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Eriogonum polifolium Benth. DC. Prodr, 14: 12. 1856. 



No. 7736, collected April 20, at Sunset, Kern county, grow- 

 ing in abundance on gravelly open hills in erect tufts about two 

 feet high, the many stems woody below. The type was col- 

 lected by Fremont "in Sierra Nevada, California," undoubtedly 

 in the Tehachapi range, where it is not uncommon. It is plain- 

 ly distinct from E. fasciculatum^ with which some writers have 

 confused it. 



Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S. F. Gray 



Polygonum lapathifolium L. Sp. PI. 360. 1753- 



No. 7839, collected May 6, at Bakersfield, Kern county, 



common along irrigating ditches. 



RUMEX occiDENTALis S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 13: 253. 1876. 

 No. 7875, collected May 27, near the railroad one mile 

 above Redding, Shasta county. It is common about Redding 

 in damp places. In the Botany of California the statement is 

 made that "it has been rarely collected in California, being re- 

 ported only from McCumber's in Shasta county, but is probably 

 frequent in the northern part of the State." 



RuMEX SALiciFOLius Weium. Flora, 1 : 28. 1821. 



No. 7914, collected May 31, in moist ground along a little 

 stream in the hills near Keswick, Shasta county. It is common 

 almost throughout California, and has a great altitudinal range, 

 occurring at elevations of at least 6000 feet, notably at Donner 

 Lake, on the east side of the Sierra. 



('HEN()POI)IA( KAK 



Chenopodium murale L. Sp. PI. 219. 1753. 



No. 7538, collected vSeptember 12, 1904, in fields in tlie 

 foothills west of Los Gatos, Santa Clara county. The plants are 

 tall, about two feet high, and rather slender. They were grow- 

 ing- under an oak tree in cultivated o:round. 



