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pointed, the longest less than y, in. Flowers solitary, terminat- 

 ing short branchlets surrounded by a tuft of leaves. Calyx 

 almost as long as the corolla tube, with the divisions very short 

 and spine-tipped. Corolla pink or while, salver-form, less than yi 

 in. long, with the border 3 in. in diameter of obovate divisions. 

 Only the tops of the anthers exserted from the throat of the 

 corolla. This grows on rocky summits, and was collected at East 

 Lake, Bubbs Creek, and on the summit above Kings River Canon. 



Gilia sparsiflora Eastwood. Annual with slender stems, 

 branching above, a foot or so high, minutely glandular. Leaves 

 few, terete from the infolding of the margins, about an inch long, 

 tipped with a short bristle. Flowers few, solitary, or few in a 

 cluster. Calyx densely clothed with white cottony wool, the 

 divisions as long as the corolla tube, unequal, spine-tipped. 

 Corolla salver-form, with some purple dots in the throat, less than 

 yi in. long. Stamens exserted from the throat of the corolla. 

 Pod oblong. Bubbs Creek. 



Linanthus montanus Greene. Annual, with many branches 

 from the base, or simple, about 6 in. high ; stems sparsely leaved, 

 pale with an appressed or spreading pubescence. Leaves clasp- 

 ing and united at base, pinnately divided into about 5 narrowly 

 oblanceolate divisions, spine-tipped, hispid especially on the 

 margins ; bracts similar. Flowers crowded in heads, terminating 

 the branches. Calyx % in., with tube twice as long as the divi- 

 sions, sparingly hairy and glandular, divisions very narrow, 

 spine-tipped, with long, fine hairs on the margins. Corolla 

 salver-form, with slender tube an inch long and spreading border 

 X in. across, pink with yellow throat and purple dots at base of 

 the obovate lobes. Pod obovate, pointed at base. This beautiful 

 little plant is abundant at Millwood and in many places along the 

 trails. 



Linanthus bicolor Greene. Tiny annuals an inch or so high, 

 generally simple, hispid. Leaves in bunches, divided into linear, 

 spine-tipped, 3-veined divisions, hispid on the margins. Flowers 

 crowded into a head surrounded by bracts and leaves. Calyx 

 with linear, spine-tipped divisions. Corolla pink or red, with 

 thread-like tube which is about half an inch long ; border small 

 and spreading. Often very abundant ; collected at Bubbs Creek. 



Phlox occidentalis Durand. Perennial from creeping roots, 

 branching, glandular pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, sessile and 

 clasping at base, 1-2 .in. long, pointed, often sickle-shaped. 

 Flowers in cymes at the ends of the branches on pedicels half as 

 long as the calyx. Calyx tubular, _^ in. long, the tube half the 



