116 



WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1583. 



LEATHERWOOD FAMILY 

 Leatherwood Dirca occidentalis 



THYMELACEAE 



Northern slopes in canyons. 



SPURGE FAMILY EUPHORBIACEAE 



1584. Turkey mullein 



Eremocarpus setigerus 



1585. 



1585a. 

 1586. 



1587. 



1588. 

 1589. 



Croton californicus 



Croton tenuis 

 Bernardia Myricaefolia 

 Acalypha californica 



Stillingia linearifolia 

 Stillingia annua 



Abundant in waste places, 

 and fallow land. When 

 eaten by sheep forms 

 hairy balls in the stom- 

 ach, sometimes disas- 

 trously. Indians used 

 this plant to stupefy fish 

 by its odor before try- 

 ing to catch them by 

 hand. 



Sandy hills near the ocean 

 Bay region. Spanish 

 medicine for rheumatism. 



San Diego County. 



Headwater of the Mojave. 



San Diego Count}', near 

 boundary monument, or 

 stream banks. 



San Diego County and San 

 Bernardino County. 



Deserts southeastern Cali- 

 fornia. 

 1590. Spurges Euphorbia (Chamaesyce ) 



A rather large genus with about 20 species in the State. Jepson described 

 nine with several varieties. Parish reports six from the region of the Salton 

 Sink. The spurges have medicinal properties, expectorants, cathartic or in 

 large quantities emetic. Some are poisonous. E. serphyllifolia and ocel- 

 lata are persistently regarded as remedies for snake-bite. 



BUFFALO BERRY FAMILY 



1591. Buffalo Berry 



Sheperdia argentea 



NETTLE FAMILY 



1592. Small nettle Urtica urens 



1593. California nettle 



1594. Creek nettle 



1595. 



1596. 



1597. Pellitory 



Urtica lyalli var. 

 Urtica holosericea 



Urtica breweri 



Hesperocnide tenella 

 Parietaria debilis 



ELEAGNACEAE 



Mono Lake region. 



URTICACEAE 



Introduced weed. 



Marin County and north. 



Along streams throughout 

 State. 



Frequent about Los An- 

 geles. 



Napa County south. 



Southern California and 

 elsewhere. 



SYCAMORE FAMILY PLATANACEAE 



1598. 



1599. 



Platanus racemosa 

 BUXACEAE 



Simmondsia californica 



A frequent tree along 

 streams in the interior 

 valley. 



Dry hillsides, southern Cali- 

 fornia, San Diego. 



