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CHENOPODIUM CALIFORNICUM S. W. 

 CHENOPODIUM FREMONTI S. Watson 

 CHENOPODIUM MURALE Linn. 



Genns MONOLKPIS Schratler. 



MONOLEPIS CHENOPODIOIDES Moq. 

 MONOLEPIS SPATHULATA A. Gray. 



Genns ATR.IPLEX Tournefort. 



ATRIPLEX BRACTEOSA S. Watson. 

 ATRIPLEX CANESCENS James. 

 ATRIPLEX COULTERI Dietr. 

 ATRIPLEX DILATATA Greene. 

 ATRIPLEX EXPANSA S. Watson. 

 ATRIPLEX HYMENELYTRA S. Watson 

 ATRIPLEX JULACEA S. Watson. 

 ATRIPLEX LEUCOPHYLLA Dietr. 

 ATRIPLEX MICROCARPA Dietr. 

 ATRIPLEX ORBICULARIS S. Watson. 

 ATRIPLEX PALMERI A. Gray. 

 ATRIPLEX PARISHII S. Watson. 

 ATRIPLEX PATULA Linn. 



Genus EUR.OTIA Adanson. 



EUROTIA LANATA Moq. 



Eurotxa Lanata Moquin. — "Of good 

 repute as a remedy for intermittents." 

 (Watshon, Bot. Cal. II. 56). 

 GRAYIA POLYGALOIDES Hook-Arn. 

 Genus SAI>ICOR!VIA Tonrnefort. 

 SALICORNIA AMBIGUA Michx. 

 SALICORNIA HERBACEA Linn. 

 SPIROSTACHYS OCCIDENTALIS S. W. 



Genus SUAEDA Forskal. 



SUAEDA TORREYANA S. Watson. 



BATIDEAE. 



Genus BATIS P. Browne. 



BATIS MARITIMA Linn. 



LAURACEAE. 



Genus UMBELLALARIA Nuttall. 



UMBELLULARIA CALIFORNICA Nutt. 



XJRTICACEAE. 

 Genus LRTICA Tournefort. 



URTICA HOLOSERICEA Nutt. 

 URTICA URBNS Linn. 



Genus HESPEROCXIDE Torres . 



HBSPEROCNIDE TENELLA Torr. 

 Genus PARIE/TARIA Tournefort. 



PARIETARIA DEBILIS Forst. 



PLATANACEAE. 

 Genus PLATANUS Tournefort. 



PI/ATANUS RACEMOSUS Nutt. 



The sycamore is a spreading, lofty 

 tree common near water courses from 

 the coast to the desert, up to an alti- 

 tude of 3,000 or 4,000 feet. "A tree 



growing- in sandy loam at San Bernar- 

 dino measures 9% feet in circumference 

 at 3% feet from the ground; height 

 about 60 feet."— Parish, Zoe, 4:3. 



BUXACEAE. 



Genus SIM>]iOXDSlA Xuttall. 



SIMMONDSIA CALIFORNICA Nutt. 



The goat-nut, or deer-nut, is an 

 acorn-like fruit, edible and pleasant to 

 the taste, produced by a low, .jval- 

 formed, rigid shrub, in profusion, un 'e • 

 all conditions of soil from the sea c::a-t 

 to the borders of the desert to eastern 

 Arizona. The Indians at the Catili- 

 na mission, in Lower California, clairi 

 not to eat them, and I find no r.c )rd 

 of their ever having been utilized for 

 food. It occurs on Cedrqs islana, ; nd 

 the mainland opposite to the guli 

 shores. 



EUPHORBIACEAE. 

 Genus ELPIIOKIJIA l^iKuaeus. 



EUPHORBIA ALBOMARGINATA T.-G. 

 EUPHORBIA ERIANTHA Benth. 

 EUPHORBIA HIRTULA Engelm. 

 EUPHORBIA MISERA Benth. 

 EUPHORBIA PALMKRI Engelm. 

 EUPHORBIA PARISHII Greene. 

 EUPHORBIA POLYCARPA Benth. 

 name Golondrina is applied indiscrim- 

 inately by Mexicans to various species 

 of small prostrate herbs belonging to 

 the genus Euphorbia, each of which is 

 reputed to be a certain antidote against 

 the bite of the rattlesnake or of any of 

 the poisonous reptiles or insects. It is 

 popularly believed that wherever the 

 rattlesnake may occur that some form 

 of this rattlesnake weed may be found. 

 Some form is sure to be found in any 

 portion of the southwest, from Cali- 

 fornia to Texas, southward into Mex- 

 ico. 



Indians are said to chew the plant 

 when bitten by a snake, and swallow- 

 ing the juice, stuff the cud into the 

 wound or apply it as a poultice, or 

 sometimes make a weak tea. Said also 

 to be useful in cases of internal as well 

 as of external poisoning, but I have 

 found no evidence to sustain this state- 

 ment, and as the plant is in itself pois- 

 onous to some people when the juice 

 is externally applied to the skin, it 

 should be handled with caution, except 

 in dire necessity. It seemingly Uas no 

 •effect upon the writer. 



