170 HANDBOOK 148, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



feet across; in dry, burned- or cutover pine woods, e. slopes 

 of Cascades from Klamath Co., s. Oreg., n. to Klickitat 

 Co., s. Wash. 



squaw-carpet (or Mahala-mat) ceanothus 

 (Ceanothus prostratus). 

 9. Leaf margins and leaves not as above. 



10. Leaf margins entire, rolled under on young leaves; 

 leaves sometimes in whorls of 3, to nearly 1 inch long, 

 almost stalkless, green on upper surface, whitish and 

 with prominent midrib on under surface ; flowers openly 

 bowl-shaped, pink or pale purplish, stalked, in somewhat 

 umbrellalike end clusters, each flower with 10 pouches 

 where anthers rest until stamen stalk is tripped by 

 insect (or touched with a pin) when they spring out and 



Flowers 





F-481216, 481825, 404104 



Mertens cassiope 



