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Occurrence. — ISLE ROYALE, common in rock openings and near rocky shores; Mott 

 Island; Lake Richie trail. 



11. Chaparral Honeysuckle {Lomcera interrupta Benth.), fig. 136. 

 — Evergreen bushy shrub with main stem usually erect, 1 to 3 feet high, the 

 branches climbing or straggling over bushes; bark smooth, often reddish, with 

 a bloom; leaves % to I1/2 inches long, elliptic to egg-shaped or roundish, 

 rounded or blunt-pointed at the tips, green above, whitish below, the upper 

 1 to several pairs united to form a saucer-like structure; flowers yellow, about 

 1/2 irich long, 2-lipped, borne in circles along the upper part of the branches, 

 forming interrupted oblong clusters 1 to 3 inches long, or becoming longer 

 in fruit; berries red. 



Occur-'ence. — YOSEMITE, common, 4,000 to 6,500 feet: Yosemite Valley; Yosemite 

 Falls trail; Vernal Falls; Indian Creek; Inspiration Point; Bridal Veil Meadows. 

 KINGS CANYON : switchbacks along Bubbs Creek trail. SEQUOIA. 



Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle (Diemlla lonicera Mill.), fig. 137. — 

 Branching shrubs up to about 3 feet high, the herbage smooth; leaves egg- 

 shaped to oblong-egg-shaped, 1% to 4 inches long, slender-pointed, the mar- 



Fig. 137. Dwarf bush honeysuckle (Diervi7/a lomcera). 



