a 
ETRACOCCUS Engelmann. 
CUS. DIOICUS. Parry. 
diwcius; staminate flowers involu- 
panes atte 
“Shrubby, 
crate on slender pedic n the axils of the up 
yes of recent shoots; inflorescense with a 
sti gbe a axi le shorter than the 
asnally 2 more aie ua'ly devel 
— oposite bro nches, biacteate at base; invo- 
lucre inv double series, persistent. with 7-9 
shoit, roun:’ed segments; stamens 7-9 long ex- 
sert, fuserted at the base of theinyolucral sexless 
encircling an lobed, central disk? 
filaments densely ciliate-pnbescent at bas», an 
eTSeXtrorse ye elit 2-celled, Pistilate flow- 
sin theax ! rjeay es on recent shoots, 
single pedicellate, wie els thickening. up 
wards, and racteate near the middle ttl 
Ju re of 7-9 oblong, unequal segments in 2 s 
ies with i ‘elindtar scales on the inner surthae. 
maturity: (yary 4 lobed 
Ser ens Rely és why his s}i, with 4 long, recur 
siigmas. Capsile orbicular, broadly 4 ! 
and 4 celled, the thin epicarp separating in 
valves from rigid cocci which part at maturity, 
the separate cells dehis: ing at both s: tures 
i . from the avait 
by 11 to.each ce), ~ a oblong, con- 
spic sonst caruncul.te. nbhryo with broad 
und short, st: sight rt Hy immersed 
rrowly lanceo- 
. nen Ses er itha somewhat decu’ rent 
midrib, smuoth ther uk and inelined to 
on the upper tace, mostly op api e orin 
ternate whorles, ofre he eclenlate in the lower 
axils, and with short sce anche on the 
Jower shoots.’ *—Parr West sm Sci. i, 13. 1:85. 
RICINIS COMMUNIS Linn. 
CALLITRICHACEAE. 
CALLITRICHE Linnreus. 
LITRICHE oe 
Pare LITRICHE VERNA Lin 
PIPERACEAE 
ANE MOPSIS Hooker. 
YERBA MANSE. 
ANE srg spec bichon ty Bo 12 Tht 
al herbs of the 
Genus 
is o the favorite medic 
aid. Snoriak eg ns at ae won a per 
Taanent place in Bu an greenhouses, a and 
should be given tha. Pi tion i deserves > 
the land of the. OU th. Jt fe re rrown 
moist soil, the apple-green fo? has ee " treaonty 
blotched with erimson, showin; 
large white flowers to great adva 
Anemopsis. Californica eae 
Hook.—The “Yerba Manse” of 
The West American Scientist aS 
736 
aa has “strongly pungent, as 
ingent, aromatic root, valued for ie 
mye of ulcers, b the mucous 
embrane: and of the outer surface” 
Mrs. Bingham). Much used for medi- 
cinal Lie Ses ud a Indians and 
Mexic CW Bot (Cali). 
Widely “aistributed over yeaa are and 
Lower Ca in ost, salty 
groun 
CER Sap the tla 
enus CEhk OPHY UM fie Se 
oie air reuee stermiclentiee: Linn. 
BETULACHAE. 
us ALNUS Tournefort. 
ALNUS OBLONGIF FOLIA 
7 
along our eo. streams, fro 
sion valley to the Cuyamaca mountains 
Lower Galttarnis, and north and 
castw ps Rarely ceeds 50 feet in 
height and 2 feet in diameter 
ALNUS pet re Nutt. 
SALICACEAE. 
SALIX CAUDATA 
SALIX LAEVIGATA Bebb 
SALIX LASIANDR enth. 
SALIX LASIOLEP IS Benth 
Spege: L eo TA Muhl. 
x sil ILIFOLIA Nu 
ee cecubine. 
pine enon TRICHOCARPA T. &G 
JUGLANDACEAE. 
*LANS Linn a 
GLANS CALIFORNICA 
IU ORNI 
pigeon date pas Wialnut 
ae nuts i fs conn 
me to the Madeira nut. 
o 
pro Iific, and cou 
ly grown. ‘in arid tetipg: ties, 
The Cali a black 
© advantageous- 
walnut is usu- 
in 
ally tree, growin 20 to 
75 fect high, 2 to 4 feet in diame‘er, 
aring a roundish nut, t kernel 
sweet and delicate flav ecur 
—_— naa e henseulenssvhiaar river to 
Dieg California;. ocer 
cea sanemardaen put more as a shode 
or street tree, than for its excellent 
nuts. 
Genus CyvRYLUS Tournefort. 
Crostrata Ait v californica A DC 
’ 
CUPULIFERAE. 
Genus CASTANOPSIS Spach. 
