PLANTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. 5 



PORTULACACE/E. 



Portulaca, Tourn. Purslane. 



oleracea, Linn. Streets and cultivated grounds ; a common weed. 

 Calandrinia, HBK. 



elegans, Spach. Common in cultivated soils. 



marilima, Nutt. Sea shore, Santa Monica. 

 Claytonia, Linn. 



perfoliata, Donn. (Miner's Lettuce). Common in shady places. 



spathulata, Dougl. King's Canon ; rare. 

 Calyptridium, Nutt. 



monandrum, Nutt. Dry ground from sea coast to desert ; not common. 



ELATINE/E. 

 Elatine, Linn. 



Californica, Gray. Wet soil near Soldiers' Home. 



CHEIRANTHODENDRE^E. 

 Fremontia, Torr. 



Californica, Torr. Desert slopes at 5,000 feet. 



MALVACE/C. 

 Malva, Linn. Mallow. 



parviflora, Linn ' A noxious weed. 

 Lavatera, Linn. Tree Mallow. 



assurgentiflora, Kell. San Clemente Island ; Bird Island. 

 Sidalcea, Gray. 



delphinifolia, Greene. Lake Catrina; Los Angeles, 

 var. humilis, Greene. Loamy meadows from Los Angeles to Newhall. 



parviflora, Greene. Wet soils south of Los Angeles. 

 Moaiola, Moench. 



Caroliniana, Don. El Monte ; Main St., Los Angeles ; Santa Anita ; rare. 

 Sida, Linn. 



hederacea, Torr. Low adobe soils near the seaboard. 

 Malvastrum, Gray. 



exile, Gray. Mohave Desert. 



fasciculatum, Greene A common foot-hill shrub. 



Fremonti, Torr. San Gabriel Mountains above 3000 feet. 



splendidum, Kell. Sierra Santa Monica; San Fernando Valley. 

 Sphaeralcea, St. Hilaire. 



ambigua, Gray. Desert species at Palmdale and Del Sur. 



LINE/E. 

 Linum, Linn. Flax. 



micranthum, Gray. Dry hillside at Newhall. 

 usitatissimum, Linn. Casual in city streets. 



ZYGOPHYLLACE/E. 



Larrea, Cav. Creasote Bush. 



Mexicana, Moric. Common on Desert rim at about 4000 feet. 



GERANIACE^E. 



Geranium, Linn. Cranesbill. 



Carolinianum, Linn. On grassy slopes. 

 Erodium, L'Her. 



cicutarium,~Li'~H.er. The "alfilerilla " of the foothills. 

 moschatum, Wild. The common " alfilerilla" of the plains, 

 macrophyllum. H. & A. Elysian Park; Santa Monica Range. 



