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Hearst Museum object titled Seed, accession number 1-12709, described as Seed used as food (Nutak). The specimen is a mixture of fruits of Rumex occidentalis S. Watson sp., western dock, Polygonaceae, and florets of Torreyochloa pallida (Torr.) G. L. Church var. pauciflora (J. Presl) J. I. Davis, weak mannagrass, Poaceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 2 caryopses of Secale cereale L., rye, Poaceae; 2 spikelets of Phalaris arundinacea L., reed Canary grass, Poaceae; 2 achenes of Ranunculus sp., buttercup, Ranunculaceae; 1 seed of Nuphar polysepala Engelm., Rocky Mountain pond-lily, Nymphaeaceae; 1 seed of Rorippa sp., Brassicaceae

Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-7424, described as Madia sp. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae. Note: According to the treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press, M. sativa is closely related to and partly interfertile with M. gracilis. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 6 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., soft brome, Poaceae 4 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 3 nutlets of Amsinckia sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae 1 floret of Deschampsia sp., hair grass, Poaceae 1 seed of Ranunculus, possibly R. californicus Benth., California buttercup, Ranunculaceae. 1 nutlet of Cryptantha sp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae