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h. A. bi'color Gray. Shrub 3 or 4 ft. high. Leaves oblong to 

 oval, 1-2 in. long, leathery, clothed with white down on the lower 

 surface, green and glabrous on the upper. Corolla rose-color, small. 

 Fruit a smooth hemj with a solid seed. Southern California, espe- 

 cially in San Diego County. 



/. A. U'va-Ur'si. Kinnikinick. Stems forming a mat on the 

 ground. Leaves small, very glossy. Flowers in short, simple 

 racemes. Fruit bright red and smooth when ripe. Northern Cali- 

 fornia to British Columbia. 



There are many other species more local and difficult to 

 distinguish. 



IV. GAULTHE'RIA, Salal 



Stems shrubby but slender, ascending or spreading, creep- 

 ing under ground. Leaves alternate, broad, evergreen, 

 glossy. Flowers nodding, solitary or in racemes, in the 

 axils of the leaves. Calyx 5-cleft, becommff fleshy in fruit 

 and enclosing the capsule. Corolla 5-toothed. Stamens 10 

 ivlthin the corolla, the anthers tipped ivith bristles. Ovary 

 5-celled, with many ovules, in fruit forming a sweet aromatic 

 berry which is edible. 



G. Shallon Pursh. Salal. Stems sometimes 3-4 ft. high, 

 almost climbing among trees and bushes. Racemes glandular. 

 Corolla pink, urn-shaped. Fruit black ichen ripe, with dark-purple 

 pulp. From Santa Barbara to British Columbia. 



V. RHODODENDRON, Azalea 



Calyx very small. Corolla large, funnel-form, 5-lohed. 

 Stamens 5—10, v:ith long, slender filaments reclining along the 

 lower side of the flower. Capsule woody, dehiscent from the 

 summit, at the partitions, by 5 valves. Flowers showy, in 

 umbels, the bracts falling as the flower opens. 



a. R. Califor'nicum Hook. Rose Bay. Shrub with smooth ever- 

 green leaves. Flowers rose-color., numerous, in a terminal umbel. 

 Upper lobes of the corolla yellowish and spotted within. This 

 is a beautiful shrub of northern California, Oregon and Wash- 

 ington, often growing in patches covering acres. It is the State 

 -Flower of Washington. 



