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in moist meadows which seemed to us very unusua 1 places 

 to find Calochortus. 



On the return trip from Pine Flats to the ridge we had 

 traversed the day before we collected Oxytheca trilobata, a 

 polygonaceous plant with spiny bracts and three-lobed white 

 petals, Orobanclic tuberosa and Hidsea vestita. Reaching 

 the top of this ridge we turned south into the Trail Fork 

 of the San Gabriel, otherwise known as "Shortcut Canyon", 

 where the vegetation was much like that of the upper Arroyo 

 Seco. At one point we noticed a patch of Bpipactis perhaps 

 two or three square feet in area in which were eighteen fine 

 spikes. The display of Liliuni Hiiiiiboltii in this canyon was 

 also very fine. 



Coming out of the West Fork we found ourselves farther 

 from the trolley than we had anticipated with four miles 

 of hot sandy trail to be traversed before climbing out of the 

 canyon for another five miles of ups and downs, principally 

 ups, so we did not try to make any further collections. Some 

 plants of Zauschneria in flower were noted, however, rather 

 earlier than is usual for this handsome scarlet fuchsia-like 

 flower to appear. It was not collected but we noticed in 

 passing that it is of a form that has been tentatively referred 

 to Z. latifolia but which will have to find another name, since 

 it is very distinct from typical Z. latifolia (Hook.) Greene. 



Thus ended a very interesting, if rather strenous, trip. 

 To enumerate all the plants seen would require too much 

 space, so only some of the most noticable have been mentioned. 

 It may be noticed that few "common names" are given. 

 Many of our California wild-flowers have not yet entered 

 enough into the life of the people to be l)lessed with names 

 other than those bestowed upon them by botanists. 



