bracts, no longer than calices; other leaves have no bracts. Nods globose to short ovate, about 2 cm x 2 cm when in flower. Fls sessile. Calyx softly pubescent, pilosulate at base, green at top of tube or teeth, with rather sparse long hairs at the slightly coloured throat inside. Teeth subulate, almost equal, erect infr. Fl 10-13mm small, the calyx being 5-6 mm overall with tube about 3mm. Corolla creamy white, turning more yellowish, not reflexed or they fade. Capsule included; but thin-walled, containing 1 yellowish seed 2.5mm long, ovate. 8-3-32 Pulicaria sicula Moris Kn II 464, Bar 255, Cota 4 316 = Sicula — L. Box 170 But R.H Colden Pakessa-Arenal Noticed only in this one place today. 8-3-32 Panicum miliaceum L. Bar 487, Bom 352, A 104, BM CP 108, Cota III 549 Fl. Celt R.H Colden Pakessa- Arenal. 8-3-32 Amaranthus Blitum L. Kn I 445 = Q.— L var sylvestris Bar 392 = A. angustifolius Lam SV K I 212, parsb = A. sylvestris L. Cota III 173 and pars = A. mildio L. Bom 365 but not A. mildio L. & 872 Flus. Field near Los Angeles (near Arenal)