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most northern limit of its distribution along the coast, and it may be 
expected on the Santa Barbara Islands. 
MESEMBRIANTHEMUM CRYSTALLINUM Linn.—This_ beautiful 
ice plant seems to love halophytic conditions along drifting sand 
beaches continually swept over by cool winds from the ocean, though 
it has also been reported from the Mohave desert by Mrs. BRANDE- 
GEE, according to PARIsH. Along this coast its range extends from 
Surf, Santa Barbara county, California, southward through Lower 
California, and on the islands off the coast. It is an old world species, 
indigenous to the coast of Africa. 
LEPTOSYNE GIGANTEA Kellg.—This is the plant observed from 
the moving train as a palmlike bush with large golden yellow 
flowers. Aside from the original publication, the Botany of Cali- 
jornia reports it from Guadalupe Island and San Miguel of the 
Santa Barbara Islands. The Synoptical Flora gives it from the 
mountains near Santa Barbara and San Miguel, and the islands off 
the coast. This citation is rather obscure, and it is to be doubted 
whether this plant was discovered on the mainland as early as that 
date. In Bull. Calif. Acad. 4:402. 1887, GREENE writes that he 
found it frequent on cliffs toward the sea on the north side of Santa 
Cruz Isand, and reports it flowering as early as February and March. 
Miss AticE Eastwoop reported it for the first time from the main- 
land, and in Zoe 4:286. 1893-4, she writes that JARED found it 
growing abundantly near the old wharf at Point Sal, Santa Barbara 
county. 
CEANOTHUS ImpPRESSUS Trel.—About twenty-four years ago 
JARED collected southwest of Guadalupe toward Point Sal, Santa 
Barbara county, California, a Ceanothus of which TRELEASE wrote 
in Proc. Calif. Acad. Il. 1:112. 1888: 
C. impressus,n.sp. Villous with short spreading hairs: leaves broadly ellipti- 
cal to nearly orbicular, 6-8™™ long, loosely villous, especially on the veins below, 
the upper surface deeply furrowed over the midrib and several pairs of lateral 
nerves, the slightly glandular margin very revolute, appearing as if crenate: 
peduncles about 1ro™™ long, scaly toward the base; inflorescence subglobose, 
compact: fruit not seen.—Santa Barbara county, Cal. 
About fifteen years later Mrs. IpA BLocHMAN collected it again 
near the same place. While botanizing a few miles north of Surf 
station I found a Ceanothus (distributed under number 3870) which 
