1 84 KRYTHEA. 



R. Meiiziesii. Ovary densely glandular but not prickly. Fruit 

 not prickly, yellowisli when ripe, with a thick, tough, shagreen-like 

 skin, which is strongly glandular and gives a nauseous taste to the 

 otherwise sweetish and edible pulp. 



Flowers May 15 to June 1, and the fruit ripens in September. 

 This species is limited to the coniferous belt in the mountains 

 between 3,500 and 5,000 ft. It is reported as abundant in the 

 Sierras further south, and its nauseous fruit is well known to the 

 mountaineers. 



Epilobium concinnum. Perennial. Plant, except above, 

 almost completely glabrous, above usually more or less glandular- 

 pubescent, stoutish, erect, simple or with a few slender branches. 

 Leaves mostly alternate, closely sessile, thin, green both sides, 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, tapering to a more or less abrupt 

 almost obtuse apex, with cartilaginous edges which have minute, 

 regular, almost glandular denticulations ; the principal veins of a 

 brownish color, very large and strongly marked. Flowers rather 

 small, sessile towards the top of the stem and branches, usually of a 

 bright coral red, but sometimes paler. Pods slender, strictly erect. 

 Seeds smoothish, oblong-obovoid, at the free end tapering to a point, 

 with one side hollowed out and boat-shaped, with a strong central 

 ridge in the hollow. 



A very pretty species with delicate foliage, marked by the 

 bunched bright red flowers which expand into spikes in fruit. Wet 

 places, 6,000 to 7,000 ft., on trail to the Soda Springs of the San 

 Joaquin. 



Echinocystis horrida. Stem often low and trailing but also 

 climbing high, but never very stout. Plant nearly or quite 

 glabrous. Leaves thin, rather small for the genus, angulate-lobed 

 usually with 5 oblong or oval lobes. Flower clusters with very 

 slender branches. Corollas campanulate, rather small for the 

 genus. Fruit very large, oblong or oval, 3 to 6 in. long, armed 

 with very strong and numerous 1 to 2 in. long spines, usually 4- 

 celled. Seeds about 4 in a cell, oblong obovoid, 1 in. long, the 

 smaller end compressed, the larger perfectly terete. 



This apparently distinct species is the most common one in the 

 foot-hills of Mariposa County, but its fruit is very scarce. It is 



