDEAE. 

 Genus MESBMBRIANTHEMUM Linn. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM AEQUILATER- 

 ALE. Haworth. Beach Strawberry or Sea- 

 apple. An Australian and West American 

 creeping plant, spreading readily over saline 

 ground, whether clayey, sandy or rocky. 

 "Sheep are very fond of this succulent plant, 

 and require but little water when browsing 

 on It; or In cold coast districts they will do 

 without any water, even In summer, while 

 thriving well on the foliage." The brilliant 

 red flowers are very fragrant, followed by 

 large, sweet and delicious fruit, faintly sug- 

 gestive of a strawberry. An ornamental 

 plant, easrily grown from cuttings. 



The "beach strawberry," "sea appl^," 

 or "Hottentot fig," is a stout, prostrate 

 perennial plant, abundant on the sea 

 shore from Santa Cruz, California, to 

 Chili, Tasmania, and Au t"alia, bejr ng 

 large, solitary brilliant rose-red tlovv- 

 ers, that are very fragrant, fol'owed 

 by luscious dull-red berries that are 



