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HARTWEG'S EXPLORATIONS IN CALIFORNIA— II 

 By Alice Eastwood 



[From Jouni. Hort. Soc. 3: 217. 1848.] 



"XXIII. Journal of a Mission to California in Search of 

 Plants. By Mr. Theodor Hartweg in the service of the Hf>rli- 

 cultural Society. Part IV., continued from Vol. II., p. 191, 

 "Received June 6, 1848. 



"With January the rains set in unusually severe; the Sali- 

 nas and other rivers, which are fordable during ordinary sea- 

 sons, have now become impassable. 



"The first indications of returning spring I observed in the 

 flowering of Garrya elliptica, Berberis aquifolium (1), Ribes spe- 

 ciosum, R. malvaceum, Arctostaphylos, Nos. 158, 159, and 160; 

 Vaccinium No. 157, a dwarf shrubby Prunus (No. 162), with 

 white pendulous flowers, and Ornithogalum No. 163. 



"When the weather permitted it, I continued my rambles 

 on foot in the mountains of Monterey, and discovered on the 

 western declivity, within two miles of the seashore, a species of 

 Pine which I had not found previously. The leaves are two in 



(1) Berberts pinnata Lag> 



158. Arctostaphylos TOMEXTOSA Dougl. 



159. A. TOMENTOSA var. HIRSUTA 



160. Xerobotrys venulosa Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 

 8: 262. Arctostaphylos Hookeri Don. 



157 Vaccinium ovatum Pursh. 



162. Nuttallia cerasiformis T. & G. 



163. Anticlea Fremontii var. minor H. & A. 



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