1887. | BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 33 
Flora near Santa Barbara, Cal. 
MRS. R. F.- BINGHAM. 
The vicinity of Santa Barbara, California, is one of the 
most favored for botanizing, for although we seldom have 
rain from May to November, there is no time in the year 
when:a search will not be rewarded by something of interest. 
An enthusiastic collector can, in a very short time, pick 
up a goodly number of plants, along the roadside, in’ the 
mountain cafions, on the hills and mountains, on the banks. 
of streams, in the dry beds of streams (after the rains are 
over), in swamps, on the cliffs, and in the sand near the sea, 
in still water, and in the ocean. 
Not only are flowering plants abundant, but many cryp- 
togams can be obtained. Several beautiful ferns are natives 
here. During the rainy season many species of mosses can 
be collected, and a few can be found in favorable locations 
all the year. 
Fresh-water alge can be found in our streams, and this 
part of the coast is noted for the abundance and beauty of 
marine algae, upon which are many forms of diatoms. Those 
who are interested in lichens and fungi need have no trouble 
in finding them. ~ 
As the result of several years botanizing here (the greater 
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species of Musci, over 100 of marine alge, several parasitic 
ark that some previous or succeeding visitor has failed to 
nd 
Each plant seems to know its own season for appearing- 
