Mruca caufornica Scribn. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1885: 46. 



No. 7857, collected May 26, on hills about two miles west 

 of Redding, Shasta. county, growing in dry ground near rocks. 

 This is the species called M. biUbosa in the Botany of Califor- 

 nia. 



•MeIvICA imperfecta Trin. Gram. Suppl. Bull. Acad. St. 

 Petersb. 1: 68. 1836. 

 No. 7652, collected April 12, on the rocky ridge on the 

 north side of the mouth of Kern canyon, Kern county, where it 

 is plentiful, growing in large tufts on the steep slope. 



DiSTiCHLiS SPICATA (L.) Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 3: 415. 1887. 

 Uniola spicata L. Sp. PI. 71. i753- 

 Distichlis maritima Raf. Journ. Phys. 89: 104. 1819. 

 No. 7593, collected April 6, on the embankment of the 

 Santa Fe railroad about one mile west of Bakersfield, Kern 

 county. 



Briza maxima ly. Sp. PI. 70. 1753. 



No. 8075, collected June 20, at Gazelle, in the Shasta Val- 

 ley, Siskiyou county. It was abundant, growing in tufts along 

 the railroad. 



ACHYRODES aureum (L.) Kuutze, Rev. Gen. PI. 758. 1891. 

 Cynosurns aureus L. Sp. PI. "]'^. i753- 

 Lamarckia aurea Moench, Meth. 201. 1794, not La- 

 marckia Medic. 1789, nor Olivi, 1792. 

 No. 7653, collected April 12, on the rocky ridge on the 

 horth side of the mouth of Kern canyon, where only a few small 

 plants were found growing under the shelter of a rock. Later 

 it was seen under similar conditions along the road about one 

 mile within the canyon. 



PoA GRACILEIMA Vascy, Cout. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 272. 1S93. 



No. 7584, collected April 4, on the dry slopes of China 



Grade opposite Oil City near Bakersfield, Kern county. It was 



