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Plant Catalogue
Mayhew
1948
May 6
1715 Spruce St. Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.
1. Plantago lanceolata L. (English Plantain)
Herb about 22" high; branched from base; leaves with long, slender petioles; herbage clammy;
spikes only partially in flower; stems and leaf petioles purple at base.
Altitude about 100 ft., found growing beside sidewalk with several species of Graminae.
May 7
9 mi. south Modesto, Stanislaus Co., Calif.
2. Eschscholtzia californica Cham. (Calif. Poppy)
Herbs about 12" high; branched from base; leaves much divided; flowers golden-yellow-orange; close in late afternoon; herbage clammy.
Altitude 100 ft.; found growing at the edge of a garden; all near-by plants were of this species.
3. Euphorbia peplis L. (Petty Spurge)
Herb about 8" high; herbage glabrous; most of the leaves alternate; flowers small, no corolla.
Altitude 100 ft.; found growing beneath poplar tree.
May 8
9 mi. south Modesto, Stanislaus Co., Calif.
4. Polygonum aviculare L. (Wire Grass)
Herb about 10" high; foliage glabrous; small flowers in axiles of leaves; wide spread over the ground.
Altitude 100 ft.; found growing on hard-packed ground near driveway.
5. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (Bermuda Grass)
Grass usually not over 8" high; grows in close-packed groups; sprouts from nodes.
Altitude 100 ft.; found growing at edge of lawn.