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Abronia turbinata Torr.; Wats. Bot, King Rep. z^^. pi. 31, 

 1871. 

 No. 8346, collected May 30, in sand along the base of the 

 sand hills northwest of Bishop, Inyo county, where it is plenti- 

 ful, the stems prostrate. The flowers are white with a slight 

 tinge of pink. The type is probably one of the specimens ftom 

 "Carson and Humboldt Valleys, Nevada." 



Abronia latifolia Esch. Mem. Acad. St, Petersb. 10: 281. 

 1826. 

 Abronia arenaria Menzies, in Hook. Exot. Ft. 3 : //. /pj. 



1827. 

 No. 841 1, collected July 24, on sand hills along the beach 

 beyond Point Pinos near Pacific Grove, Monterey county. Said 

 to be plentiful along the coast from Monterey northward to Van- 

 couver island. The type was from "in arenosis maritimis, 

 Novae Calif omiae." 



PORTULACACEAE 



Cai,yptridium monandrum Nutt. 



No. 8283, collected May 18, in coarse granite sand in the 

 foothills west of Bishop, Inyo county. Not apparently hereto- 

 fore reported from east of the Sierra, but it is common in upper 

 Inyo county, and no doubt occurs much further north in Mono 

 county. 



Linoiia exigua (T. & G.) 



j't tlaytonia exigua T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 200. 1838. 



Montia spathulata var. exigua Robinson, Syn. Fl. 1: Part 



I, 275. 1897. 

 Claytonia spathulata exigua Piper, Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. 



11: 250. 1906. 

 No. 8296, collected May 21, in a canyon in the Sierra about 

 four miles south of Bishop, Inyo county, growing on steep slopes 

 in coarse granite sand. I am not at all sure that this is true L, 



