1918] PARISH—CALIFORNIA PLANTS 337 
(1o11¢e, September 12, 1916), and in June 1917, a few plants were 
collected along the railway at Ontario (Johnston 1433). 
* ALLIONIA LINEARIS Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 728. 1814. Barnwell, 
New York Mountains (10276, June 3, 1916), and at the same place 
by Mrs. K. Brandegee. Both specimens are scanty and immature 
and possibly may prove to be A. pinetorum Standley. 
} ABRONIA EXALTATA Standley, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 12:318. 
pl. 35. 1900.—On a dry hillside at Baxter, at the lower end of the 
“Narrows” of the Mojave River (10403, May 25, 1915). Also at 
Kelso, in the same desert, 7. S. Brandegee, June 1915. 
CALANDRINIA AMBIGUA (Wats.) Howell, Erythea 1:34. 1893.— 
Infrequent in dry alkaline soil. Manix Lake, near Camp Cady, 
Shreve, April 23, 1915. Afton, upper end of the “Narrows” of the 
Mojave River (10366, May 24, 1915). Salt Springs, in the ancient 
channel of Amargosa River (10405, May 21, 1915). The type and 
all other previous collections were from the Colorado Desert. 
* SAGINA APETALA Ard. Anamad. Bot. Spec. Alt. 2, pl. 5. 1764. 
—Plentiful in a city yard, Pasadena, George B. Grant, April 15, 1917. 
Plants sparsely glandular, the bases of the leaves not ciliolate. The 
variety barbata Fenzl has been collected in several places in Central . 
California. 
BERBERIS FREMONTI Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. Surv. 30, 1859.— 
New York Mountains near Barnwell (10258, June 4, 1915), three 
small groups of scrubby trees 10-12 ft. high. 
ARGEMONE INTERMEDIA CORYMBOSA (Greene) Eastwood, Ery- 
thea 4:96. 1896.—Frequent on dry mesas in the Mojave Desert. 
Black’s Ranch, Hall and Chandler 6848. Silver Lake (9863, 
May 22, 1915). GREENE’S type, as represented on sheet 126416 
hb. Univ. Cal., consists of two capsules, and is labeled ““M. K. 
Curran, June 1884, Mojave Desert.”’ 
LESQUERELLA GorDONI (Gray) Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 
253. 1888.—Abundant, the.stems protruding through the low 
shrubs scattered over the arid mesa at Gofis, Mojave Desert (9647, 
March 22, 1915). In early June of the same year all traces of the 
plant had disappeared. 
* LESQUERELLA PatmERI Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23:255. 
1888.—A single plant on a dry hillside under pines, Bear Valley, 
