28 GERANIACE^E, 



M. arcuatum, Greene, similar to M. Thurberi, but the leaves with rounded, not 

 angular lobes, and only half as large. 



Malvastrum is put under Malveopsis in Bay-Reg. Bot. Malveopsis fascicula- 

 tum of that book is Malvastrum Thurberi of this. 



Abutilon Theophrasti, Medic, a large weed, native of India, is reported as intro- 

 duced about Santa Rosa. It has large velvety leaves and yellow flowers. 



MODIOLA. 



M. multifida, Moench. Calyx bracts 3: leaves deeply cleft, the lobes toothed: 

 corolla a half inch broad, rose color. Streets of San Jose. Chas. Jared. 



STE BCUL.I A CEJE . 



Fremontia grows on Mt. St. Helena, near the Great Western mine. Specimens an I 

 description furnished by Miss L. A. Martin show the form there to be smaller and much 

 less beautiful than the Sierra Nevada form. See key to genera and species, p. 100. 



LJNACEJE. 



Parts of the flower 5, except sometimes in the pistil. Filaments united at the base, 

 with commonly alternating teeth. Styles 5, or sometimes only 2 or 3, distinct or united. 

 Stigmas capitate or oblong: ovary globose. Seeds twice as many as the styles. Herbs 

 with sessile entire leaves without stipules, and cymose or panicled flowers. Key to 

 genera and species, p, 100. 



Lin urn. perenne is It. Lewisii, in Bay- Reg. Bot. 



GERANIACEJE. 



Flowers perfect on axillary peduncles, regular (in our species) and symmetrical, the 

 parts in fives. Stamens mostly in two sets, those alternate wfth the petals sometimes 

 sterile. Ovary deeply lobed, with a prolonged axis, or 5-celled. Key to geuera and 

 species, p. 101. 



According to Greene in Bay-Reg. Bot. the following geraniums of the Old World have 

 become established. 



G. dissectum, Linn. Over a foot high, distinguished from G. Carolinianum by 

 larger red-purple flowers, the petals more deeply emarginate. 



G. molle, Linn. Soft hairy, slender: flowers small, rose-red. 



G. retrorsum, L'Her. Perennial, very small flowers. 



