I'.orWICAI. SKCTION. 



' I M 1 1', hol.iniial scition li;i\c held their iiicctin.us rc^uhirly nii the 

 *■ fourth Thursday of every month throu^dioul the vvink-r. Due 



to the active enthusiasm of numerous new members the meelin^s 



have been of more than usual interest and the wealth of material 



presented has been so great that the proceedings have been limited 



to the examination and identification of the specimens collected. A 



notable feature was the exhibit of many specimens of lilies and other 



northern plants cultivated by Mr. R. Kessler. 



Some of the results of the work of the session are here presented. 



Xew or Xotfavortiiy Additions to tiif. Flora of S. California. 



CAM ELI. \ A SATIVA. Crantz. Roadside at Glendale, Mrs. H. H. 

 Rockii'cU. An old world weed of grain fields, reported by Jepson 

 from Siskiyou Co., and Berkeley. 



LUPIXUS AGARDHIAXUS Heller (L. gracilis Agardh.) This 

 plant is probably not so rare here as the published reports would 

 indicate. In its vegetative characters it so closely simulates L. 

 micraiithus that it is readily overlooked. It has been gathered 

 this season on hills near Fullerton by Mrs. H. H. Rockwell and at 

 Glendale; Santa Susanna Pass; and hills north of X^ewhall by the 

 writer. 



SILEXE C.ALIFORXICA Durand. a common plant in the northern 

 coast ranges, but not hitherto recorded from southern California, 

 has been found growing abundant!}- in Pico Canyon by Mrs. W. 

 W . Hutchinson. 



POLYG.ALA FISHIAE Parry. Growing abundantly at Crater 

 Camp in the Santa Monica Range, T. Payne; Santiago Canyon 

 and canyon near Laguna, Miss Thecla Mohr. 



GILL-\ SETOSISSIMA T. & G. Miss Milliken in her "Revision 

 of the Polemoniaceae" anticipated the discovery of this species 

 in California. Parish has since reported it from Palm Springs 

 and this season Mr. K. R. Coolidge has brought in a few speci- 

 mens from near Mecca. The corolla is pinkish streaked with 

 darker lines. 



LIXARIA DALMATICA Mill. Discovered by Robert Kessler 

 about a mile from Sturtevant's Camp, San Gabriel Range, the 

 first record of its discovery in the United States. 



B ROD IAEA LACTEA Wats. Luxuriant specimens of this species 

 was found in the brush near Camp Baldv by Miss Jessie A . Potter. 



ALLIUM ATTEXUIFOLIUM Kell. Ivy Canyon, Temescal, Miss 

 Thecla Mohr. 



EURYPTERA PALLIDA C. & R. Mountains west of Tehachapi. 

 The only other record of this species is that from the type local- 

 ity, the Santa Lucia Mts. Identified by P. C. Standley. 



HOLOCAXTHA EMORYI. The following note has been received 

 from David G. Thompson, Associate Geologist, Dept. of the In- 

 terior, Washington : 

 "I have recently read a note by Roxana Stinchfield Ferris, in the 



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