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JUNCACEAE 



JUNCUS EFFusus HESPERius Piper, Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. 11 : 



i8o. 1906. 

 Juncus effiisus var. briinnescens Engelm. Trans. St. L^'ouis 



Acad. 3: 491. 1868; not _/. tenageja var. briinnescens. 



Neilreich, 1859. 

 No. 8386, collected June, 8,' in San Mateo county near 

 Ocean View, San Francisco, in wet sandy places along the 

 Southern Pacific tracks. The type came from ^'salt marshes 

 near San Francisco," according to Engehnann, but Piper says- 

 "Cerro Leon, Mexico." 



BKASSICACEAE 



Caulanthus coulteri Wats. 



No. .8135, collected April 11, in Madera county on gravelly 

 slopes. near the San. Joaquin river about three miles above Pol- 

 lasky. This is perhaps undescribed, 



POLEMONIAtEAE ^ 



GiUA OCHROLEUCA Joues, Cout. West. Bot. 8: 35. 1898. 



No. 8249, collected May i4i,pn' the Red Hill west of Bish- 

 ■op, Inyo county, in gravel. The identification is doubtful since 

 our plant differs in several particulars. A specimen has been 

 sent to Mr, Jones for comparison. 



Gilia caua (Jones) . 



Gilia latifiora var. cana Jones, Cont. West. Bot. 8: 35^ 

 1898. 



No. 8309, collected May -22v between Laws, Ir.yo county, 

 and the base of the White mountains. Not uncon-r.ion in sand 

 and gravel, the plants scattered. A specimen has been seiit to 

 Mr. Jones for comparison, but he does not have time at present 

 to look into the matter: The leaves are "peniianently white 

 woolly," but not "densely" so. The character "flov^^ers longer 



