3IO Mnhlenbergia, Voliinie 2 



No. 8467, collected April 27, back of Aluui Rock Park, 

 Santa Clara county, elevation 800 feet, growing in moist shaded 

 places along the roadside. It ranges from the Bay region south 

 to southern California near the coast. 



Hydrophyllum occidentale (Wats.) Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 

 10: 314. 1875. 



Hydtophylhim inacrophyllum var. occidentale Wats. Bot. 

 King Rep. 248. 1871, in part. 



No. 8613, collected May 31, on Mt. Hamilton, Santa Clara 

 county, at 4100 feet elevation, on the ridge between the observa- 

 tory and Copernicus peak, growing in loose soil under shrubs. 

 The leaves are thickish, densely white tomentose beneath, the 

 calyx very hispid its lobes acute, not obtuse, as originally de- 

 scribed. Whether this is typical occidentale one cannot tell, as 

 the original description is very poor, and later ones not much 

 better. The type, taking the first specimen mentioned by Wat- 

 son, was collected by Dr. Bigelow on "hill-sides, Duffields Ranch, 

 Sierra Nevada," near Auburn, Placer county (see Pac. R. R. 

 Rep. 4: 125. 



Nemophila aurita Lindl. 



No. 8516, collected May 18, on Stevens creek near Soda 

 Rock, Santa Clara county, elevation 700 feet, in moist places 

 climbing over shrubs. Also found in the foothills of the mid- 

 dle Coast Range back of San Jose, but does not occur north of 

 the Bay. 



Nemophila insignis Dougl. 



No. 8523, collected May 10, near Smith Creek, Santa Clara 

 county, elevation 2200 feet, on grassy slopes near trees, and very 

 abundant. 



Nemophii^a liniflora F. & M. Sert. Petrop. //. 8. 1836. 



No. 8436, collected April 13, in Santa Cruz county, sum- 

 mit of the Santa Cruz mountains, at Deer Ridge Farm, eleva- 

 tion 3000 feet. It is a handsome species, the large bluish tinged 



