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Mesas, San Diego, Cal.ifornia (Orcutt, 

 1884), type. 

 CAL.L.ITRICHE MARGINATA Torrey. 



Peculiar to the Pacific coast, from Ari- 

 zona to California. Also attributed to 

 Chili. 

 CALLITRICHE VERNA Linn. 



Canada; nearly all parts of the United 

 States; South America; Europe and Asia. 



PIPERACEAE. 

 CenniS AlVEMOPSIS' Hooker. 



YERBA MANSE. 

 ANEMOPSIS CALIFORNICA B. & H. This 

 is one of the favorite medicinal herbs of the 

 old Spanish Californians, but has won a per- 

 manent place in European greenhouses, and 

 ehould be given the attention it deserves in 

 the land of its birth. It is readily grown in 

 moist soil, the apple-green foliage, frequently 

 blotched with crimson, showing off the jather 

 large white flowers to great advantage. 



The "Yerba Manse" of the 

 Mexicans has a "strongly pungent, as- 

 tringent, aromatic root, valued for the 

 healing of ulcers, both of the mucous 

 membrane and of the outer surface" 

 (Mrs. Bingham). Much used for medi- 

 cinal purposes ' by the Indians and 

 Mexicans (Watson, Bot. Cal. ii:78). 

 Widely distributed over Southern and 

 Lower California, in miost, salty 

 ground. 



CERATOPHYLLACEAE. 



Genus CERATOPHYI^LUM Linnnens. 



CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM Linn. 



BETULACEAE. 



Genus AL,jVUS Tournefort. 



ALNUS OBLONGIFOLIA Torr. 



The alder is a slender tree occurring 

 along our perennial streams, from Mis- 

 sion valley to the Cuyamaca mountains 

 in Lower California, and north and 

 eastward. Rarely exceeds 50 feet in 

 height and 2 feet in diameter. 

 ALNUS RHOMBIFOLIA Nutt. 

 SALICACEAE. 

 Geuns SAL.IX Tournefort. 

 SALIX OAUDATA Muhl. 

 SALIX LAEVIGATA Bebb. 

 SALIX LASTANDRA enth. 

 SALIX LASIOLEPIS Benth. 

 SALIX LONGIFOLIA Muhl. 

 SALIX SESSILIFOLIA Nutt. 



Genus POPLIjLS Tournefort. 

 POPULUS TRICHOCARPA T. & G. 

 JUGLANDACEAE. 

 Genus JUGLANS Linnaeus. 

 JUGLANS CALIFORNICA S. Watson. 



The California black walnut is usu- 

 ally a small tree, growing SO to 

 75 feet high, 2 to 4 feet in diaine'.er, 

 bearing a roundish nut, the kernel 



sweet and delicate in flavor. Occurs 

 from along the Sacramento river to 

 San Diego county, California; occa- 

 sionally cultivated, but more as a f h de 

 or street tree, than for its excellent, 

 nuts. 



Genus CORYLl'S Tournefort. 

 CORYLUS ROSTRATA Art. 

 Variety CALIFORNICA A. DC. 



CUPULIFERAE. 

 Genu.s CAS TAXOPSIS Spaeli. 



CASTANOPSIS CHRYSOPHYLLA A. DC 

 Genus QLJERCLS Linnaeus. 



QUBRCUS AGRIFOLIA Nee. 



The California live oak is justly one 

 of the trees described as picturesque. 

 the stout, low trunk 8, to even 20 feet, 

 In circumference, with a spread of 

 branches of 120 feet. Mendocino coui- 

 ■y appears to be its northern limit, whila 

 near La Grulla, south of EnsenaJ?, 

 Lower California, is the most south- 

 ern recorded station, where its 

 branches sweep the ground. The shin- 

 ing, elongated, tapering, acute-pointed 

 acorn, l-li^ inches lonrr, and % to 1-3 

 inch in diameter, characterizes the 

 species and are among the treasured 

 trophies of the average tourist, v.ho of- 

 ten says he "can taste them still" — 'out 

 generally prefers not to do so— the sec- 

 ond time. 



QUERCUS ENGELMANNI Greene. 



The Englemann, or Post oak, is a 

 small spreading tree, 40 feet high, wilh 

 a trunk usually under 3 feet in dia- 

 meter. Not rare near Pala, Pall- 

 brook, the Potrero, and into Lower Cal- 

 ifornia, 20 miles or so from the sea. 

 QUERCUS CHRYSOLEPIS Liebm. 

 QUERCUS DUMOSA Nutt. 

 QUERCUS EMORYI Torr. 

 QUERCUS KELLOGGII Newb. 

 QUERCUS PALMERI Engelm. 

 QUERCUS PUNGENS Engelm. 



LORANTHACSAE. 

 Genus ARCEUTHOBH M Bieb. 



ARCEUTHOBIUM DOUGLASII Engelm. 

 ARCEUTHOBIUM OCCIDENTALE E. 

 Genus PHORADENDROIM Xuttall. 



PHORADENDRON BOLLEANUM Eichl. 

 PHORADENDRON CALIFORNICUM Nt. 

 PHORADENDRON FLAVESCENS Nutt. 

 PHORADENDRON JUNIPERINUM Em. 



GNETACEAE. 



Genus EPHEDRA Tournefort. 



EPHEDRA CALIFORNICA S. Watson. 



Ephedra californica Watson. — "Can- 

 atilla" or Mountain tea, and "tepopote" 

 (flde Havard), are names applied to 



