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Drudeophytum vestitum C. & R. Without a stem, from a 

 woody, thick root. Leaves pinnately compound, with the seg- 

 ments minute, crowded, orbicular, densely clothed with short, 

 stiff, white hairs ; petioles an inch or less long, generally longer 

 than the leaves, which are ovate-orbicular in outline. Scapes 

 surpassing the leaves ; umbels half an inch in diameter, capitate ; 

 involucre and bracts under the small umbels united, membranous 

 along the edges and sharply toothed. Flowers minute, white ; 

 fruit white-hairy. This small plant is found only above timber 

 line, and was collected on Harrisons Pass. 



GARRYACE/E. Silk-Tassel Tree Family. 



Qarrya pallida Eastwood. It is a straight shrub, 3-5 ft. high 

 or perhaps taller ; stems dark brown, the younger growth canes- 

 cent with fine, appressed, white pubescence. Leaves oblong to 

 elliptical, opposite, with clasping petioles, with a recurved point 

 at apex, tapering at base, 1-2 in. long, glaucous and clothed with 

 fine, white, appressed hairs which are denser on the lower than 

 on the upper surface, somewhat persistent on the older leaves. 

 Catkins pendent ; the bracts and ovaries tomentose ; berries be- 

 coming smooth. This was seen only in Kings River Caiion. It 

 is very desirable that this be collected in flower and especiallj' the 

 staminate plant. Only the pistillate plants have so far been seen. 



CORNACE/E. Dogwood Family. 



Cornus Nuttallii Audubon. Small tree, with smooth bark. 

 Leaves ovate to orbicular, pointed at apex, rounded at base, 1-3 or 

 more in. long, 1-2 or more in. wide, finely pubescent on both 

 sides, the lower side paler than the upper. Flowers in a head 

 surrounded by a conspicuous involucre of large white or yellowish 

 bracts, sometimes tinged with red and resembling petals. Berries 

 bright red, in clusters. The heads are sometimes 6 in. in diame- 

 ter, and are blooming after the leaves have appeared. Millwood. 



Cornus occidentalis Coville. Shrub 3-6 ft. high, with 

 smooth, purplish bark. Leaves ovate-elliptical, 2-3 in. long, Yz- 

 i^ in. wide, acute at apex on a short petiole, paler on the lower 

 surface, the pubescence scarcely perceptible. Flowers in com- 

 pound cymes without an involucre, small, white. Berries un- 

 known. Kings River Caiion. 



