Flora of Soiith Fork of Kiyigs River. 8i 



in. long, with the lobes almost equal, glandular and hairy. The 

 bracts are leaf-like, ovate, ^ in. long, glandular and hairy, 

 pointed, with the margin undulate and with fine teeth besides ; 

 they generally turn red and are enlarged when the berries are 

 ripe. The berries are about the size of peas and are not edible. 

 Bubbs Creek. 



Lonicera interrupta Benth. Bushy with long, slender 

 branches, scarcely twining. Leaves bright green on the upper 

 surface, paler on the lower, the lower on short petioles, ovate to 

 oblong, an inch or so long and almost as wide, upper leaves 

 broader and united at base forming a perfoliate leaf. Flowers in 

 interrupted spikes from the upper axils, yellow, 2-lipped, several 

 in each whorl. Bubbs Creek and Kings River. 



Symphoricarpos mollis Nutt. var. Shrub with diffuse 

 stems and often trailing branches ; stems dark brown, shreddy. 

 Leaves paler on the lower surface, clothed on both sides with a 

 soft pubescence, oblong to orbicular, on short petioles, generally 

 irregularly lobed with obtuse divisions. Flowers small, but little 

 more than yi in., bell-shaped, thick in texture, pink. Berries 

 white, as large as peas. Converse Basin, and in other places on 

 the trails. 



Sambucus glauca Nutt. Elder. Tree or shrub with com- 

 pound leaves ; leaflets unequal at base, oblong to elliptical, about 

 2 in. long, finely toothed, pointed. Flowers white in ample 

 flat-topped panicles. Berries black, covered with a bluish bloom 

 which rubs off. Kings River Canon. 



LOBELIACE/E. Lobelia Family. 



Nemacladus montanus Qreene. Annual, about a foot high, 

 with many stems branching diffusely, slender and zig-zag with 

 the pedicels from the minute alternate leaves forming 2 ranks all 

 along the stems, half an inch long, bent upward near the flower. 

 Corolla minute 2-lipped, the lower lip 3 and the upper lip 

 2-parted. Filaments joined above the middle. Style incurved at 

 tip, stigma 2-lobed. Pod 2-celled, splitting from the top, the seeds 

 numerous. Millwood. 



