Modiola caroliniana l'. Dim. l!ri.<>tly Mnllow. 



A luildMl wci-il in il.-imp soil .-11111 .iloiijj ditches. Los AiircIcs ami Compton, 

 Davidson in W>2. S.iii BiMii.iidino, Parish in 18'JS. Riverside, Reed in 1914. Clare- 

 inoiil, Johnston in \')\7. Infie<|uent in (nliloinia. Native of tropical America. 

 Malva borealis \\ all. Mallow. 



.Rare in cnlti\ .itcd Rround, Old San lU-rnardino, in 1891. Along Ballona Creek, 

 m-.ir Mesmer, I.os AiiReles (."ounty, Abrams in 1904. Native of Europe. 

 Malva parviflora I.. Mallow. 



.■\n .ihiiiiilant naturalized weed in cultivated and waste grounds; probably 

 ,in e.irly int nuhiction ; often troublesome because of its rank growth. The 

 e.Trliest record is San Diego, J. G. Cooper in 1.S62. Native of Europe. 

 Hibiscus Trionum !>. l-'lower-of-an-bour. 



A waif in an orange orcliar<l at Riverside. Gordon Surr in 1917. The only Cali- 

 fornia reconl. Native of file tropics ni tin- Old World. 



TAMARICACEAE 

 Tamarix gallica I,. Tamarix. 



Frequent in cultivation as an ornamental shrub, occasionally escaping and 

 establisiiing itself on the banks of streams. In Death Valley it abundantly bor- 

 ders Furnace Creek (Parish in 1915), spreading from a planting at the head of 

 the stream. Native of Eurasia. 

 Tamarix Pallisii Desv. 



Single shrub on the borders of Salton Sink, at Travertine Terraces, Colorado 

 Desert, in 1916. Native of Eurasia. 



CACTACEAE 

 Opiintia ficus-indica Mill. Tuna. 

 Opuntia Megacantha Salm-Dyck. O. Tuna Auth. not Mill. Tuna. 



Both these opuntias were introduced from Mexico by the mission fathers at an 

 early date. They were much used as hedge plants at the missions and old 

 Mexican habitations, about some of which they still persist, or sometimes mark 

 the site of buildings which have disappeared. They were also valued for their 

 fruit, which is still eaten by chiklren. Both species are naturalized in the hills 

 about Santa Barbara, and arc occasionally seen in cultivation. Native of 

 America. 



ONAGRACEAE 

 Gaura sinuata L. 



In a bcan-field at Camarillo, Ventura County, and in an apricot orchard near 

 Ventura, A. A. Brock in 1916. Only a small patch in either place, and both be- 

 lieved to have been exterminated. Established in a vacant lot at Pasadena, C. F. 

 Saunders in 1920. Not reported elsewhere in the state. Native of the southwestern 

 states. 



UMBELLIFERAE 

 Daucus Carota I,. Carrot. 



San Bernardino, Parish in lcS90, a few plants along a roadside, increasing for 

 a few vears, and then becoming extinct. Los Angeles, Davidson in 1S96. Clare- 

 mont. Chandler in 1S97. Riviera, Braun*on in 1892. and Playa del Rev in 1903. 

 Fortunately- our climate annears unsuited to this obnoxious weed, which is here 

 a garden escape, which fails to permanently establish itself. According to Hil- 

 gard it was "conspictious" in the San Francisco region in 1890, but it does not 

 so appear at present. Native of Europe. 

 Coriandrum sativum L. Coriander. 



Los Angeles, an infrequent escape from cultivation, Hasse in 1888. San Diego, 

 Brandegee in 1894. Native of Europe. 

 Pastanaca sativa L. Parsnip. 



Locally frequent in damp soil by roadsides and in waste places. Edgar Canyon, 

 near Redlands, Parish in 1882. San Bernardino, rare by roadsides in 1885, now 

 frequent. An escape from cultivation. Native of Europe. 

 Caucalis nodosa Hudson. 



Oak- Knoll, Pasadena, McClatchie in 1894. Infreouent in central California, 

 where the earliest reported collection was from Folsom, in 1883. Native of 

 Europe. 

 Foeniculum vulgare Hill. Fennel. 



Recently introduced in the south, and now abundantly naturalized bv road- 

 sides, along fences, and in waste places. Lo= Ansreles. "a casual," Davidson in 

 1898. San Bernardino, rare in 1890. Ballona, Chandler in 1902. Claremont region, 

 and Elsinore, Johnston in 1918. Frecuent thro'i£rhout the state, and according 

 to Hilgard "conspicuous" in the Bay region in 1890. Native of Europe. 

 Conium maculatum L. Poison Hemlock. 



Pasadena, McClatchie in 1894. Los Angeles, Davidson in 1894, snd still in- 

 freouent in 1918. Tntroduced into ornamental cultivation, under the name of 

 "Carrot Fern," at San Bernardino, about 1905: soon escaping, and now frenuent 

 in wa^'-e places, and abundantlv naturalized in willow thickets along the Santa 

 Ana Ri'-er. nepr Colton. Widelv distributed in localities throughout the state, 

 but probablv of recent introduction. The earliest collections seen are: Berkeley, 

 Davy in 1893. pnd Truckee. Sonne in 1897. Native of Europe. 

 Apium graveolens L. Celery. 



An early immigrant. long naturalized and abundant in many parts of the 

 state, in damp, subalkaline soils. Native of Europe. 



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