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Sisyrinchium HImeri Greene. Golden-eyed Grass. Stems 

 slender, leafy, less than a foot high. Flowers small, yellow. 

 When the plant is pressed it leaves a purple stain on the paper. 

 Bubbs Creek, at the ford. 



Sisyrinchium occidentale Bicknell. Blue-eyed Grass. 

 This grows under the sequoias near Big Boulder Creek, where the 

 grove of young trees is to be found. It has winged seeds. In 

 this genus the divisions of the perianth spread like a star, the 

 ovary is inferior and globular, the stamens 3 united by their 

 anthers, the leaves grass-like and the stems winged. The flowers 

 are on slender pedicels springing from an enwrapping spathe. 



ORCHIDE/E. Orchid Family, 



Goody era Menziesii Lindl. Rattlesnake Plantain. 

 Leaves all from the root, ovate, on broad, short petioles, marked 

 with white blotches resembling the skin of a rattlesnake. 

 Flowers inconspicuous in a spike terminating the stem, about a 

 foot tall. Converse Basin, under the trees. 



Habenaria Unafaschensis Watson. Root bulbous, stem 

 slender. Leaves mostly near the base, linear. Flowers minute, 

 greenish-white, scattered, 2-ranked. Some specimens have almost 

 all the leaves radical, while others have the stems quite leafy. 

 The plants also diflfer much in size. To one of the petals is 

 attached a slender pointed spur. Bubbs Creek and Converse 

 Basin, under the trees. 



Habenaria leucostachys Watson. Fragrant Habenaria. 

 Roots fleshy, often clustered. Stems stout, with large leaves 

 reaching to the flowers. Spike generally densely flowered with 

 white, fragrant flowers varying in size. Spur of the petal straight 

 or curved, longer than the ovary. Wet Meadows, from Millwood 

 to Bubbs Creek. 



CUPULIFER/E. Oak Family. 



Quercus Californica Cooper. Black Oak. This is the 

 common oak of the pine regions. It has large, glossy, green, 

 lobed leaves, each lobe ending in a prickle. 



Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. Golden-cup Oak, Post Oak. 

 This has narrow leaves, entire or spiny-toothed, smooth on the 

 upper surface, pale gray on the lower; that of young leaves 

 clothed below with a golden powder. This is a large tree grow- 

 ing along the beds of streams below the pine belt. In Kings 

 River Canon it is also found on the hillsides and is a compact, 

 small tree. 



