CONTENTS 



Preface . . v 



Introduction 



Origin, Distribution, and Characteristics of the Yosemite 



Flora 1 



Explanation of Terms 7 



Classification and the Use of Keys 13 



Analytical Key to the Families 17 



Descriptive Flora 25 



Glossary 273 



Index 277 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Washington Lily Frontispiece 



Trees of the Stream Banks Facing page 4 



Big Tree " "46 



Leopard Lily " "56 



Mariposa Lily " "58 



Meadow Borders of the Upper Tuolumne . . " "96 



Thickets of Service Berry " " 124 



Evening Primroses in Yosemite Valley . . " " 162 



Azaleas along the Merced " 178 



Polemoniums among Summit Rocks ... " 190 



Timber-line in the High Sierra Nevada . . " 250 



