Leaves ovate, 



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1. C. tdrreyi Wats. Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, acute, 

 on long slender petioles, lower surface pale and loosely silky- 

 pubescent. Flowers in a loose spreading cluster. Fruit 

 white; stone obovoid, % in. long, acute at base, rough at 

 summit, ridged on the edges. — Only once collected and the 

 locality not known, but supposed by some to be the Yosemite 

 Valley. 



2. C. pubescens Nutt. Creek Dogwood. 

 acute, pale and pubescent beneath, 2 to 5 

 in. long, on petioles ^ to 1 in. long. Flowers 

 in a loose cluster 1 ' or 2 in. broad. Fruit 

 white, subglobose; stone mostly oblique, 

 with furrowed edges, the sides ridged. 



This red-stemmed dogwood, which be- 

 comes 6 to 15 ft. high, grows along streams 

 and in other moist places to at least 6700 ft. 

 alt., often forming small thickets. 



3. C. nuttallii Aud. Nuttall Dogwood. 



Leaves obovate, 

 acute, pubescent, 3 

 to 5 in. long, short- 

 petioled. Flowers in 

 a compact head sur- 

 rounded by a circle 

 of white petal-like 

 bracts \y 2 in. or 

 more long. Fruit 

 scarlet. (Cynoxylon 

 nuttallii Shafer.) 



The Nuttall Dog- 

 wood (also called 

 Western, Mountain, 

 and Pacific Dog- 

 wood), which is a 

 small tree with 

 smooth bark, is one of the most showy and attractive plants 

 in the mountains when in full bloom. The circle of white 

 bracts is 3 to 5 in. across making the resemblance of the 

 flower-cluster to a single flower very deceptive. It may be 

 seen along the road to Wawona, in the Yosemite, Hetch 

 Hetchy, and other low valleys, coming into bloom the latter 

 part of May. 



2. GARRYA. Silk Tassel Bush. 

 1. G. fremontii Torr. Bear Brush. Leaves light-green, 



