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species, l\ fuihiicri, comes into bloom higher on the slopes 

 among the oaks, the bases ot the opposite leaves being so 

 fully joined together as to be perfoliate. Hihniu mnt'ua is 

 a true desert grass which finds a place high up on the slopes, 

 where it makes patches of color \-isible for miles. Cassia 

 loz-csii opens its \ellow Howers and forms its pods early, while 



-Enieliii t'arinosa. 



FraiiSi ria ({(■lloidca, a low shrub, has its bur-like fruits ready 

 to be carried away by an\ mo\ing thing that touches them 

 early in April. The most striking color of this period, how- 

 ever, is that of the globose clusters of KiiccHa farinosa, nearly 

 a vard in diameter, which are so numerous and so dense on the 

 slopes as to gi\'e a golden color that ma\' be caught by the 

 unaided eye for 7 or 8 miles. I his plant is to be noted as 



