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Eschscholtzia California, Cham.; Torr. & Gray, Flor. 1, p. 664. Fort Reading, Cal.; 
April, in flower ; July,, in fruit. 
Platystemon Californicum, Torr. & Gray, Flor. 1 , p. 65 ; Benth. Hort. Trans. (2 d series ) 1, 
p. 407. Petaluma, Cal. 
Platystigma lineare, Benth. 1. c.; Torr. & Gray, Flor. 1 ,p. 65. San Pablo bay. 
NYMPiEAHACEiE. 
Nuphar ad vena, Ait.; Pursh. Flor. 2, p. 369; Torr. A Gray, Flor. 1, p. 58. Whole plant 
large ; pods of the size of an egg. Common^ in the Klamath basin. Klamath marsh is half 
covered by the floating leaves. The seeds, which fill the large pods, are larger than those of 
the eastern plant, and form an important article of subsistence among the Indians. We saw 
many hundred bushels of the pods collected for winter use. The seed tastes like that of the 
broom corn, and is apparently very nutritious. 
VIOLACE2E. 
Viola adunca, Smith in Rees’ Cycl.; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1, p. 79. Willamette valley, 
0. T. ; October, in flower. 
Viola longipes, Nutt.; Torr. & Gray, Flor. 1,^. 140. Willamette valley, 0. T.; Petaluma, 
Cal. ; October, in flower. 
Viola sarmentosa, Dougl.; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1 ,p. 80. San Francisco and Sonoma. 
Viola pedunculata, Torr. & Gray, Flor. 1 , p. 141. San Francisco, Cal. 
Viola chrysantha, Hook. Ic. 1, t. 49. Torr. & Gray, Flor. 1 , p. 134. Fort Reading, Cal. 
Viola Sheltoni, Torr. in Whipple’s Rep. Banks of Yuba river, Sacramento valley; July. 
Viola cucullata, Ait.; Torr. dk Gray, Flor. 1 ,p. 139. Willamette valley; October, in flower. 
Viola ocellata, Torr. & Gray, Flor. 1, p. 142. Near San Francisco, Cal. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMACEvE. 
Mesembryanthemum dimidiatum, Harv. Common along the shores of the straits at San 
Francisco, where it has been probably introduced. 
HYPERICACEiE. 
Hypericum Scouleri, Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1, p. 111. McCumber’s, N. Cal. ; July, in 
flower ; and Klamath basin, 0. T. ; August, common. 
CARYOPHYLLACEJE. 
Mollugo verticillata, Linn.; Torr. & Gray, Flor. 1 , p. 76. McCumber’s Flat, N. Cal. 
Silene Drummondi, Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1, p. 89. Torr. & Gray, Flor. 1, pp. 91 & 
675. McCumber’s and Klamath basin ; July and August. 
Stellaria longipes, Goldie, in Edinb. Phil. Jour. 6, p. 185; DC. Prodr. 1 , p. 400.; Torr & 
Gray, Flor. I, p. 184. McCumber’s Flat, N. Cal. 
Stellaria nitens, Nutt, in Torr. & Gray, Flor. 1 , p. 184. Near Portland, Oregon; Oct. 
PORTULACACEiE. 
Claytonia alsinoides, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1309; Torr. & Gray, Flor. 1, p. 199. Cascade 
mountains, O. T.; August 26. 
