APPENDIX. 357 



STERCULIACE^E. 



Feemontia Califoenica, Torr. — Known to the miners and ranchmen 

 near Fort Tejon as "Slippery Elm.'" The inner bark abounds in mucila- 

 ginous properties when moistened, and is used as a substitute for TJVmus 

 fulva. 1. c. p. 88. 



GERANIACE^. 



Eeodium cicutarium, L'Her. — Santa Barbara (158), where it is by- 

 many supposed not to have been introduced. It is somewhat remarkable 

 that widely diffused as this plant is, I have never yet seen it growing 

 where its introduction from Europe was not to my mind the most natural 

 way of accounting for its presence, usually infesting the neighborhood of 

 ranches and towns. I. c. p. 94. 



RHAMNE^. 



Rhamnus Califoenica, Esch. (Frangula Californica, Gray, Gen. 111. 2, 

 t. 167.) — Sometimes called California Coffee, for, so far as I know, no 

 reason. Santa Barbara (108). (226), head of Peru Creek, at 5,150 feet 

 altitude, appears to be var. tomentella, Gray, of this same species ; I. c. p. 

 101. 



Ceanothus divaricatus, Nutt. — "Blue Brush," among which the deer 

 lie, and on which they browse. At middle altitudes (354). This shrub is 

 among the number that go to make up the dense chaparral of the Califor- 

 nia hillsides ; I. c. p. 103. 



Ceanothus spinosus, Nutt. — Santa Barbara (132), I. c. p. 103. 



AMPELIDE^. 



Vitis Califoenica, Benth. — Tejon Ranch (280). So far as I know, 

 the only wild grape of California ; I. c. p. 105. 



SAPINDACE^. 



JEsculus Caltfoenica., Nutt. — Common by the streams and on the 

 hillsides near the Southern Sierras (258), I. c. p. 106. 



Negundo Califoenicum, T. & G. — Tejon Canon (264), I. c. p. 108. 



