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The Botany of California, finished b 
Sereno Watson and published in 1880, 
through the generosity of gentlemen of 
a past generation, uniform with and as a 
part of the state geological survey pubii- 
cations, marked the commencement of a 
new era = botanical activity on the Pa- 
cific The next decade saw many 
pore to the state flora through the 
labors of a group of collectors who as- 
siduously explored mountain and desert 
regions alike. In 1879 Heman Chandler 
Orcutt moved with his family from the 
Green Mountain state to San Diego, and 
took part 
which only ended with his life in 1892 
Parry, Pringle, the Parish Brothers, 
Ralmer and many others were especially 
active, with Gray Greene, Brandegee 
Watson and Vasey ¢s the principal wri- 
ters on their field work. 
The last decade of the tgth century is 
noteworthy fur the attempted changes mn 
nomenclature as preposed by Kuntze, 
followed by Coville, Greene. Brittou and 
other, mostly the younger, botanical au- 
in this work of exploration, 
thors. 
In the present work the writer avoids 
the adoption of the most of the proposed 
changes, aiming to make ita ager nt 
to Watson's work —wit 
view reproducing descriptions - species 
Notes and des- 
would have 
is 
great 
discovered since 1880 
criptions of all the plaints 
been added but for the expense 
Omitted from page 46: 
Paeonia Californica Nutt.—The root 
of the ‘“Pionia’’ is considered valuable 
by the natives ite or the healing of sores 
on man or bea 
Omitted from page 54: 
Krameria Parvifolia Bentham. Kra- 
meria Canescens ray.—These fe 
reat co be 
in and ma 
useful medicinal plants ‘(tide 
ivaidy, and are not rare on the bord- 
The West American Scientist —X. 
172 
ers of the Colorado desert in Southern 
and Baja igi rnia, eastward to Tex 
as, and into Me 
of California, 
fathers a 
In the Mission: éays 
the Jesuite and Franciscan 
the early settlers found i 
surge 
mie i rally dema 
° 
w meee of these primitive 
communitie At time doubtless 
their Uenifen stock of simple Redeaspncaae 
ran low, and sli ns of 
ants which 
Indian population 
virtu 
tained among the 
around them 
— ong the Californian aborigines, as 
most tribes ians, pee 
so- ed me me 
tio 4 
of sig Page men—fcllowed with gre 
er or less success the healing 2 
bond remedies, however, are known 
and used every where in all climes and 
all conditions of 
bly the sim 
school ove sicia 
E VARIEGATA Linnaeus. \frican 
n 
age i s “and pathos its ped 
the feathery mottling ef the 
Sh baa — ANDIFLORA Linnaeus. A 
beaut! ful flower'ng evergreen tree. 
CARLCUATA LINGULATA Lin 
FURCRAEA BARILLETTI Jacob. 
ALOE avieoise Mill. 
ALOE AFRICANA Mill. 
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