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GEB.ANIAGEAE. 



Geims GERANIUM Linnaeus. 



GERANIUM CAESPITOSUM James. 

 GERANIUM CAROLINIANUM Linn. 



Genus ERODIUM L'Herit. 



ERODIUM CICUTARIUM L'Herit. 

 ERODIUM MACROPHYLLUM H. & A. 

 ERODIUM MOSCHATUM L'Herit. 

 ERODIUM TEXANUM A. Gray. 

 Limnanthes douglasii K, Br da 4 



Genus . OXALIS Linnaeus. 



OXALIS CORN1CULATA Linn. 



Fls lemon y, veined with crimson, near the 

 center <fe on back of petals & cal\ x deeply tin- 

 ged with carmine. s j 

 OXALIS OREGANA Nutt. 

 OXALIS WRIGHTII A. Gray. 



RTJTACEAE. 



Genus PTE'LEA Linnaeus. 

 P. APTERA Parry. Or j 



Genus THAMXOSMA Tw-rey. 

 THAMNOSMA MONTANUM Torr. 



Genus Ci\EOmDIUM Hooker, f. 

 CNEORIDIUM DUMOSUM Hook. f. 



CELASTBACEAE. 

 Genus El'JfOWYMUS To-urnefort. 



EUONYMUS PARISHII Trelease. 

 EMMIACEAE. 

 Genus ZIZYPHUS Jugs. 

 ZIZYPHUS PARRYI Torr. 



Parry's lotus or jujube is found in 

 gravelly ravines near San Felipe and 

 Rock Springs, in San Diego county, 

 south into Lower California, and east 

 of San Bernardino. The fruit is %-% 

 inch long, of a dull brownish cadmium 

 yellow color, mealy and dry. It is 

 an unsymmetrical thorny shrub, 4-15 

 feet high. Said to make excellent jelly 

 like its near relatives, the classic lotus 

 and jujubes, so well known as the 

 source of jellies and confections of 

 various kinds. 



Genus RHAMNUS Linnaeus. 

 RHAMNUS CALIFORNICA Esch. 

 RHAMNUS CROCEA Nutt. 



CONDALIA SPATHULATA A. Gray. 



Genus ADOLPHIA Meisner. 



ADOLPHIA CALIFORNICA S. Watson. 



Genus CEANOTHUS Linnaeus. 



CEANOTHUS CUNEATUS Nutt. 



CEANOTHUS DIVARICATUS Nutt. "Deer- 

 brush," a beautiful flowering shrub, with deli- 

 cate blue flowers. 

 CEANOTHUS INTEGERRIMUS H.& A. 



CEANOTHUS ORCUTTII Parry. 



"Branches flexible, dull reddish, with 

 short, h spid pubescence; leaves petiolate, 

 broadly orbicular to oblong-cordate, 

 usually rounded obtuse, 30-40 mm. in 

 length, often as broad, irregularly glan- 

 dular-serrate, sparing y hisp'd above, 

 strongly triple-nerved beneath, with 

 prominent hairy ciliate veins; inflores- 

 cence axillary, oval scarcely exceeding 

 the leaves, rather compact, with pubes- 

 cent rachis, and smooth pedicels; fi. ap- 

 parently wh te or light blue (seen only in 

 fallen fragments); fr. glandular-hispid, 

 with corrugated resinous epicarp, and 

 conspicuous crests; seeds light brown."— 

 Parry, Proc. Dav. Acad. Natl. Sci. v. 

 194 (Aug. 31, 1889). 

 CEANOTHUS RIGIDUS Nutt. 

 CEANOTHUS SOREDIATUS H. & A. 

 C spinosa Nutt da 4 

 C oliganthus Nutt da 4 



C megacarpus Nutt da 4 



C crassifolius Ivutt cv 4 78, da 4, ( r f,8 b 



C V-ESTITUSGe. 



"Near C. cuneatus, & like it in size <fe habit: 

 leaves & branchleis ashy-tomentulose, the for- 

 mer opposite, coriaceous, subscssile, 4-8 lines 

 long, round-obovate, obtuse or retuse, some- 

 what concave above, sharply spinulose-dcn- 

 tate all around: fls white: capsule apparently 

 small, the short salient appendages inserted 

 at about the middle." Gepitt2]01 da 4 

 C verrucosus Nutt Or53j; d 

 C hirsutus Nutt Or 54 d 



SAFINBACEAE. 

 Genus AESCULCS Linnaeus. 



AESCULUS PARRYI A. Gray. 



Genus ACER Tournefort. 



ACER CIRCINNATUM Pursh. 



ACER GLABRUM Torr. 



ACER MACROPHYLLUM Pursh. 



