BOTANICAL GAZETTE. i2g 



fruii always opens at the top, and as this hangs down, the seeds drop 

 out as soon as ripe. The tendrils are long and sensitive. 



The UmbeUifcrac and Compositce are very well represented in Cali- 

 Ibrnia, but not having yet determined many of them I leave them for 

 another time. 



Ant staphylos glaiifii, Lindl.. is the Manzanita of the mountains. 

 Generally speaking it is a small tree or shrub, with very crooked 

 branches. The wood is very hard and tough, and of a deep red 

 color. The flowers are of a rose white, and in open racemes with 

 very sticky pedicels, and the leaves are thick and coriaceous It 

 grows plen'ifuUy m some places in the mountains. 



Stynix Calif ornka , lorr. This is a small tree with rough crooked 

 limbs, white bell shaped pendulous flowers, and tomentose leaves. 

 It belongs to a genus which has but fe^v representatives in the United 

 States, and which is by no means common. Its favorite locality is on 

 the sides of ihe mountains, in the damp canons; and even here it is 

 not ijlentiful 



Giiia Califonika, Benth This is one of the commonest species 

 of this extensive genus. It forms a small bush growing on the moun- 

 tain side. The leaves are awl shaped, and sharp pointed, while the 

 flowers are quite large, funnel shaped, and of a lilac or purple color. 

 It is one of the best marked, and most peculiar of all the species of 

 Giiicj. 



Gilia i/ifcrfexta, Sieud. , has small white flowers, and grows spread 

 out like a mat on the ground, the leaves being bipinnate. 



Gilicj niiilticdiilis, Benth., with the var. teiiera, Gray, is very 

 common in California. The stem is simple and low, with a few finely 

 dissected leaves at the base, and a bunch of violet flowers at the top 

 of the stalk. The variety generally has but a single bloom, and comes 

 out very early in the season. 



Hcliotropiiim Curassavkitm, L. This is a handsome bright green 

 plant, with scorpioid terminal racemes of white flowers, the whole 

 plant invariably turning black when dry. It is very common in damp 

 or moist soil 



Phacelia /a/nossissii/ia, Dougl, F. tanacctifolia, Benth. and T. 

 hispida, are all closely related and often hard to distinguish from each 

 other. The last can be known by its globular capsules and long calyx 

 teeth. The flowers of all of them are blue or bluish, arranged in 

 recurved one sided racemes, while the leaves are all dissected. 



Erwdktyon tomeutosum, Benth. A tall shrub with thick crenate 

 very tnmentose leaves. Flowers blue, in a loose spike. Another 

 speci'es of this genus, Bl. glutiiwsum, Benth., is called by the Mexicans 

 "Mountain Balm" or "Verba Santa," and is very much prized by 

 them as a medicine. E. tomentosum is said to be an excellent remedy 

 for bronchial troubles, and also for asthma. I have been told by sev- 

 eral persons that it benefitted them greatly. The leaves are made into 

 a sort of weak tea and the patient drinks it when he feels like it. 



N'cmophila iiisignis, Dougl. One of the prettiest of the wild 

 flowers. It is a small low plant, with a bunch of bright blue or purple 



