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ALICE EASTWOOD 



Two species of indian lemonade have begun to flower on 

 the leafless stems. Numerous yellow-green flowers cover these 

 bushes, later to be clothed with leaves and laden with the acid- 

 coated red berries. They belong near the sumachs and are 

 generally included under Rhus trilobata. Two distinct forms of 

 this shrub are found in the canon, one with simple scalloped 

 leaves, found only at lower elevations, has been named Schmaltzia 

 or Rhus affinis and the other is probably Schmaltzia or Rhus 

 hirtella. 



Fig. 2. The edge of the open yellow pine forest between Grand Canon and 

 Williams. (Photograph by Forrest Shreve.) 



Everywhere is the sage-brush, Artemisia tridentata, with dark 

 stems and gray-green foliage, giving rise to the common name 

 black sage. Several different species of Artemisia grow along 

 the rim and down in the canon but are not noticeable in the 

 spring, belonging distinctly to the fall flora. The same may be 

 said of the rabbit-brush, Chrysothamnus, which is related to 

 the golden-rod and has large bunches of yellow or straw-colored 

 flowers terminating the stems and branches. However, even 

 in the winter, the rabbit brush gives a greenish yellow tone to 

 the landscape noticeable for miles between Williams and El 



