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The West American Scientist. 



The Youth's Companion in 1903. 



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tl-.roughout Florida and Southern Ca'ifor- 

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SCHINUS MOLLE Linnaeus. The i?eru- 

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DIPjLACCS GRANDIFLORUS Greene. 



"Low and decumbent: branches and 

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South side of Cu'yamaca peak, San 

 Diego county, California. 



