NU-iitli,i spicata I., Spcannlnt. 



Almtulatitlv aiul wiili-ly iiatuf.ili/.ed along streams and ditches ami in other 

 wet i)laces; an escape from cultivation. In the San Jacinto Mts. at Thomas 

 Valley. -l.SOO ft. alt., Hall in ISW. Native of Europe. 



SOLANACEAE 



Solanum clcagnifolium ("av. White Ilorsenettle. 



.\ recent immigrant along the .Southern Pacific railway, and as yet most fre- 

 quent along tracks. Corona, "well esfahlished along the railro.id," W. J. Lester 

 in 18''.\ U.iilroad tracks at ('ompt<in and .San Pedro, McCIatchie in 18%. Ventura, 

 E. M. Day in 18%. Oceanside, along the railroad Ir.uks, Parish in 1897. Los 

 Angeles, ";it a single station," Braunton in 1902. Along the railroad at Chine, 

 Johnston in K'lS. San Diego, Miss Woodcock in 1919. In the Colorado Desert, at 

 Xil.ind. hy \hr railroad tr.icks, Parish in 1913. Northward at least to Fresno, 

 J. E. Hughes in ISOfi. Native of .Arizona and eastward. 



Solanum nigrum 1.. Nightshade. 



Infrerinent and lociil. Riverside, Reed in 1906. Roadside at a ford over the 

 Santa An.i River, Parish in 1914, not reappearing. El Monte, Ui)land and Lagnna 

 Canyon, Johnston in 1918. Native of Europe. 



Solanum nigrum L. var. villosum L. 



Rare and local. Los Angeles, Davidson in 1892, and McCIatchie in 1896. Oxnard, 

 Davy in 1901. Native of Europe. 



Solanum rostratum Dunal. Buffalohur. 



Naturalized ne.ir the co;ist in Los Angeles countv. .Salt works, "abundant," 

 Hasse in 188-t. S.-mta Monica, Hasse in 1891, and J. H. Barker in 1898. Casual at 

 Mentone, G. R. Robertson in 1911. Local at Upland, Johnston in 1918. Infrequent 

 in the state. Native from Florida to Arizona. 



Physalis ixocarpa Brotero. Tomatillo. 



An early immigrant, naturalizecl in gardens and orchards, less abundant now 

 than formerly. It has been indicated as a native in this state,"-' but certainly 

 erroneously, nor is there evidence that it ever was in cultivation. Native of 

 Mexico. 



Datura discolor Bernhardi. 



Long established in the Colorado River bottoms, where frequent and possibly 

 indigenous. Introduced and common along irrigation ditches in Imperial Valley; 

 also in the streets of Mecca and adjacent mud flats, Parish in 1913. Native of 

 Mexico. 



Datura Stramonium L. Jim son -weed. 



A local and temporary casual. Roadside at Santa Monica, "recently intro- 

 duced," Hasse in 1893. Plava del Rey and Ballona, Davidson in 1896, "not seen 

 recently" (1898). Native of Asia (?). 

 Datura Tatula L. Purple Thorn-apple. 



Cultivated as an asthma remedy, in a garden at San Bernardino about 1870, 

 escaping and still lingering as a rare weed in damp soils. Both these Daturas are 

 infrequent and local in central California. Native of tropical America. 



Lycium halmifolium Mill. Matrimony Vine. 



An infreouent escane in streets, San Bernardino in 1910, 1919. The only 

 other collection from the state seen is Beckwith, Sierra county, Hall & Babcock 

 in 1903. 'Native of Europe. 



Physalis Wrightii Gray. 



Apparently native in the Colorado delta, whence abundantly introduced 

 throueh irrigation in the Imperial Valley. Casual in an orange orchard, near 

 San Bernardino, Johnston in 1918. Also in San Toaquin Valley, in orchards at 

 Porterville and at Lemon Cove. G. Surr in 1920. In each instance only a single 

 plant; otherwise not known in the state. 



Nicotiana glauca Graham. Tree Tobacco. 



Introduced from Mexico, in the mission period, perhaps as an ornamental 

 shrub, and abundantly naturalized in waste places and cultivated grounds. 

 In the Colorado Desert, a single yovmg plant at Mecca, and two at Calexico, 

 Parish in 1913. The most northern collection seen was from Santa Clara. Native 

 of Argentina. 



VERBENACEAE 

 Verbena officinalis L. 



Infre'"ent and local. San Diego, Cleveland in 1884. Oneonta, San Diego 

 cnnntv. Chandler in 1902. Riverside, Reed in 1917. Infrequent in the state. Native 

 of Europe. 



5-Rydberg. P. A. Mem. Torr. Bot, Club 14:.334. 1896. 



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