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lularia calif ornica), a fair sized tree with lanceolate leaves 

 having the characteristic bay odor and flavor, and broad-leav- 

 ed maple {Acer macrophylluin) . The big cone spruce 

 {Pscudtsuga macrocarpa) is found in suitable situations on 

 the canyon sides. The more showy flowers found along here 

 were the so-called scarlet honeysuckle {Pentstcmon cordifol- 

 ins), with scandent stems, cordate leaves and scarlet tubular 

 flowers. It is usually found below 3000 feet and replaced 

 above that elevation by P. tcrnatits which has much the same 

 sort of flower but the leaves are lanceolate and in whorls of 

 three. Liliuni Humholtii was here in fine condition some of 

 the stalks being at least five feet high and having 40 or more 

 flowers and buds. On the dry ridges was Calochorhis VVeedii 

 purpurascens, one of our finest Mariposa tulips. The sepals 

 are narrow and long-acuminate, the petals cuneate-obovate, 

 purplish splotched with brown and densely hairy within. 



From the above mentioned saddle, the trail winds in 

 a continuously upward but not difficult grade to Barley Flats. 

 Along this trail we found a very fine specimen of broom rape 

 {Orohanche tuberosa)\\?i\\ng a dense purplish bloom through- 

 out. This is parasitic on Adenostoma, has a bulbous base, 

 fleshy stem and is often branched at the inflorescence. The 

 flowers are rather tubular, somewhat bilabiate, yellowish to 

 purplish. Most of the specimens observed were past bloom- 

 ing, dry and more or less insect eaten. Along the upper 

 portion of this trail we found some of the most striking spec- 

 imens of Piplacus longiflorus we had seen anywhere. The 

 clumps were often one and a lialf feet in diameter and llie col- 

 ors ranged from a creamy white to a salmon buff. Frequently 

 a clump of the lightest color would be alongside one of the 

 very dark making a very effective contrast. At about 5300 

 feet the trail passes over another saddle to the north side of 



