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Chlation of any scientific: iby ee ; cone A Sh) Se # ae Bie ‘ing e las ép suntie: ‘diseaste: and rome sant ite phe: maintainatice of health. un der the most Jt ying CI ea “Ew vol tines” “a years. Sy ls : OR: cabOs 2€ Sti uae, fe oe e& BW The West American Scientist. Vol.. X. No. 6. Established 1884. . THE WEST AMERICAN SCIENTIST. Price 10c a copy; $1 a year; $10 for life. Charles Russell Qrcutt, Editor, Number 365 Twenty-first Strest, San Diego, California, U. S. A. a enneage MEDICINAL PLANTS. In the Mission days of California, the Jesuite and Franciscan fathers and the early settlers found it necessary to rely upon their own resources and to become proficient in many trades and professions which in a more advanced stage of civilization are relegated to specialists. Medicine and surgery were sciences which naturally demanded the attention of every one, especially of the fathers who were virtually en- trusted with both the spiritual and physical welfare of these primitive communities. At times, doubtless their limited stock of simple remedies ran low, and with the slow means of communication with. other communi- ties, and with Mexico and Spain, Whence they drew their earlier sup- plies, they gladly availed themselves of the traditional knowledge of the Virtues of native plants which ob- tained among the Indian population around them. Among the Californian aborigines, as among most tribes of Indians, there existed so-called’ medicine men _ or doctors, who, by practicing on the su- perstitions of their fellows, and with the aid of their traditional knowiedge of the virtues of certain plants—hand- ed down from generation to generation of medicine men—followed with great- er or less success the healing art. Local remedies, however, are known and used every where in all climes and September, 1900. Whole No. 93. among all conditions of people, and unquestionably the simple formulae, comprised of harmless vegetable in- gredients, as practiced among a norm- ally healthful rural community, are more successful in the average cases, than the complicated combinations of poisons administered by the old school physician. Rhamnus purshiana DC.—Among the native remedial agents most extensive- ly employed in California is. this species, which is found only in limited quantity in Southern California. Prof. H. C. Ford records it from the Santa Ynez mountains, and Mrs. R. FE. Bing- ham notes it among the “Medicinal plants growing wild in Santa Barbara and vicinity” (vide Bull. S. B. Soc. Nat. laGiSits, to Ay 100 Wes. | IDE, Wel, Je, Jews by (Druggists’ Bull. IV. 384), calls at- tention to the difficulty of positively identifying and distinguishing this species from its near relative, R. cali- fornica, in its southern habitat, where the two are usually associated to- gether and recommends that this im- portant drug, Cascara Sagrada as it is called, should be collected only iu northern California or Oregon to avoid all risks of obtaining spurious bark. Rhamnus tomentella Bth. — This shrub or small tree, evidently restricted in its distribution to the mountains of San Bernardino (Parish) and San Diego counties and of northern Baja California, is popularly known as the wild coffee bush, or Yerba loso. Dr. Rusby does not consider this to possess any useful properties—at least no virtues worthy of comparison with R. Purshiana. Its large black berries are sweet to the taste, but poisonous or at least unwholesome, as children some- times find to their cost. The seeds are 35 The West American Scientist 56 somewhat of the size and shape _ of coffee berries—whence the common name—and when separated from the pulp and roasted are said to form a fair substitute for coffee, though I should prefer not to experiment with it my- self. The bark of this species is popularly considered efficacious in severe cases of dysentery, and the leaves to possess cathartic properties—though both are conceded to be dangerous remedies. The receipt given me for dysentery is to take one pound of the bark of the root, boil in a quart of water until re- duced to a pint. Daucus Pusillus Michx.—Mrs. R. F. Binge hana (Ss. ssa SOCumiN ava euusits Ce 1:2-35) states that this is “very much valued by the natives as a remedy for the kite of the rattlesnake.” She cites “one of our oldest physicians’’ as hav- ing ‘“‘seen a Californian chew the plant, moisten his arm with the saliva, and then permit a rattlesnake to bite his arm, without producing swelling or any bad effect.’’ She says the plant is usually applied in the form of a poul- tice. It is widely distributed from British Columbia to Mexico and east- ward to the Atlantic, but J have not personal'y known of its use above stat- ed, the “‘Golondrina” (a species of Eu- phorbia) possessing the same desir- able) reputation) throughout thie) )sec- tion where I have collected. Paeonia Californica Nutt.—The root of the ‘‘Pionia’’ is considered valuable by the natives for the healing of sores on man or beast. Aplopappus Palmeri Gray.—The “Pasmore”’ of the Mexicans and In- dians is reputed. to be invaluable in cases of lockjaw. inh Mimulus glutinosus Wendl—The in- fusion of the leaves of this and related forms (treated as species of Diplacus by some botanists) is considered a specific by some for dysentery. Agsclepias Subulata Decsne.—“‘Jumete”’ is a very powerful cathartic, equal in activity to croton oil. The Indians are said to use it in cases of syphillis after all other remedies fail to bring relief; an overdose often resulting in incur- able insanity or death. In Mexico the juice of this or a similar plant is said to be often used in cases of enmity, the victim of the insidious drug becoming insane for life if not mercifully relieved at once by death. ‘Tradition says that Maximilian’s unfortunate empress, Carlotta, was a victim of this drug, but the truth of this may never be Known. Beaks it Ascleyias Albicans Watson.—A larger species of jumete, from the Colorado desert and adjacent regions in Baja California, is credited popularly with the same powerful ties as the last. Solidago Californica Nuttall.—The 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. Loeselia tenuifolia Gray.—This herb is credited with valuable medicinal properties, being held in high repute by Indians and Mexicans for fevers and in other diseases. Some Mexicans once informed me however, according to my field notes, that it is a virulent poison ‘used only in venereal dis- eases.’ Without some actual knowl- edge of the properties of a plant it should be experimented upon with ex- ceeding caution. Helenium puberulum DC.:—This plant is common along water courses from san Erancisco southward to Santo Tomas, Baja California. Bancroft says this plant is used by the Indians in the same way as we make use of sarsaparailla. Mrs. Bingham (1. ¢.) says it is ‘used as a tonic and antis- corbutic, and also in the form of a powder for catarrh.’’ She gives the vernacular name ag sneezewood. It is Known to the Mexicans aS rosea or rosilla (the proper spelling of the word) who inform me that the seed is the part mainly used medicinally. Matricaria discoidea DC.—‘‘Used for bowel complaints’? (Mrs. Bingham). “Said to be used in California as a domestic remedy for agues and bowel complaints”). (Watson, Bot.) /Calzaa 401.) Datisca glomerata Benth. & Hook.— “The root is a bitter tonic known as Durango root’ (Mrs. Bingham). Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.—Mrs. Bingham says this is “recommended cathartic proper- 37 for the effects of poison oak.”’ Lonicera subspicata Hook & Arm.— The ‘‘moronel’’ of the Mexicans is used by them in the form of a tea as a blood purifier; the plant is also used for the healing of sores. ; Grindelia robusta Nuttall.—This is a popular remedy, especially recommend- ed as a remedy for the effects of the poison oak (Rhus diversiloba Torr. & Gray), the plant being applied fresh, or a decoction or alcholic infusion used (Mrs. Bingham). The crude drug sells at about $5.00 per hundred pounds. A Russian scientist is at present engaged in a study of the medicinal properties of this plant and of the other species of the genus—most of which seem to possess the same valuble properties and some of which are doubiless often substituted for or confused with the typical G. robusta of Nuttall. these, G. subsquarrosa, I have recent- ly supplied to an eastern firm, send- ing them about fifty pounds of the erude drug, for them to thoroughly test its properties. Romneya coulteri Harv.—‘A deadly poison.’ “The whole plant is used, bruised and boiled and applied as a poultice or taken in liquor’—my notes do not state whereof its virtue con- Sists. It will naturally be inferred, however, that its properties are similar to those of opium. Ephedra californica Watson.—‘‘Can- atilla’”’ or Mountain tea, and ‘‘tenopote” (fide Havard), are names applied to several of the genus Ephedra. “‘They are popular remedies among Mexicans and frontiersmen in the treatment of Sypnilis and gonorrhora, especially the latter. The decoction or infusion of the stems has an acid reaction and an astringent taste resembling that of tannin. It is used as an injection and internally; some caution should be ob- S*rved as it has been known to cause Strangzury.’ “Dr. V. Havard, vide moc. U, & Nat. Mus. VIII. 504.) The Species Dr. HBavard refers to are E. antisyphilitica C. A. Meyer and FE. trifurea Torrey, but the same remarks Seem to apply equally well to our Cal- 1o0rmian species. It is often used as a Substitute for tea, and is scarcely dis- tinguishable in except for an aiter-flavor, not unpleasant. reminding Ome siigntly of catnip tea. It is in taste, The West American Sctenttst. One of 38 great renown as a blood purifiei and many have volunteered to me _ their opinion that it was “better than sar- saparilla’’ and without an equal. I have never heard of unpleasant effects fol- lowing its use. It is a valuable seda- tive. Experiments and analyses prove it to be not superior to E. antisyphilit- ica—which already has a place among American drugs. ' Baccharis zlutinosa Pers.—This, or another species of the genus, familiarly known as Mock willow, is held in some repute for the healing of sores. Pluchea borealis Gray, also known by the same popular name, perhaps shares in the same virtues and is, I believe, the plant known to the Mexicans as “water- motor’’-—credited with medicinal vir- tues without number! Cucurbita Palmata Watson.—The mock orange and wild pomegranate are names freauently applied to this and other species of the genus cucurbita. The root is very bitter, and a strong and quick emetic, acting ‘“‘without any disagreeable effect on the nerves.’’ In common with the following species this is IZnown to the Mexicans as “Chili Coyote,” or “‘Calabazilla.”’ Cucurbita Foetidissima, H. B. K.— I do not know that the natives dis- criminate between these species in fa- vor of either one or the other. “The maceraied root is also used as a rem- edy, for )piles.7) (Watson, “Bot, Cal, 1:239). / Micrampelis Macrocarpa Greene.— The chilocothe ving, also belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, possesses Similar properties to Cucurbita palmata. The root attains immense size, and is cred- ited with having formed the basis of the once famous “‘Dr. Walker’s Cele- krated California Vinegar Bitters.’’ Trichostema Lanatum Bentham.— The black sage is a small shrub found in the coast range from Monterey southward to Baja California(?), ‘‘cul- tivated in gardens of the Californians,”’ and “valued as a Stimulant’ (Mrs. Bingham). BDIT ORAL: The Botany of California, finished by Sereno Watson and published in 1880, through the generosity of gentlemen of 9) a past generation, uniform with and asa part of the state geological survey publi- cations, marked the commencement ofa new era of botanical activity on the Pa- cific coast. additions to the state flora through the labors of a group of collectors who as- siduously explored mountain and desert regions alike. In 1879 Heman Chandler Orcutt moved with his family from the Green Mountain state to San Diego, and took part in this work of exploration, which only ended with his life in 1892 Parry, Pringle, the Parish Brothers, Palmer and many others were especially active, with Gray, Greene, Brandegee, Watson and Vasey ¢s the principal wri- ters on their field work. The last decade of the 19th century is noteworthy for the attempted changes nomenclature as proposed by Kuntze, followed by Coville, Greene. Brittou and other, mostly the younger, botanical au- thors. In the present work the writer avoids the adoption of the most of the proposed changes, aiming to make it asupplement to Watson’s great work—with this in view reproducing descriptions of species discovered since 1880 Notes and des- criptions of all the plants would have been added but for the expense. CATALOG OF MINERALS. Azurite. ik Andesite. I Limonite. I Garnet. 3 Malachite. I Cymatolite. I Dendrite. I Pink Feldspar. I alc: I Breccia. I Sanidin Trachyte. I Aphanite. I NNN ON NY Am B&W bd Uk The West. American Scientist. The next decade saw many - go 84 Graphite. I Nos. 72-84 fron the Black Dakota, collected by L. W. 85 Malachite. Ky. ) Mts Wemilon 2 ~86 Malachite, San Pedro Martias Mt,, Beyer (Cail ID) 1K. Aer, 6 Galena, Opulent mine* 7 Obsidian, Cantilles Mts. Baja Cal. 2 Cinnabar, Baja Cal Mrs. Buckman.4 Green spat, Niversides@alluaaaintyn Orcutt. 3 Cement rock, near boundary, Baja Hills, South Stilwell. 87 88 89 gO Of Cal he ea oniarn: I 92 Tourmaline, Vt. H. N. Rust. I 93 Gold ore, San Rafael, Baja Cal. 7 94 Ilmenite, Plymouth, Vt. 3 Ob uke lehabovelGdINe Jals . Jel, ©, Oireute, Woe D 96 Biotite, Canyon Cantilles, Baja Cal. Ey @randiC. RY Orcutt julyaseaeae 97 >ame as 93, San Nicholas; mime) 29a 98 Gold and silver ore* 20 99 Peacock copper ore, Baja Cal. 22 Dog tooth spar, Black Hills S. D. 1 (To be continued.) LIFE SUBSCRIBERS. NELL, PHILIP. STOCONH, CHARLES E. WANTS. WANTED—for cash or in exchange:— Baltimore cactus journal 1 1 Journal of mycology Californian illustr. magazine v 3 Feb ’94 Garden Science Totrey bot club bulletin Uls) Dept Aone bob im aio rome —chem b fo i2 18 19 27 32 35-7 entom b ist ser and many others. ORCUTT, San Diego, California. TREES. ORCUTT, San Diego, California. San Diego, FLOWERING PLANTS. Phenogamous plants, bearing true fl (having ) stamens and pistils), and producing seeds which |} contain an embryo. CLASS J.—DICOTYLEDONS. ) Exogenous plants. Stems consisting of a pith | Inthe center, of bark on the outside, and these | Separated by one or more layers of fibrous or | woody tissue, which, when the stem lives from | year to year, increases by the addition of new _jayersto the outside nextto the bark. Embryo | usually with 2 opposite cotyledons, or rarely | With severalin a whorl. SUBCLASS J.- ANGIOSPERM#. Pistil consisting of a closed ovary which con- | tains the ovulesand forms the fr.; cotyledons 2. | DIVISION 1.—POLYPETALE. Petals distiuct, or nearly su (sometimes absent). RANUNCULACHAHE. Crowfoot family: herbs or woody vines with colorless usuaily acrid juice, polypetalus, or apetalus with thesepals often colored and peta- j0id; sepal-, petals, stamens & pistils all distinct; short: seed anatropous, embryo minute in firm fleshy a bumen: stipules none, CLEMATIS Linnaeus. Virgin’s Bower: sepals petaloid, colored, val- \ate in the bud; pistils numerous; akenes many in a hexd; leaves opposite. §.—Petals 0; sepals 4, styles becoming Jong feathery awns in fr. CLEMATIS LiGUSTICIFOLIA Nuttall, Nearly glabrous, stems sometimes 30 ft. long, Jeaves 5-foliate, leaflets broadly ovate to lanceo- Jate, 14-2 inches jong, acute or acuminate, 3 lobed & coarsely toothed, rarely entire or 3 part ed, fi diwcious, paniculate, sepals thin, silky, w, Genus IBOTANY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA By CHARLES RUSSELL ORCUTT. — California. 4-6 lines long; akenes pubescent, tails 1-2 inches long, o-mnj Abundant along water courses in the foothills and mt up to 6000 ft. he 52. dal V. CALIFORNICA Wat. Leaves silky-tomentose beneath, often small zZ s—the Sacramento. he 52 CLEMATIS LASIANTHA Nutt. silky-tomentose. stems stout, elongated; fl di- cecious, solitary, on rather stout 1-2-bracted ped- “uncles; sepals obtuse, thickish, 6-10 lines long; akenes pubescent. b—Plumas Co. CLEMATIS PAUCIFLORA Nuttall. Silky-pubescent; stem rather slender, short- jointed; leaves ehort « fascicled; leaflets 3-5, only 3-9 lines long, cuneate-obovate to cordate, most- ly 3-toothed or 4-lobed; fl solitary or few « pani- cled, on slender pedicels: sepals thin, 4-6 lines long: akenes glabrous. sj he52 Gents THALICTRUM Vournefort. Meadow rue: sepals 4-7, greenish or petaloid: imbricated in the bud, petals 0, akenes 4-15 in a head, tipped by the stigma or short style, groved, ribbed, or inflated; ovule suspended; fl in co- rymbsor panicles; leaves alternate, 2-3-ternately compound; leaflets stalked, i) §1.—fl dioecious; anthers linear, acute or acumi- nate. PEACE vi POMC AR PUM |S; iWiaits father stout, 2-3 ft high, glabrous: leaves with short petiolesor the upper sessile; leaflets rarioble, 4-1 inch long; lobes acutish to acumi- nate: panicle narrow, often small, the staminate usually crowded on short pedicels: anthers acute, on very-slender filaments: fr in dense heads, compressed, broadly oblong-obovate or obovate, abruptly acute, 24-38 lines long: seed linear, terete, nearly 14 inch long. j-o he54 dal 43 THALICTRUM OCCIDENTALE A.-Gray Of similar habit as T. polyecarpum, leaflets rather larger, panicles more slender and open, the staminate very diffuse with slender elonga- ted pedirels. styles more attenuate: fr 1-6 in each head, narrowly oblong (8-4 lines long) and narrowed at each end: seed nearly 4 inch long. b-w Parish 1484 b mts, he 54 §2.—fl usually perfect; anthers small, ellip'ic- oblong, obtuse. THALICTRUM SPARSIFLORUM Turc:z. Slender, glabrous, 1-3 ft high, leaves sessile or nearly so; leaflets 4-144 inch long, with ob- tuse often mucronate lobes: panicle loosely few-fiowered; pedicels elongate i; fr-ing heads nodding, the large div ricate akenes strongly compressed, semi-obovate. shortly pedicellate, slightly nerved. b-Alaska, Siberia, Utah, Col. Genus MYOSURUS Linnaeus. Sepals 5, spurred at the base; petals 5, | linear, on a slender claw, with a_pit at its summit; stamens 5-20; akenes very numerous, crowded ona long and slender spike-like receptacle; seed sus- pended. Very small herbs, with a tuft of linear or spatulate entire radical leaves, and solitary flowers on simple scapes. @ MYOSURUS MINIMUS © Linn. M. shortii Rafinesquein Sill J 1:3879 Receptacle in fruit slender,1—2 inches long: akenes blunt. Widely distributed in Europe, Asia, Australia and America; apparently indigenous in California. Var ArWSiGreene.\)Mesasais, Var PiIbinhORMIS, Greene.))\Mesas.s: MYOSURUS APETALUS Gay. M aristatus Bth [vide G Yorr el b 13 21. Receptacle in fruit oblong or linear, 2-8’ long; akenes long-beaked: less than 2’ high. Utah; Chili; mesas, s. Genus RANUNCULUS Linnaeus. Crowfoot: sepals usually 5; petals 3-15, each with a small scale or pit at the base inside; pistils numerous; akenes in a head, usually flattened, beaked with the persistent style. Herbs, mostly peren- nial, of somewhat varied habit; fl either solitary or somewhat corymbed. The section Batrachium is treated as a genus by Dasis in “inn bot studies 460, the 2 follow- ing varieties being referred to B trichophyllum Bozsch prod fi bot 5. The West American Scientist. * 44 §1.—BATRACHIUM. RANUNCULUS AQUATILIS Linn, Submerged, finely divided leaves. Var. TRICHOPHYLLUS Ghaix. Stems long, coarsely filiform: pedun- cles 1-27 long: fl 3-5’ in ciameter: akeneés numerous in a close globular head, which | is 2-3’/ in diameter. b-j. Var) CASSPAROSUSIDEG: Stems short, growing in mud: seg- ments of leaves ligulate, 1/7 or more long: fl 2-3’” in diameter. j § 2—HALODES. Gray. Like § 3, bus mature carpels thin-walled and utricu- | Jar, the sides nervose: scapose and flag- elliferous, RANUNCULUS CYMBALARIA Pursh. Greenland, Asia, North and South America. § 3 EURANUNCULUS Gray. Petals (with nectariferous pit and scale, usually yellow) and sepals deciduous, the sides nerveless, not transversely rugose. *Perennial by rooting from the nodes of creeping or the lower nodes of ascen- ding stems, wholly fibrous rooted. RANUNCULUS HYDROCHAROIDES G. Southern California east of the Sierra | (Kellogg), z R., FLAMMULA L. Var. REpTANS E. Meyer,. Southern California (Parish 996). * * Thickened-fibrous and fascicled] roots, terrestial: stems short, erect Om assurgent, not rooting from nodes above eround; mature akenes turgid and with | introrsely apical or subapical rather | subulate beak. RANUNCULUS ALISMAEFOLIUS Gyr. Idaho-Ca. R. bolanderi Ge Ca ac b 2:58 fide G. + Heads of carpels in fruit oblong or cylindraceous; akenes more _ turgid, | rounded, or at least obtuse on the back. RANUNCULUS ESCHSCHOLTZII Schl. + + Petals only 5; styles uncinate, re} curved, shorter than the ovary, broad and flat. _——— a 45 RANUNCULUS CANUS b mts. (Parish 1542). { Lax or weak stemmed, petals 6-15: herbage hirsute or pubescent. Benth. RANUNCULUS CALIFORNICUS Benth. Erect or nearly so, 12-18in. high, more or less pilose: radical leaves commonly pinnately ter- nate, leaflets laciniately 3-7 lobed: fix 5-10 lines in diam. with 10-14 narrowly obovate petals, «& shorter retiexed sepals: akenes much flattened, with sharp edges, nearly 2 lines long; beak short & curved: heads compact, ovate or globular. This Californian buttercup is the most abun- dantspecies ofthe gerusin the state, ‘where low grassy hills are often y-llow wiih the shin- ing filsin early spring.’ Cuyamaca mountains. Var. LATILOBUS Gray. The common, coarse-leaved, more robust form. RANUNCULUS HEBECARPUS Hook. & Arn. Slender, 3-18in. high, erect or procumbent: lower leaves ternate or 3-partec, teaflets cuneate at base & 2-3-lobed, upper ones more divided: akenes few, papilluse-scabrous, with hooked hairs: fls minute, petais5,alineor less long. Var. PUSILLUS S. Wats., Bot Calif. i, 9. 1880. ‘Stems very slender « wasters —— Greene, Buil. Cal. Acad. Sci., ii. 59 (Mar. 6, 1886). i Genus ARGEMONE Linnaeus. ARGEMONE CORYMBOSA Greene. ARGEMONE HISPIDA ~A. Gray. Is A platyceras L. & C. ARGEMONE MEXICANA — Linn. ARGEMONE PLATYCERAS L. & O. Genus ESCHSCHOLTZIA Cham, ESCLUSCHOLTZIA GLAUCA Ge. ESCHSCHOLTZIA MARITIMA Ge. ESCHSCHOLYTZIA CAESPITOSA Bth. ESCHSCHOLYTZIA GLYPTOSPERMA Ge. “Wholly glabrous and very glaucous: stems ~ very short: leaves much dissecied, but short | Viguier, 49 and compact: scape-like peduncles numer- ous, Ginches high, terete, and rather stout: corolla asin [&. tenuifolia], but of a deeper yellow, seeds not reticulate, but deeply pitted and of an ash-gray color. A most peculiar species, collected in 1884, by Mrs. Curran, on the Mohave Desert. The seeds are remarka- bly unlike those of any other known Esch- scholtzia.”’—Ge Ca ace b 1:70 (7 Mr 1885), ESCHS:CHOLTZIA MEXICANA Greene. “annual, smooth and glaucous: foliage less finely dissected [than EH. californica and EH - peninsularis]: stems short: peduncles 1numer- ous, Stout and scape-like: petals an inch lorg, yellow or cream color: torus short, obconical, the outer margin a sub-cartilaginous ring, the inner erect, scarious, with stout nerves: seed globular, apiculate, with coarse butrath- er faint reticulations.—W. Californica, var. parvula. Gray. Pl. Wright, 2.10. E. Doug- lasii, Torr. Mex. Bouad, 31; Hemsl. Biol. Cent. Aim. This plant ranges from the region of the upper Gila, in New Mexico, far south- wardinto Texas and adjacent Mexico, and is apparently a very good species.’’--Ge Ca ac b 1:69 (7 Mr 1885). A rank-growing Hschscholtzia growing in ’ the San Rafael valley, Lower California, with large reddish-orange colored flowers, was doubtfully referred to this by Prof. Greene. E, LEMMONT Greene. “Annual, 6-127 high, with numerous ascending branches, leafy below, hoary pubescent throughout, even to the cap Sules, with short spreading white haiis; leaves with elongated petioles; pedun- cles stoutish, quadrangular, the earliest Scapiform; torus urceolate, 3-4/’ long, nearly glabrous, constricted just below the narrow, erect hyaline border; calyp- tra ovate, Jong acuminate, very conspic- uously hairy; petals orange-color, nearly or quite an inch long.’’—Greene. West Am Sci. ii, 157. Ag 1887. Mountains of San Luis Obispo county. ESCHSCHOLTZIA MODESTA Greene. ‘Annual, very slender and diffusely branch- ing, afo thigh. glabrous and miderately glau- € 8; leaves-m‘ll, withfew & narrow segments: pedicels axillary, 1n inch long or more, terete & very slender, nodding In the bud: bud 2 lines yong, the yermanent portion (torus with no vim, nearly as long as the broadly oyute calyp- tra; covolia sotate-sprevsding, % inch bruad; petals obovate, not meeting, the rouuded apex The West American Scientist. 50 erose- or sinuate-toothed, cr, in later flowers, deeply 3 lobed, pale y; stamens 8 1m 2 rows on Opposite sides of the pistil, or, in late fis, 4only; anthers 4 line long, on slender filaments a line inlength pod 2 inches long, narrow, the valves thin: seeds globular, niinute, reticulate; cotyl- edons very uarrowly obliucecolate, entire. Col- lected by 8. B Parish inu Je 1887 (No. 1951)—Ge Fittonia 1:169 6 ‘a 888). HSCHSCHOLTZIA PARISHII Greene. "Annual, slender, less than 1° high, glabrous and glaucous: stems simple or sparingly branched: peduncles terete, very slender: torus turbinate, no spread- ing rim, the 2 margins similar and ap- proximate: petals widely spreading, broad and overlapping each other, ap- parently light y.: fr. not seen.’’—Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., i. 1838 (Aug. 29, 1885). ESCHSCHOLTZIA PENINSULARIS Gn. “Annual, smooth and glaucous, slender, erect, much more branched that BH, Cali- fornica, with corollas of 1-3 the size and more broadly campanulate: rim of torus broader in proport on, the inner margin ~ avery short, nerveless, hyaline ring; seed slighily elongated and distinctly apiculate at each end, reticulations less regularly favose.’’—Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., i. 68-9 (Mar. 7, 1885); 1. e. 183. ESCHSCHOLTZIA CALIFORNICA Chm, The # form; the s plant is peninsula- mss ESCHSCHOLTZIA MINUTIFLORA S. W Distinguished by iis small fis: e. ESCHSCHOLTZIA RAMOSA Greene. Ge Torr cl )) 13: 217. Ca ac b 2: 3889, Santi Cruz & Guadalupe tslands., FUMARIACEAK. Tender herbs, with watery and bland juice, dissected compound leaves, & per- fect irregular hypogynous fis with the parts in twos, except the diadelphous stamens, which are 6; ovary and capsule t-celled with 2 parietal placénte: seeds, etc. as in Papaveracee. Genus DICENTRA Borkh. Corolla flattened, heart-shaped or 2- spurred at the base. DICENTRA CHRYSANTHA H. & A. Dielytra chrysantha H. & A. Bot Beech 320. Bikukulla chrysantha Cv 4:60. 57 Pale « glaucous, 2-5 feet high: leaves twice pinnate, the larger a foot long or more; the divisions cleft into a few nar- row lobes: racemose panicle terminal, 1 —2 ft long: sepals caducous: corolla lin- ear-oblong or clavate, bright rich lemon y, over 4g inch long, base slightly cor- date: capsu'e oblong-ovate or narrower. Lake county-j DICENTRA OCHROLEUCA Engelm TT Waite: CRUCIFERAE. Genus ALYSSUM Tournefort. ALYSSUM MARITIMUM Lam. Lobularia maritima Desv. ‘sweet alyssum”’ often cultivated for its fragrant fis., a native of the Mediterranean region in EKurope, now widely naturalized in California. Genus DRABA Linnaeus, .DRABA CORRUGATA Wat. DRABA DOUGLASSILI G. DRABA UNILATERALIS Jones. DRABA CUNEIFOLIA Nutt. V. INTEGRIFOLIA Wat. Genus CARDAMINE Linnaeus. CARDAMINE INTEGRIFOLIA Gray. LHESQUERELLA PALMERI S. Watson. “Pubescence dense, stellate-lepidote; caudex simple, apparently biennial, the simple stems 1° high or more: basal leaves harrowly oblanceolate, repand, the cau- line narrower and mostly entire: petais spatulate, 3” long: pods pubescent, ovute-globose to broadly ellipsoidal, erect on long spreading or ascending pedicels; style as long as the pod; cells 2-4-ovuled. Arizona (Palmer, 1872); Lower California (C. R. Orcutt, 1884).’’—S. Watson, Proc. Am. Acad., xxiii. 255 (May 29, 1888). Genus ARABIS Linnaeus. ARABIS ARCUATA G. V. LONGIPES Wat. ARABIS BECK WITHIL Wat. ARABIS FILIFOLIA Ge. ARABIS LUDOVICIANA C. A. Meyer. ARABIS PARISHII Wat. ARABIS PERENNANS Wat. ARABIS PERFOLIATA Lam, ARABIS PLATYSPERMA G. ARABIS PULCHRA Jones, ARABIS REPANDA Wat. The West American Scientist. 5 ARABIS HOLBOELII Horn. ATHYSANUS PUSILLUS Ge. Genus CAULANTHUS Watson. CAULANTHUS AMPLEXICAULIS Wat. CAULANTHUS COULTERI Wat. CAULANTHUS CRASSICAULIS Wat. CAULANTHUS INFLATUS Wat. CAULANTHUS PILOSUS Wat. CAULANTHUS PROCERUS Wat. CAULANTHUS GLANDULOSUS Hook. Genus TROPIDCCARPUM Hooker. T. GRACILE Hook. T. DUBIUM Day. Genus THELYPODIUM Endl. T. INTEGRIFOLIUM Enal. T. LASIOCARPUM Greene. V.inaliepbum Robinson. T. STENOPETALUM Watson. T. WRIGHTIL Gray. Genus NASTURTIUM R. Brown. N. CURVISILIQUA Nuttall. V. laevis Watson V lyratum Watson -V. filipes G. N. OFFICINALE R. Br. N.OBYTUSUM Nuttall V.sphaerocarpum Watson Genus LEPIDIUM Linnaeus. L. BIPINNATIFIDUM Desv. l.. DICH VT YOTUM Gray V. acutidens Gray. L FLAVUM Torrey L, FREMONTII Watson, L. LASIOCARPUM duttall V.tenuipes Watson L.INTEKRMEDIUM Gray L. LATIPES Hook. L. MEDIUM Greene L. NITILUM Nuttall DENTARIA CA LIFORNICA Nutt. DITHYRAEA WISLIZENI E. Genus CHEIRANTHUS Linnaeus. CHEIRANTHUS ASPER-C. « S. Genus BARBAREA R. Brown. BARBAREA VULGARIS R. Br. V. ARCUATA Fries. V. GLABRIOR $9Rob. BISCUTELLA CALIFORNICA B. & H. Is Dithyreea wislizeni E Genus CAPSELLA Moench. CAPSELLA /DIVARICATA Walp. CAPSELLA BRURSA-PASTORIS Medie. CAPSELLA ELLIPTICA C. A. Meyer. | | ey Genus BRASSICA Linnaeus. BRASSICA ADPRESSA Boiss. BRASSICA ALBA Boiss, BRASSICA CAMPSHSTIS L. BRAS:ICA NIGRA Koch. Genus SISYMBRIUM Linnaeus. SISYMBRIUM CANE-CEN3S Nutt. SISYMBRIUM inucisum KH. da2 VY. HARTWEGIANUM Wat, SISYMBRIUM REFLEXUM Nutt. Ore SISYMBRIUM ACUTANGULUM DC. da2 SISYMBRIUM DIFFUSUM G. cv 4 68 SISYMBRIUM OF FICINALE Scap. daz da2 Genus ERYSIMUM Linnaeus. ERY*IMUM ASPHRUM MDC. da2 Ord ERYSIMUM GRANDIFLORUM Nutt. ERYSIMUM INSULARE Ge. STANLEYA PINNATIFIDA Nuit. da2 :. pinnata Britton N Y ac tr 8:62. Cv 4:64 Genus STREPTANTHUS Nuittail. STREPPANTHUS CAMPESTRIs Wat. STREPTANTHUS HETEROPUYLLUS Nutt. STREPYANTHUS LONGIROSTRIS Wat. MmYROCARPA COULTEnl H & H. L. PALMER! Watson RAPHANUSSA‘IVUSL. da 2 Riapha:istrum L Wild radish, a bad weed. THYSANOCARPUs CONCKRULIFERUS Ge. V. plawiusculus Robinson, T. CURVIPES Hook. VY. elegans Robinson. VY. pulchellus Greene TP: SiLiI.03 trooker. TT, UACINIATUS Nuttyll. V cRENASLS br. Ord CAPPARIDACHAR. Genus CLEHOME Linnaeus. CLEOME INTEGRIFOLIA Nutt. Genus CLKOMELLA De C. PREVIP:«S Watson OBLTUSI' OLIA 'I'-G. 1, OUCARPA Gray. C. PARVItLOcA Gray Candolle. Genus ISOMERIS Nuttall. IT ARBORFA Nuttall VY. glob. sa cv Genus WISLIZKNIA Eneelmann. W. RE Ww. {ACTA Kngelmann. PALMERE Gray RESADACEAE. Genus OLIGOMERIS Cambess. OLIGOMERIS SUBULATA Boiss. The West American Scientist. 54 CISTACEAE. Genus HELIANTHEMUM Tourmefort. H, ALDERSO*I Greene H. GRHENEI Rob. H. occidentale Ge, HELIANTHEMUM SCOPARIUM Nutt. VIOLACEAE. Gemus VIOLA Linnaeus. VIOLA CHRYSANTHA Hook. VIOLA PEDUNCULATA T. & G. VIOLA LOBATA Bentham Var. integrifolia Watson VIOLA AUREA’ Kellogg. V. premorsa Dougl. issaid to be an older name, VIOLA BLANDA Yilld. VIOLA PURPUREA Kellogg. POLYGALACHAE. Genus POLYGALA TVTournefort. POLYGALA CALIFORNICA Nutt. Genus KRAMPERIA Linnaeus. KRAMERIA CANESCENS A. Gray. KRAMBRiA PARVIFOLIA Benth. FRANKENIACEAE. Genus FRANKENIA Linnaeus. FRANKENIA GRANDIFOLIA C. & S. V campestris (t, FRANKENIA PALMERI S. Watson. CARYOPHYLLACEAE. Genus SILHENA Linnaeus. §. GALLICA IL. SACOG ANI: SILENA ANTIRRHINA Linn. SILENA CALIFORNICA Dur. SILEHNA LACINIATA Cav. SILHNWA MULTINHRVIA S. Watson. “Annual, erect, sparingly branched, glandular-pubescent, about 1° high: leaves linear to linear-oblong, acute, the lower- most narrowly oblanceolate, 1-2’ long: inflorescence dichotomously cymose; bracts linear: calyx. narrowly ovate, 20-25 nerved, 5-6” long, the acuminate teeth usually p.-tipped; petals purplish, scarce- ly equalling the calyx, without append- ages or auricles, emarginate: filaments glabrous, Included: capsule nearly sessile, ohlong-ovate, included: seeds minute, tu- berculate, not crested. Found near Jamul, san Diego County, by C. R. Orcutt, in April, 1385, and on the island of Santa Cruz, California, by T. S. Brandegee, in 90) 1888.",—S. Watson, Proc. Am. Acad., xxv. 126-7 (Sent. 25. 1890). STLENA PALMERI. S. Watson. SILENA PLATYOTA S. Watson. Genus CERASTIUM Linnaeus. CERASTIUM NUTANS Raf. Cc. TRIVIALE Unk. CERASTIUM VISCOSUM Linn. Genus STELLARIA Linnaeus, STELLARIA MEDIA Linn. S Ni: HNs xuttali Genus ARENARTA Linnaeus. ARENARIA ALSINOIDES Willd. ARENARIA DOUGLASII T. & G. ARENARIA MACRADENIA Watson. ARENARIA MACROPHYLLA Hook. SAPONARIA VACCARIA Linn. Sagina occidentalis Wat da 3 WwW Genus LEPIGONUM Evries, LEPIGONUM GRACILE Watson. LEPIGONUM MACROTHECUM F. & M LEPIGONUM MEDIUM Fries. Genus POLYCARPON Linnzeus. POLYCARPON DEPRESSUM Nutt. Genus LORNLINGIA Linnaeus. LOEFLINGIA SQUARROSA Nutt. ILLECHEBRACEAR. Genus PHNTACAHENA Bartling. PENTACAENA RAMOSISSIMA H. & A. ACHYRONYCHIA Tor. ACH YERONY CELA) COOPER iy ila G. PORTULACACEAE. Genus PORTULACA Tournefort. PORTULACA OLERACEKA Linn. Genus CAWANDRINIA EH. B. K. CALANDRINIA BREWERI S. Watson. CALANDRINIA MARITIMA Nutt. CALANDRINIA MENZIESII Hook. c. ELEGANS Spach Genus da3 Genus CLAWTONIA Linnaeus. CLAYTONIA CHAMISSONIS Bsch. CLAYTONIA EXIGUA,. T. & G. CLAYTONIA PARVIFLORA Dougl. CLAYTONIA PERFOLIATA Don. California or Spanish lettuce; cv 4 72,da3, j CLAYTONIA SPATHULATA Dougl. Genus CALYPTRIDIUM Nuttall. CALYPTRIDIUM MONANDRUM Nutt. CALYPTRIDIUM PARRYI A Gray. The West American Scientist. & Gr, 56 Genus LEWIEISIA Pursh. LEWISIA BRACHYCALYX Engelm.. LEWISIA REDIVIVA Pursh. SPRAGUEA UMBELLATA Torr. Genus FOUQUIERA H. B. K. FOUQUIERA GIGANTEA Orcutt. In February, 1899, the writer coilect- ed some small plants of the “ctirio’ tree, near the gold mines at Calmajlli, Lower California; May 2, 1900, the last two were planted in the ground in San Diego, having been in a box during the interim; the longest branchlets on one of these was over a foot long and bearing green foliage when at last planted in the ground. As there is no natural rainfall for two or three years at a time in the region where it grows, it is naturally well adapted to survive a long continued drouth: it is one of the most curious productions of the plant world, forming a tree often over 30 or 40 feet high, resembling a great Carrot with ts GooUs) initchey aia iD Albert Kellogg named it Idria Colam- waria; later it was! recognized asibe-g longing to the, genus Fouquiera. The mushroom cactus, found in Texas, re- sembles a silk-covered button, and can be handled without gloves. The deli- cate, starry net work of snowy-white spines over the green plant gives it a very beautiful appearance. FOUQUIERA SPLENDENS Engelm. ELATINACHAE. Genus ELATINE Linnaeus. ELATINE AMERICANA Arn. ELATINE BRACHYSPHRMA Gray. EH.cALIF. RNICA Gray. Genus BERGIA Linnaeus. BERGIA THXANA Seubert. HY PHRICACEAE. Genus HYPERICUM Linnaeus. HYPHRICUM ANAGALLOIDES C.-S. HYPERICUM SCOULERI Hook. MALVACEAE. MALVA Linnaeus. da3 ev4i73 Genus M parviflora L (borealis Wallm) M rotundifolinm G Ors Genus SIDALCEA A. Gray. SIDALCHA MALVABHFLORA A. Gray. SIDALCEA NEOMEXICANA A. Gray. SIDALCHA PEDATA A. Gray. tion, 2mm in diameter, I-seeded. 57 The Sdelphinifoliate das v humilis Ge da3 Modiola caroliniana Don. das Genus MALVASTRUM A. MALVASTRUM DENSIFLORUM 5S. W. MALVASTRUM EXILE A. Gray. M FASCICULATUM Ge da3 MALVASTRUM FREMONTII Torr. MALVASTRUM MARRUBIOIDES D.-H, MALVASTRUM ROTUNDIFOLIUM A.G. MALVASTRUM THURBERI A. Gray. Genus S£PHAERALCEA S. N. Hilaire. SPHAERALCHA AMBIGUA A. Gray. SPHAHRALCHA HMORYI Torr. SPHAERALCEA FREMONTII Torr. S. ORCUTTIIT Rose. “‘Perennial (?), 60-99 em high, with dense, stellate pubescence througeout; leaves thick- ish, ovate, entire or somewhat 3 lobed, with slightly cordate or trupcate base, obiuse; fis small, in close, glomerate clusters, on short or long racemes; calyx 4 mm long, with ovate lobes; petals 8 mm long brick-red; s sles cla- vate, thickened; carpels 12, reniform, strongly reticuiated except the minute terminal por- Collected near Carriso ;not Canso] creek, e, 1 N 1890, by Or (No. 2210). This species, although referred to Sphweralcea, can hardly be kept out of Mal- yeopsis. ‘ite carpel is more like that of the latter genus than of any other known species, & yet very similar to those of S coulteri aud 5 Gray. californica.”’- Rose na bb eont 1 289 SPHAERALCEA SULPHUREA S. Wat. Genus SIDA Linnaeus. SIDA HEDERACEA A. Gray. Genus LAVAVTEHRA Linnaeus. Genus HBISCUS Linnzeus. HIBISCUS DENUDATUS Benth. HORSFORDIA NEWBERRYI A. Gray. HORSFORDIA PALMERI S. Watson. Genus ABUTILLON VTournefort. AL DhuON AURANTIACUM SS; Wats. “Woody the herbaceous stems Yy%-2° high, pubescent and somewhat vil- lous: leaves densely yvety and whitish, at base, soft-tomentose, vel- round-cordate, acute, the rounded basal lobes overlapping, un- equally serrate, %-1%’ broad, shorter than the petioles: fl. axillary and solitary, on villous-pubsecent pedicels, which are West American Scientist. Sb) 8 as long as the petioles and mostly jointed near the base or the lower above the mid- dle: calyx-lobes broadly ovate, corolla bright orange, 6-9” long: acute; calyx and fr. villous-pubescent; carpels 19, abruptly short-heaked, 3-seeded, 4” long, about equalling the calyx. On Todos Santos Bay, Lower California, by C. C. Parry, January, 18838, and at Tia Juana, by C. R. Orcutt, in May of the same year.’’— SAV iIcS Onn ale 1O Ce pAum rn PAC AIdEE and (Feb. 21, 1885). ABUTILON CRISPUM Sweet. ABUTILON LHMMONI 8S. Watson. the stout half-wocdy branching stems 1-2° high, hoary through- out with a very dense short stellate pubescence, its stellate character scarce- ly perceptible on the calyx: leaves cor- xX. “Perennial, date to cordate-lanceolate, acute or slightly acuminate, dentate, the blade usually 1’ or less (sometimes 2’) long, about equalling or shorter than the slen- der petioles, slightly greener above: pe- duncles axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves, joined near the top: calyx with broadly ovate acute lobes; corolla small (8-4 long): carpels about 9, acute, 4-5” long, finely pubescent, 3-seeded, equalling or a little exceeding the enlarged calyx.’—S. Watson, Proc. Am. Acad., xx. 357-8 (Heb. 21, 1885). STHRCULIACHAE. Genus MREMONTIA Torrey. F. GALIFORNICA Torrey Fremontodendyron californicum Cv 4:74, AYENIA PUSILLA Linn. LINACEHAE. y. or orange, Genus LINUM Linnaeus. LINUM PEHERENE Linn. ZY COPHYLLACEAR. Genus TRIBULUS Linnaeus. TRIBULUS GRANDIFLORUS B. & H. TRIBULUS MAXIMUS Linn. Genus MAGONTA Linnaeus. FAGONIA CALIFORNICA Benth. Genus LARRHA Cav. LARREA MEXICANA Moric. 59 GERANIACEAE. GHRANIUM Linnaeus. GERANIUM CAESPITOSUM James. GERANIUM CAROLINIANUM Linn. Genus Genus HRODIUM LHerit. ERODIUM CICUTARIUM WL’ Herit. ERODIUM MACROPHYLLUM H. & A. ERODIUM MOSCHATUM L’Herit. EHERODIUM TEXANUM) A. Gray. Limnanthes douglasii K Br da 4 Genus OXALIS Linnaeus. OXALIS CORNICULATA Linn. Fils lemon y, veined with criiison, near the center & on back of petals & caly x deeply tin- ged with carmine. sj OXALIS OREGANA Nutt. OXALIS WRIGHTII A. Gray. RUTACHAR. Genus PVFELEA Linnaeus. P. APPERA Parry. Or j Genus THAMNOSMA Torrey. THAMNOSMA MONTANUM Torr. | Genus CNEORIDIUM Hooker, f. CNEORIDIUM DUMOSUM Hook. f. CELASTRACEAE, EUNONYMUS Tournefort. EUONYMUS PARISHII Trelease. RHAMNACEAR. Genus ZIZYPHUS Juss. ZZ WEES UA EUR Yel Norn! 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 %4-% 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 Genus RHAMNUS Linnaeus. RHAMNUS CALIFORNICA Esch. RHAMNUS CROCEA Nutt. The West American Sctentist. ’ with corrugated 60' CONDALIA SPATHULATA A. Gray. ADOLPHIA Meisner. ADOLPHIA CALIFORNICA S. Watson. Genus CHANOTHUS Linnaeus. CEANOTHUS CUNEATUS Nutt. CEANOTHUS DIVARICATUS Nutt. ‘Deer. brush,” a beautiful flowering shrub, with deli- cate blue flowers. CEANOTHUS INTEGERRIMUS H.& A. CHANOTHUS ORCUTTII Parry. “Branches flexible, dull reddish, with short, h spid pubescence; leaves peticlate, broadly orbicular to oblong -cordate, usually rounded obtuse, 30-40 mm. in length, often as broad, irregularly glan- Genus dular-serraie, sparing y hispd above, strongly triple-nerved beneath, with prominent hairy ciliate veins; inflores- cence axillary, oval scarcely exceeding the leaves, rather compact, with pubes- eent rachis, and smooth pedicels; fl. ap- parently wh te or light blue (Seen only in fallen fragments); fr. glandular-hispid, resinous epicarp, and conspicuous crests; seeds light brown.’’— Farny, “noc Wav. Acady Niatlngns ciemma 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 Nutt ev 475, dad, Crisb C VESTITUS Ge. “Near C. cuneatus, & like itin size & habit: leaves & branchleis ashy-tomentulose, the for- mer opposite, coriaceous, subsessile, 4-6 lines long, round-obovate, obtuse or retuse, some- what concave above, sharply spinulose-den- tate all around: fls white: capsule apparently small, the short salient appendages inserted at about the middle.” Ge pitt 2101 dad C verrucosus Nutt Or 53j; d C hirsutus Nutt Ord4da SAPINDACEAR. Genus AESCULUS Liunaeus. AESCULUS PARRYI A. Gray. Genus ACER TYTournefort. ACER CIRCINNATUM Pursh. ACER GLABRUM Torr. ACHR MACROPHYLLUM Pursh. 67 VITACEAE. Genus VITIS Tournefort. VITIS CALIFORNICA Benth. The wild grapevine of California. ANACARDIACEAE. Genus RHUS Linnaeus. RHUS AROMATICA Ait. RHUS DIVERSILOBA T. & G. RHUS LAURINA Nutt. RHUS INTEGRIFOLIA Nuttall. et te anu ~S