138 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



composed largely of a manzanita {Arctostaphylos toinentosa), 

 was an occasional clump of woolly blue curls {Trichostema 

 lanatum), the Romero of the early Spanish settlers, and more 

 of the Diplacus we have before mentioned. We now de- 

 cended to a nice little stream bordered with willows and grasses 

 where we found the Dogbane {Apocynum cannabinum) quite 

 common. Here we also collected some fine spikes of false 

 lady sHpper (Bpipactis gigantciiui). "The casual observer 

 alludes to this plant as a 'Lady's slipper', and he is not so 

 very far wrong, for it is closely related to the Cypripedium, 

 and resembles it much in habit, in the aspect of its leafy stems 

 and in the general form of its blossom. But instead of 

 having its lip in the form of a sac, it is open and curiously 

 jointed, the lower portion swinging freely, as upon a hinge. 

 When this lid is raised, one can fancy some winged seraph 

 or angel enshrined within, but when lowered the resemblance 

 is more of a monk bowed in meditation. * * * DnW pur- 

 ples and greens predominate, though the lip is tinged with, 

 orange or yellow." 



From this crossing it was a hard, dry, hot, sandy clinilj 

 to Pine Flats, which is much like Barley Flats in general ap- 

 pearance and about the same elevation, but the forest is of 

 yellow pines {P. pumlcrosa and r. Jcffrcyi). Two very 

 common plants on the rolling ridges were Balsaiuorrhiza 

 dcltoidea and Liipinns Grayi. We found a few belated snow 

 plants {Sarcodes sangiiinca) under the pines. This sapro- 

 phytic ericaceous plant is \ery striking with its reddish 

 fleshy, scaly spike and deep red companulate flowers. Some 

 plants that were of considerable interest to us. in thai we had 

 not previou.sly collected them, were the St. John's-wort 

 {Hypericum joniiosiini ), Pciitslciiioii hihrosiis and Caloclior- 

 tiis paludusus (?). This last grew alimg the stream and 



