A POPULAR 



CALIFORNIA FLORA 



OE, 



MANUAL OF BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. 



CONTAINING 



DESCRIPTIONS OF FLOWERING PLANTS GROWING IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, AND 

 WESTWARD TO THE OCEAN. 



WITH 



ILLUSTRATED INTRODUCTORY LESSONS, ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THE 



PACIFIC COAST. 



BY YOLNEY RATTAN, 



TEACHER or NATURAL SCIENCES IK THE GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL, 

 SAN FEANCISCO. 



HemaeD (BDttion. 



SAN FRANCISCO: 

 A. L. BANCROFT AND COMPANY. 



1885. 



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