PRIMULACEAE 

 Anagallis arvensis L. Pimpernel. 



Abundantly naturalized in damp soils about habitations, by roadsides, and in 

 meadows; apparently an early immigrant. "Common about Los Angeles and in 

 many other places in California, . . . completely naturalized." San Gabriel and 

 San Bernardino, Antisell in 1856.°" Santa Barbara and \entura, Brewer in 1861. 

 Frequent throughout the state. Native of Eurasia. 

 AnagaJlis arvensis L. var. coerulea Ledeb. 



Infrequent and seldom collected. Fallbrook, Cleveland in 1884. Los Angeles, 

 not rare, Davidson in 1918. Native of Eurasia. 



ASCLEPIADACEAE 

 Araujia sericifera Bert. 



Occasionally cultivated, and a fugitive at Riverside, Reed in 1914, and increasing 

 in 1918. Not otherwise known from the state. Native of Persia. 



CONVOLVULACEAE 



Ipomoea birsutula Jacq. Mexican Morning-glory. 



A few plants in an orange grove at Riverside, Gordon Surr in 1915; the only 

 collection in the state known to me. Native of Mexico. 

 Ipomoea purpurea Roth. Morning-glory. 



An escape from cultivation; frequent in cultivated and waste grounds, some- 

 times a pernicious weed in vineyards, orchards and gardens, where, once estab- 

 lished, it is extirpated only by persistent effort. Native of tropical America. 

 Convolvulus arvensis L. Field Morning-glory. 



Naturalized in many places in fields and by roadsides; a troublesome weed, 

 difficult to eradicate. San Bernardino, Parish in 1890, and Descanso in 1897. Los 

 Angeles, Davidson in 1903. More abundant in the Bay region, where it takes entire 

 possession of large tracts of rich alluvial soil; and is characterized as "the most 

 troublesome orchard and garden weed yet naturalized in California."^- Native of 

 Europe. 

 Convolvulus pentapetaloides L. 



Locally naturalized near the coast. Sweetwater Valley, Cleveland in 1884. 

 San Diego, T. S. Brandegee in 1902. La Jolla, Clements in 1914. San Pedro, 

 C. Russell in 1903. Redondo, Davidson in 1902. Infrequent northward. Native of 

 Eurasia. 



BORAGINACEAE 



Lappula Myosotis Moench. Stickweed. 



A casual at Santa Monica, Hasse in 1906. Not otherwise known from the state. 

 Native of Eurasia. 

 Lycopsis arvensis L. Small Bugloss. 



A recent immigrant, locally established by a roadside at Upland, Johnston 

 in 1917, 1918. Not otherwise known from the state. Native of Eurasia. 



LABIATAE 



Marrubium vulgare L. Hoarhound. 



Abundantly naturalized, not only as a weed in waste and neglected grounds 

 and by roadsides, but frequent on arid hills and mesas; sometimes gathered in 

 quantity for the wholesale drug trade. Infrequent on the borders of the Mojave 

 Desert at Victorville in 1915. Throughout the state. Probably an early escape 

 from cultivation as a medicinal herb. Native of Europe. 

 Nepeta Cataria L. Catnip. 



Infrequent about habitations. Near Beaumont, 2,500 ft. alt.. Parish in 1880, and 

 at San Bernardino in 1886. Piru Creek, Davidson in 1889. Lone Pine, San Antonio 

 Mts., 4,500 ft. alt., Hall in 1895. Riverside, Reed in 1918. Rare in California, 

 escaping from cultivation as a medicinal herb. Native of Europe. 

 Lamium amplexicaule L. Henbit. 



Well established by a moist roadside near Claremont, Johnston in 1918. In- 

 frequent and local in central California. Native of Eurasia. 

 Mentha citrata Ehrh. Lemon Mint. 



Locally adventive. San Bernardino, on the banks of Town Creek, in 1903, and 

 in a marsh on the banks of the Santa Ana River in 1907, much increased in 1918. 

 In the Colorado Desert at Mecca, along a drainage ditch, in 1913. Native ot 

 Europe. 

 Mentha piperita L. Peppermint. 



Infrequent and local. Los Angeles river-bed, Davidson in 1891. Sherman, Grajit. 

 Native of Europe. 

 Mentha rotundifolia Huds. Wooly Mint. 



A local escape from cultivation, but maintaining itself and increasing. Los 

 Angeles, Davidson in 1896. San Bernardino, by a marshy roadside, in 1904. Stream 

 banks in Waterman Canyon, San Bernardino Mts., at Vail's, 2,000 ft. alt., in 1916. 

 Native of Europe. 



•^Torrey. J. Pac. R. Rept. 7, pt. 3:14. 1856. 



"Jepson. W. L. Fl. W. Middle Cal. 2d Ed. 326. 1911. 



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