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HYPERICACE/E. St. John's-wort Famii^y. 



Hypericum Scouleri Hook. St. John's-wort. Erect, with 

 simple steins from running root-stocks. Leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 opposite, clasping, an inch or less long. Flowers almost an inch 

 in diameter, in panicled cymes, yellow. Stamens in several sets ; 

 styles more or less united with capitate stigmas. Pod splitting at 

 the partitions into 3 valves. This grows in wet places. Collected 

 at Summit Meadow. 



Hypericum anagalloides Ch. & Schl. Stems low, forming 

 mats, smooth, slender, leafy. Leaves elliptical, y^ in. long, pale 

 green, sessile, opposite. Flowers yellow, small, % in. in diame- 

 ter, either cymose or solitary at the top of the stems. This grows 

 in the wet meadows, and may be a variety of the above species. 

 It scarcely agrees with var. Nevadense Greetie. 



VIOLACE/E. Violet Family. 



Viola blanda Willd. White Violet. Stems low from creep- 

 ing root-stocks, smooth. Leaves orbicular, kidney-shaped, from 

 less than an inch to a little more in diameter ; petioles generally 

 very long and slender, in some plants 6 in. Flowering stems 

 radical, long and slender, about as long as the petioles. Flowers 

 white, fragrant, the lower petals veined with purple. In wet 

 places, varying much in size. Collected at General Grant Park 

 and Millwood. 



Viola lobata Benth. Stems branching from the base, 6 in. or 

 more high, pubescent throughout. Leaves various, from cordate 

 crenate to palmately deeply-lobed, and much broader than long ; 

 petioles on lower leaves 2-3 in. long, upper much shortei- than the 

 blades. Flowers axillary, yellow, rather large. Seed pods Yz in. 

 long. In the shade of the conifers in the redwood forest of Con- 

 verse Basin ; also at Millwood. 



Viola prjemorsa Dougl. var. Stems several, from the peren- 

 nial tap-root, spreading, hoary with a close, rough, white pubes- 

 cence, 3-5 in. high, leafy. Leaves ovate, wedge-shaped or some- 

 what cordate at base, about Yz in. long ; petioles the same length 

 or longer, margin sinuate-toothed. Flowers axillary, yellow, on 

 peduncles as long as the petioles. Calyx with linear, pointed 

 sepals. Ovary slightly pubescent, globular. Bubbs Creek, on the 

 trail. 



