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Antioch, Oct. 4, 1923 Contra Costa Co. No. 10,211. Croton californicus Mull. Arg. Stamens 14,12,13,12. Disk with 5 glandular yellowish lobes, i.e. of [male] fl. [flowers]. No. 10,212. Hemizonia kelloggii Greene Rays 5; bracts of the disk 5, united in a circle and enclosing the 5 disk fls. Ligules 2 1/2 lines long. Ray achenes roughened, with a marked beak. - See p. 109. Heterotheca grandifolia [sic] Nutt. 3 to 5 ft. high! It also occurs on Brannan Isl. 6 ft. h.! Rays 30,31,35,30. No. 10,226. No. 10,212a. Salsola kali L. var. tenuifolia G.F.W. Mey. Frequent in sandy orchards near Antioch. No. 10,213. Xanthium strumarium Sherman Isl. ferry, Antioch shore. Anthers mostly 4. No. 10,213a. Medicago hispida Gaertn.
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Sherman Isl., Oct. 4, 1923. San Joaquin Co. No. 10,214. Cyperus Forming very rank and heavy stools, and very abundant. Often 3 ft. h. No. 10,215. Verbena hastata L. Cor. [corolla] deep blue, 2 1/4 lines long; a ring of hairs at throat. Stamens 4, inserted high on tube. Tube slightly hairy below stamens. Cont. p. 107. No. 10,216. Mentha arvensis L. var canadensis (L.) see p. 108. Stems 4 ft. long. Cont. p 107. No. 10,217. Equisetum hymenale L. var californicum Mikle. This also occurs on Andrus Isl. It forms pure and extensive stands on the inner banks of the levees and down into the orchards where it is plainly an orchard [peet] or weed. It continues, with interruptions for miles n. of Isleton. No. 10,218. Rosa californica C.&S. Forming rank thickets in the river bottoms; 6 ft. high. - Brannan Isl.
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