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BOTANY. 
Venegasia carpesioides, DC. Prodr. 6, p. 43; Torr. & Gray, FI. 2, p. 410. San 
Buenaventura ranch, and near San G-abriel; February. A rare plant, which only Douglas 
and Nuttall had previously collected. 
Matricaria disco idea, DC.; Torr. & Gray, FI. 2, p. 413. Near Los Angeles; March. In¬ 
troduced from Europe, and now common in California, New Mexico, and in many other places. 
Artemisia pycnocephala, DC.; Torr. & Gray, FI. 2, p. 416. Salinas valley; November. 
Our plant agrees well with the description of De Candolle, except that the segments of all the 
leaves are narrowly linear. 
Artemisia biennis, Willd. Sp. 3, p. 1842 ; Torr. & Gray, FI. 1. c. Bio Pajaro and on the 
Salinas ; November. Not found before west of the Rocky Mountains. 
Gnaphalium Californicum, DC.; Prodr. 6, p. 224. San Gabriel; March. A variety with 
broader leaves, and the scales of the involucre more obtuse, was found at San Juan and in 
other places ; November. 
Gnaphalium Sprengelh, Hook. & Am. Bot. Beechey, p. 150. Burro mountains; common ; 
August. 
Antennaria margaritacea, B. Br.; Torr. & Gray, FI. 2, p. 429. Salinas valley ; Novem¬ 
ber. Bare in California. 
Senecio longilobus, Benth. PI. Hartw. p. 18; Gray, PI. Fendl. p. 108. Solidad Mission; 
December. 
Senecio Californicus, DC. Prodr. 6, p. 426. San Gabriel; March. Leaves varying from 
pinnatifid to nearly entire. 
Calais linearifolia, DC.; Torr. & Gray, FI. 2, p. 471. Near San Gabriel; March. 
Calais macrachaeta, Gray, PI. Fendl. p. 112, ( adnot .) and in Whipple’s Rep. ined. With 
the last. 
Stephanomeria minor, Nutt.; Torr. & Gray, FI. 2, p. 472. Colorado desert; April. 
Lobelia Texensis, Raf.; DC. Prodr. 7, pars 2, p. 383 ? River Mimhres ; August. Very near 
L. cardinalis, hut with smaller flowers : perhaps only a variety of that species. 
Arctostaphylos tomentosa, Dougl. in Lindl. Bot. Reg. A. cordifolia, Lindl. No. 1791, 
{adnot.) Santa Inez, California ; February. 
Dodecatheon Meadia, Linn. var. D. integrifolium, Michx. D. frigidum, Cham.; Hook. FI. 
Bor. Am. 2, p. 118. San Gabriel, California ; March. 
Anagallis arvensis, Linn. Common about Los Angeles and in many other places in Califor¬ 
nia. A native of Europe, hut now completely naturalized ; March, April. 
Plantago Patagonica. Jacq. var. gnaphalioides. P. gnaphalioides, Nutt. Gen. 1 , p. 100. 
Los Playas, New Mexico, August. A low form, with short few-flowered heads, was found near 
San Gabriel, California. 
Chilopsis linearis, DC. Prodr. 9, p. 227. Engelm. in Wisliz. N. Mex. p. 94. Yallecitas, Cali¬ 
fornia, and Puerto del Dado, New Mexico; May, July. Leaves variable in breadth and not 
always glutinous. There appears to be hut one species. 
Antirrhinum glandulosum, Lindl.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10, p. 291. San Isabel, Cali¬ 
fornia ; May. 
Pentstemon spectabilis, Thurb. Mss.; Gray, in Bot. Whipple’s Rep. San Isabel, Cali¬ 
fornia ; May. Mr. Tkurber found it near San Pasqual, and Mr. Wallace in the same region 
It was collected, also, by Dr. Bigelow on San Francisco mountain, New Mexico. 
