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The berries, which have an agreeable acid taste, are much prized 

 by summer campers who utilize them in making a manzanita 

 jelly. (Nos. 2090, 2102.) 



Arctostaphylos patula Greene, Pitt. ii. 171 (1891). 



Common in the Yellow Pine belt from Tahquitz Peak to 

 Fullers Ridge and also along the upper limits of the chaparral 

 belt of the east side. On these specimens and also on some from 

 the northern Sierras the pubescence of the pedicels and bracts 

 extends down over the younger twigs. Fruit 6 lines in diameter, 

 nutlets irregularly coalescent, some being firmly united, while 

 others are easily separable. (Nos. 2312, 2419.) 



Arctostaphylos Pringlei (?) drupacea Parry, Bull. Calif. Acad. 



ii. 495 (1887). 



Common on all sides of the mountain but confined to open 

 forests of the Lower Transition Zone. The highest point at 

 which it was found was on the south side of Tahquitz Ridge at 

 about 7500 ft. alt. (Nos. 1123, 2092, 2311.) 



Arctostaphylos tomentosa Dongl. 



Characteristic of the Upper Sonoran Zone where it is an 

 important element of the chaparral formation. Plentiful on 

 Chalk Hill and occasionally running over into the lower part of 

 the pine belt on the south and west sides. (Nos. 2054, 2061.) 



Rhododendron occidentale Gray. Western Azalea. 



This shrub is plentiful along all the streams of the Lower Tran- 

 sition Zone, where its creamy- white blossoms rival those of the 

 Parry Lily in beauty. The first flowers appear early in June and 

 by the last of July the flowering season is over. (Nos. 041, 964, 

 2241.) 



PRIMULACE.^i:. 



Dodecatheon alpinum {Gray) Greene, Erythea iii. 39 (1895). 



D. Meadia alpinum Gray. Alpine Shooting Star. 



Common in all the boggy meadows of the Upper Transition 

 and Canadian Zones. (Nos. 326, 801, 2348.) 



Dodecatheon Jeffrey! redolens Hall, Bot. Gaz. xxxi, 392 

 (1901). 



