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together about an inch ; stem leaves ovate to oblong, clasping by 

 an auricled base }i-\ in. long. Flowers racemose, generally few 

 on very short pedicels. Calyx purplish, urn-shaped, the sepals 

 united to above the middle with the divisions about half as long, 

 oblong, obtuse. Petals pink or rose-color, the oblong or obovate 

 sinnate blades as long as the calyx, the broad, margined claws 

 exserted. Pods linear, erect, tipped with a sessile stigma. This 

 pretty \\\.\X^ Jewel-flower grows in the upper elevations ; collected 

 on the trail from East Lake to Harrisons Pass, but not above 

 timber line ; also on the trail to Bullfrog Lake. 



MALVACE/E. Mai.i.ow Family. 



Sidalcea reptans Qreene. Stems slender, several from a 

 woody root, often rooting at the joints, the leaves chiefly from the 

 base, on long, hairy petioles, the blade inch or more long, orbic- 

 ular, the sinus almost closed, the margin 5-lobed, the lobes with 

 rounded, broad, obtuse or mucronate teeth. Flowers in a race- 

 mose spike, Stella te-tomentose. Calyx with triangular, long- 

 pointed segments. Corolla deep rose-color ; petals obcordate, an 

 inch or less long, densely ciliate on the claws. Carpels closely 

 honeycombed, the beak turned to the axis, inconspicuous. This 

 is common in the mountain meadows at rather high elevations. 

 It has been collected at Bearskin Meadow, Converse Basin, Gen- 

 eral Grant Park, Millwood. 



Sidalcea glaucescens Qreene. Stems many, from a perennial 

 root, slender, erect, branching slightly, pale green with a close, 

 rather sparse stellate-pubescence, 1-2 ft. high. Lower leaves on 

 long petioles ; blades little more than an inch in diameter, orbicu- 

 lar, 5-7-lobed, with the lobes crenate across the truncate top ; stem 

 leaves on shorter petioles, the upper ones with narrow, much 

 deeper divisions, often entire. Raceme with few distant flowers ; 

 bracts narrowly linear. Calyx with triangular, pointed lobes 

 much longer than the short top-shaped tube, spreading in fruit. 

 Corolla rose-color, ^ in. long ; petals wedge-shaped, denticulate 

 along the top. Carpels swollen, strongly veined, the meshes 

 longer than wide, not beaked. This grows in shady places and 

 was collected under the trees at Converse Basin. 



Fremontia Californica Torr. This is known as Slippery Elm 

 because of the character of the bark. It is common below Mill- 

 wood, and in June is a glorious sight. The branches are decked 

 with beautiful golden flowers each as large as a dollar. 



