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coiled, narrowed slightly at top. This was seen only on the 

 Bubbs Creek trail on the dry hill-side. 



Qodetia pulcherrima Greene. Stems branching from the 

 annual root and also above, generally diffuse, pale green from a 

 fine, white, appressed pubescence, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, tapering to a short, slender petiole, acute at apex, mostly 

 entire, about an inch long. Flowers rose-color, 2 in. in diameter ; 

 the petals notched or sinuate across the top. Pods almost sessile, 

 beaked at apex, less than an inch long. The buds are pendent 

 and the tips of the calyx not free. This is a free bloomer, and 

 most beautiful species. It is common in the vicinity of Millwood. 



Clarkia rhomboidea Dougl. Stems diffusely branching, 3^-2 

 ft. high, from an annual root, pubescent throughout with fine, 

 close, white hairs. Leaves elliptical, pointed at each end, on 

 short petioles, >^-2 in. long. Flowers in the upper axils, the 

 buds pendent. Petals crimson, the blades rhomboidal, about % 

 in. long. Pods on short, erect peduncles almost hugging the 

 stem, generally curving inwards, distinctly 4-sided, beaked at 

 top. Millwood, Bubbs Creek. 



Clarkia elegans Dougl. Stems simple or branching, 1-4 ft. 

 high or sometimes taller, smooth or slightly pubescent. Leaves 

 ovate to linear, sinuately toothed or entire, pale green. Petals 

 entire, rhomboidal, crimson, Y^ in. long ; stamens all perfect. 

 Flowers pendent in bud. Pods sessile, spreading, narrowed 

 towards the top, slightly glandular. Kings River Canon. 



Boisduvalia densiflora Watson. Stems erect, generally 

 simple, Yz-i ft. high, grayish with dense white pubescence, 

 closely appressed. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, the lowest taper- 

 ing to short petioles, the upper sessile, 1-2 in. long, sparingly 

 denticulate. Flowers small, in capitate spikes that lengthen in 

 fruit. Pods sessile, almost concealed by the leaves. This is a 

 variable species which is seldom twice the same. The specimens 

 from which the description was drawn were collected on the trail 

 up Bubbs Creek. 



lieterogaura Californica Rothr. Annual, with widely branch- 

 ing stems, ^2,-2 ft. high, minutely glandular, puberulent. Leaves 

 lanceolate, tapering to short, slender petioles, 1-2 in. long, entire 

 or sparingly toothed. Spikes closely flowered but the fruits dis- 

 tant, sessile ; bracts narrowly-linear. Petals 4, entire, spatulate, 

 crimson, ]i in. long; the claws narrow. Fruit y% in. long, obo- 

 vate, angled, nut-like, 1-2-seeded. Millwood. 



