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MUHLENBERGIA 



HARTWEG'S EXPLORATIONS IN CALIFORNIA— III 

 Bv A LICK Eastwood 



"An excursion to the ^'Butes," on isolated group of moun- 

 tains between the Sacramento and Feather rivers, furnished me 

 with Campanulacea No. 316, C. No. 317, Scrophularinea No. 

 318, Compositae Nos. 319 and 320, Gilia No. 324, G. 335, Linum 

 325, Trifolium No. 331, Labiatae No. 333, Asclepias No. 338, 

 and Umbellifera No. 339, called Verba de la vivora, the leaves 

 and stem of which are universally used with success against the 

 bite of rattlesnakes. 



''From the rocky summit of the Butes a beautiful view is 

 obtained of the Sacramento valley; during the time of my visit, 

 the lower country, owing to the melting of the snow in the 

 mountains and consequent inundations, presented an immense 

 lake. 



"Another excursion I made to the mountains led along the 

 right bank of the Chuba [Yuba] river, over the now parched 



316 GiTHOPSIS CALYCINA var. HIRSUTA. 



317 GiTHOPSIS CALYCINA Benth. 

 318. Orthocarpus lacerus Benth. 



319 Orthocarpus bicolor Heller 



320 Wyethia helenioides Nutt. 



324 Navarretia cotulaefolia Hook. 



335 Navarretia pubescens H. & A. Blue corolla. 



325 Linum californicum Benth. 

 331 Trifolium fucatum Lindl. 

 333 Pogogyne multiflora Benth. 



338 Gomphocarpus cordifolius Benth. 



339 Daucus PUSiLLUS Michx. 



