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Quercus Brewer! Engelm. Brewer's Oak. Shrub with 

 broad leaves deeply cut into lobes which are obtuse or again 

 lobed. Acorns sessile or on short stems, cups shallow. Near 

 Millwood. 



Quercus Douglasii Hook. & Arn., the Blue Oak ; Q. lobata 



Nee, the Valley Oak; and Q. Wislizeni A. DC, the Live 

 Oak, are common below the pines. 



Corylus Californica Rose. Hazel Nut. Shrub with broad, 

 ovate to orbicular leaves, the margins doubly serrate. The nuts 

 are enclosed in a leafy sheath. Millwood. 



Castanopsis sempervirens Dudley. Chinquapin. Leaves 

 oblong to obovate, dark green on the upper surface, covered with 

 golden powder on the lower, apex generally obtuse. Nuts en- 

 closed in brown burrs. Common throughout the region, forming 

 thickets. 



SALICACE/C. Willow Family. 



Salix lasiandra Candata Sudw. Bark on younger stems brown 

 and glossy. Leaves lanceolate, narrowed at tip to a slender point, 

 bright green on the upper surface, paler on the lower, minutely 

 serrulate. Stipules semi-cordate. Catkins on leafy peduncles. 

 This form a small tree along the banks of Kings River and Bubbs 

 Creek. Early in July the remains of the female catkins may still 

 be found. 



Salix fluviatilis Nutt. (S. longifolia fluhl.) Shrub with 

 slender stems, leaves narrow, linear to lanceolate, narrowed to a 

 slender point, almost sessile, minutelj' serrulate. Catkins small, 

 generally clustered near the ends of leafy branchlets. The young 

 foliage is clothed with white hairs, the older parts become 

 smoother. This is still in bloom in July in Kings River Canon. 



Salix lasiolepis Benth. Shrub with dark brown bark, to- 

 mentose on the new shoots. Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, 

 2-4 in. long, 1-2 in. wide, smooth on the upper surface, silky- 

 tomentose on the lower, entire or irregularly serrate ; stipules 

 broad, dentate. The catkins come out before the leaves and are 

 sessile along the branches. Millwood, Bubbs Creek. 



Salix Nuttallii Sargent. (S. flavescens Nutt.) Shrub 

 with brown bark. Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, downy be- 

 neath, smooth above (except the young leaves), entire or serru- 

 late, acute or obtuse. The catkins come out before the leaves 

 and are short and recurved. The odor of the twigs when freshly 

 broken is strong and disagreeable. Millwood. 



