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upper axils, pink, tb in. long. Pods slender, 1-2 in. long, on 

 peduncles as long or shorter, slightly glandular. This droops 

 when it is in bud, but is later erect. East Lake ; a subalpine 

 species. 



EpHobium Homemanni Reichenb. Stems simple or branch- 

 ing from the base, less than a foot high, leafy, more or less 

 clothed with white spreading hairs. Leaves thin, ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, entire or sparingly serrulate, sessile, an inch or less long, 

 the largest a little more than an inch wide. Flowers rose-color, 

 % in. across. Pods slender, i in. long, on peduncles less than 

 half as long ; minutely glandular. Bubbs Creek. 



Epilobium ursinum Parish. Stems simple or branched from 

 the base, clothed with loose, woolly hairs below, glandular 

 above, iJl^-2 feet high. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, ^-i in. long, 

 serrulate with callous teeth. Flowers very small, ts in. long, 

 white or lavender. Pods about an inch long, tapering to short 

 peduncles. Raceme disposed to be pendent in bud. Converse 

 Basin, in a grove of Sequoia near Big Boulder Creek. 



Qayophytum diffusum Torr. Annual, branching diffusely 

 with thread-like branches, smooth except for a sparse, hoary 

 pubescence on the inflorescence. Leaves linear, 1-2 in. long, be- 

 coming very small above. Flowers white turning pink, a little 

 more than % in. in diameter. Pods X i"- or more long on hair- 

 like pedicels of the same length, the seeds are outlined through 

 the thin walls of the pod. Bearskin Meadow, Millwood. 



Qayophytum eriospermum Coville. Stems 1-2 ft. high, 

 rather stout, branching difi'usely, smooth except for some fine 

 white hairs on the buds, pedicels and pods. Leaves linear, the 

 lowest 3 in. long, petioled. Flowers % in. in diameter, white 

 turning rose-color. Seed pods similar to the preceding but more 

 spreading. Millwood. 



Qayophytum pumilum Watson. Stem branching, annual, 6 

 in. or more high, branches erect, smooth. Leaves narrowly 

 linear-lanceolate, less than an inch long, petioled. Flowers very 

 small, IS in. in diameter or less. Pods flattened contrary to the 

 partition, half au inch long, on short peduncles from all the leaf 

 axils. Growing in wet places at Millwood. 



(Enothera hirtella Qreene. Stems branching from the 

 annual root, white epidermis, shreddy below, viscid and white 

 hairy. Lowest leaves lanceolate, narrowed to a petiole ; upper 

 leaves sessile, ovate, with the margins crisped-undulate. Flowers 

 yellow, very smail, axillary. Pods linear, very narrow, becoming 



