February 20, 1906. 125 



Calico mine, somewhere in the Mojave desert, perhaps at no 

 great distance from our station. 



Nemophila micrantha Eastw. Bull. Torr. Club, 2H: 146. 

 1901. 

 No. 7925, collected June i, in rich soil under trees near 

 Dunsmuir, Siskiyou county, the plants small. The type is from 

 Marin county, and the species has not been reported from so far 

 inland, previously recorded only from the coast region within 

 the limit of redwood growth. 



Macrocai^yx membranaceus (Benth.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 

 2: 434. 1891. 

 £llzsm mcmdranacea Benih. Trans. Linn. Soc. 17: 274. 



1837- 

 No. 7612, collected April 7, at the first railroad crossing of 

 the creek below Caliente, Kern county, growing in rich loose 

 soil. It is abundant in the vicinity, and was mistaken for a 

 Netnophila. The capsule is hard and crustaceous, beset with 

 sharp points. 



BORRAGINACEAE 



Pectocarya linearis (R. & p.) DC. Prod. 10: 120. 1846. 



Cynoglossum lineare R. & P. Fl. Peruv. 3:6. 1 799. 



No. 7586, collected April 5, on the sandy plain at Oil City 

 near Bakersfield, Kern county. The plant is plentiful in that 

 region. The type was from Chili. 



Cynoglossum occidentals Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 10: 58. 

 1874. 

 No. 7984, collected June 5, on the plateau above Shasta 

 Springs, Siskiyou county, where it is rather plentiful in sandy 

 soil in the woods. The type was from the "Sierra Nevada, in 

 the northeastern part of California, Rev. ]\Ir. Burgess, and Sierra 

 County, J. G. Lemmon." 



