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large, crimson ; petals about an inch long ; anthers short, forming 

 a blunt point. Pod splitting as the preceding. This is found in 

 all the high meadows and in wet places on the high mountains. 

 Millwood, Mt. Brewer, Kearsarge Pass, University Peak, Bubbs 

 Creek. 



GENTIANACE/E. Gentian Family. 



Gentiana holopetala Qray. Stems slender, simple or with 

 one or two erect branches each terminating in a single flower on 

 a long, smooth peduncle. Leaves linear to oblanceolate, oppo- 

 site, pointed, Yz-^Yz in. long. Calyx % in. long, with lobes 

 longer than the tube, narrowed to a long, slender point. Corolla 

 blue, with membranous folds between the oblong, obtuse lobes, 

 \Yz ii- long, the lobes ^ in. There is some variation in the 

 leaves, and the lobes of the corolla are entire or fringed at apex. 

 Pod on 2 short stemsi East Lake. 



There are probably other species of Gentian, but they were not 

 found, as they are to be looked for in the late instead of the early 

 summer. 



APOCYNACE/E. Dogbane Family. 



Apocynum pumilum Greene. Perennial, with branching 

 stems about a foot high, generally spreading, clothed with a pale 

 pubescence. Leaves opposite, ovate, about an inch long, almost 

 sessile, distinctly mucronate, much paler on the lower than the 

 upper surface. Flowers in corymbs at the ends of the branches ; 

 corolla pink, bell-shaped, rather fleshy, with recurving lobes hav- 

 ing 5 scales opposite the lobes on the inner side and near the base ; 

 stamens with short filaments and arrow-shaped anthers uniting 

 in a ring. Fruit a pair of slender pods ; seeds with a tuft of silky 

 down. Millwood, Kings River Canon. 



ASCLEPIADACE/G. Milkweed Family. 



Asclepias speciosa Torr. Silkweed. Covered with white 

 down, stout, erect, with large, thick, oblong leaves, opposite or 

 whorled. Umbels on peduncles shorter than the leaves, many- 

 flowered. Flowers large, purplish-red, the hoods around the 

 stamens almost half an inch long, spreading with a horn-like 

 prolongation from the summit ; besides the short, inflexed, true 

 horn. Seed pods rough with soft spinous processes. Seeds when 

 ripe, brown, with a tuft of silky hairs at one end. The anthers in 

 this family are concealed in the stamen tube and are yellowish- 



