329 



Wash (Lyall); Eu; Asia. 



Brewer & \Vatson, bot Cal 1:215> 

 SBer mis (Pariah 1433). 



Abrams, Fl ^LA 274, Occasional in 



mts. 



. 



Variety MARITIMA Davidson* 



"More hoary-tomentose than the 

 type: leaves thick, fleshy, sinuate; the 

 radical oblong, broad at base; caullne 

 very broadly cuneate and never quite 

 sessile; recemes dense, elongating in 

 fruit; fls usually over V6 inch long, 

 Umfb purple in the bud becoming* 

 lighter; pedicels very dark purple; 

 fruit as in type. Redondo, Cal. (Miss 

 A. J. Merritt)." McClatchie Erythea 

 2:179. 

 AGAVE AMERICANA Linnaeus. 



American aioe; commonly called the 

 century-plant, as it was formerly sup* 

 posed to flower only after the lapse of a 

 century. It produces a tall flowering 

 stem at an age of 15 to 20 years, when It 

 dies after maturing seed. It is the famed 

 pulque plant of Mexico, the fermented 

 juice forming an intoxicating liquor 

 known as pulque. The juice of this, and 

 various other species, when distilled, 

 forms mescal nearly pure alcohol. Ex- 

 tensive plantations are cultivated near 

 Mexico City for the production of these 

 drinks the greatest curse of the nation: 

 Varipua foliage varieties are widely 

 planted in California for tropical effect 

 being a valuable decorative plant, with- 

 standing drought and neglect. 

 Variety MACULATA Hort. 



Foliage patched with yellow. 

 Variety MILLER! Hort. 



Plain glaucous foliage. 

 Variety STRIAT A Hort. 



wlth 



Peppermint. Sts erect, strict and un- 

 branched below the terminal infl; her- 

 bage glabrous: Ivs ovate-obi ong to ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acute, sparsely and 

 sharply serrate, distinctly petioled; 

 spikes dense, scarcely interrupted- ex 

 vinous-glandular; cor w with a pink 

 tinge. Eu. 



Jepson, Fl W Mid Cal 467. 



Davidson. PI LA Co 14. 

 PHOENIX CANARIENSIS Fort. 



The Canary Islands date palm Is an elf- 

 rant, hardy, ornamental species, often 

 planted in Southern California lawns. 

 PHOENIX DACTYIJFERA Linn 



The well known date palm of northern 

 Africa and Arabia, is often planted for 

 quick tropical effect in Southern Califor- 

 nia, where snuce permits i*s luxtir'ant 

 growth. On the Co!ora^o Desert and In 

 Arizona this palm has been planted mor* 

 extensively, with a promise of becoming 

 of commercial importance for its fruit 

 PLATANACEAE. 



Large trees with thin exfoliating 

 bark, alternate petioled palmately 



330 



lobed Ivs and small g monoecious fla 

 in dense globular hds: receptacle some- 

 what fleshy: ex of 3-8 externally min- 

 ute sop: cor of as many thin glabrous 

 pet: staminate fls with sta as many as 

 sep and opp them; fil short; aftth longi- 

 tudinally dehiscent: pistillate fls with 

 2-8 distinct pistils: ova linear. 1 -celled; 

 Sty elongated, stig lateral: fr a densa 

 hd, composed of numerous narrowly 

 obpyramidal nutlets which are densely 

 pubescent below with long hairs; .d 

 pendulous*, endosperm thin; cotyledons 

 linear. 



Genoa PLATAM S Tmirnefort. 

 Characters of the family. Plane-tree, 

 or sycamore. 



PI,AT.WUS BACF3TCSA. 



Nuttall, Sylv 1:47 (1842-3), 



Type locality: "Upper Cal, in the vi- 

 cinity Of SBar" 



Coville, CNH 4:195. 



Abrams, Fl LA 195. 



A large widely branching tree, 10-28 

 m hi' Ivs stellate-pubescent when 

 young, becoming glabrate, 10-15 cm 

 broad and scarcely as long, mostly 5- 

 lobed, truncate or somewhat cordate at 

 base; lobes acute, the lower smaller, 

 bluntly cuspidate at the ends of the 

 veins: petioles shorter than the Ivs; 

 stipules larger on young twigs; stam- 

 inate hds several; pistillate hds 3-5. 

 Sycamore 



Genus SPHAEROSTIGMA F. & M. 



Ann or per herbs With erect branch* 

 ing or spreading sts. bark often ex- 

 foliating and shinv: Ivs alt. entire or 

 dentate, petio'ed or sessile: fls solitary 

 in the ax or in terminal spikes, usually 

 y, rarely w or rose p, often with a 

 brownish spot at base, turning g or 

 r'i^h in age: sta 8; anth versatile, ob- 

 lrm<r: sty filiform: stig capitate: ova 

 4-celled. usually linear, 4-angled. often 

 contorted, membranous, sessile, dehiscent 

 loei'.licSdally: sds in 1 row in each cell. 

 SPHAEHO STIGMA ALYS30IDE3 Small 



Frect or with few ascending branch- 

 es from the base, 1-3 dm hi, canescently 

 puberulent; Ivs oblong-lanceolate to ob- 

 lanceolate, narrowed into a slender pe- 

 tiole, repand-denticulate or entire. 2.5-5 

 cm long; spike elongated, many-fid: pet 

 rose p, 4-8 mm long, cap 2-5 cm long, 

 slender, attenuate above, contorted: sds 

 asii color, minutely pitted. Cal; ft. 



Abrams, Fl LA' 272. 



Coville, CNH 4:103. 



Oenothera ajvssoides H & A. bot 

 Beech 340 (1840-1). 



Tj'pe tocalitv; "Pine creek. Snake 

 Countrv " southwestern Wvo. 

 SPHAEBOSTIGMA EX3TO&TA Wai p. 



Abrams, Fl LA 270. 



Sts prostrate or ascending, 2-5 dm 

 long; Ivs thinner, narrowly lanceolate t3 

 ovate, the upper mostly se^s^e and 

 rounded or cordate at baie. all denticu- 

 late or' dentate; ex hirsute; pet S-14 mm 

 long: cap S- 1 8 *nm long, 2 mm wide or 

 more; beak very short. 



Oenothera 1>i?torta Nuttall, in T & 

 G, Fl 1:508 (1840>. 



