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GALIUM ANGUSTtFOLIUM Nutt. 

 GALIUM APARINE Linn. 



Galium Aparine L. — "Cleavers are re- 

 garded as a most valuable cooling 

 diuretic, useful in most diseases of the 



BACCHARIS EMORYI A. Gray.. 

 BACCHARIS GLUTINOSA Pers.. 



Baccharis glutinosa Pers. — This, or 

 another species of the genus, familiarly 

 known as Mock willow, is held in some 



urinary organs" (Gunn). "Considered repute for the healing of sores. Pluchea 



as a sovereign remedy in kidney dis- 

 eases" (Mrs. Bingham). A cold infus- 

 ion is used, as heat destroys its medi- 



borealis Gray, also known by the same 

 popular name, perhaps shares in the 

 same virtues and is, I believe, the plant 



cinal virtues. Goose grass, as this known to the Mexicans as "water 



plant is sometimes called, is abundant motor"— credited with medicinal vir- 



in Southern and Baja California— in tues without number! 



fact throughout the west, but our plant BACCHARIS SAROTHROIDBS A Gray 



differs from the eastern and European 



form. 



GALIUM PUBENS A. Gray. 



GALIUM ROTHROCKII A. Gray. 



G californicum ll-A da 8 



G spurium l. da8 



GALIUM STELLATUM Kellogg. 



VALERIANACEAE. 



VALERIANELLA MACROCERA A. Gy. 



COMPOSITAE. 



Genus BRICKELLIA EH. 



BRICKELLIA ATRACTYLOIDES A. G. 

 BRICKELLIA CALIFORNICA A. Gray. 

 BRICKELLIA FRUTESCENS A. Gray. 



Genus GUTIERREZ I A Lagasca. 



GUTIERREZIA CALIFORNICA T. & G. 

 GUTIERREZIA EUTHAMIAE T. & G. 



Genus EEIGEROX Linnaeus. 



ERIGERON CANADENSIS Linn. 

 ERIGERON FOLIOSUS Nutt. 

 ERIGERON INCOMPTUS A. Gray. 

 ERIGERON PHILADELPHICUS Linn. 



Genns SOLIDAGO Linnaeus. 



SOLIDAGO CALIFORNICA Nutt. 

 Golden Rod, or "Oroja de Leabre" of 

 the Mexicans, is prized above all other 

 herbs for its curative properties in 

 cases of either internal or external in- 

 juries of man or beast, the most stub- 

 born of sores being said to quickly heal 

 under its influence. 

 SOLIDAGO CONFINIS A. Gray. 



Genus ASTER Linnaeus. 



ASTER ADbCENDENS Lindl. 

 ASTER ANDERSONI A. Gray. 

 ASTER CANESCENS Pursh. 

 ASTER EXILIS Linn. 

 ASTER ...DULINUS A. Gray. 

 ASTER ORCUTTII Vasey & Rose. 

 ASTER PARVIFLORUS A. Gray. 

 ASTER SPINOSUS Benth. 



Genns BACCHARIS Linnaeus. 

 BACCHARIS DOUGLASII DC. 



Genus PLICHEA Cuss. 



PLUCHEA CAMPHORATA DC. 

 PLUCHEA BOREALIS A. Gray. 



Genus TESSARIA Ruiz & Pavon. 

 T borealis T-G is Pluchea b. 



Genus MICROPTJS Linnaeus. 



MICROPUS CALIFORNICUS F. & M. 



Genus PSILOCARPHUS Nuttall. 



PSILOCARPHUS OREGONUS Nutt. 

 PSILOCARPHUS TENELLUS Nutt. 



Genus STYLOCLINE Nuttall. 



STYLOCLINE GNAPHALIOIDES Nutt. 



Genus EVAX Gaertn. 



EVAX CAULESCENS A. Gray. 



Genus FILAGO Linnaeus. 



FILAGO ARIZONICA A. Gray. 



Genus GNAPHALIUM Linnaeus. 



GNAPHALIUM PALUSTRE Nutt. 

 GNAPHALIUM PURPUREUM Lhin 

 GNAPHALIUM SPRENGELII H. & A. 



Genus HYMEXOCLEA Tbrre'y & Gray. 



HYMENOCLEA MONOGYRA T. & G. 

 HYMENOCLEA SALSOLA T. & G. 



Genus I\A Linnaeus. 



IVA HAYESIANA A. Gray. 



Genus AMBROSIA Tournefort. 



AMBROSIA PSILOSTACHYA DC. 

 AMBROSIA PUMILA A. Gray. 



Genus PER1TYLE Beuthani. 



PERITYLE CALIFORNICA Benth. 

 PERITYLE EMORYI Torr. 

 PERITYLE GRAYI Rose. 

 PERITYLE GREENEI Rose. 

 PERITYLE INCANA A. Gray^ 

 PERITYLE MICROGLOSSA Benth. 



Genus HETEROTHECA Cass. 



HETEROTHECA GRANDIFLORA Nutt. 



Genus APLOPAPPLS Cass. 



APLOPAPPUS BERBERIDIS A. Gray. 

 APLOPAPFUS JUNCEUS Greene. 

 "Near A. spinulosus, but more slender, 



