Volume 4 No. 5 
MUHLENBERGIA 
. LIBRARY 
A. A. HELLER, Editor NEW YORK 
ae a's BOTANICAL 
RENO, NEVADA, NOVEMBER 23, 1908 GARDEN. 
A TRIP TO THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS 
By ANSTRUTHER DAVIDSON 
On June 12, 1907, Dr. Hasse and I left Tehachapi station 
and drove to Dr. Minne's mine about seven miles westward. 
From there we made botanical explorations of the surrounding 
country, including a trip to Mt. Cummings, said to be about 
8000 feet altitude. The mine itself is at an altitude of between 
4000 and 5000 feet. The plenteous rain of the winter had given 
a luxuriant vegetation; and the wild flowers were very abundant. 
fleterogaura californica and Collinsia parviflora Dougl. liter- 
ally covered the ground for acres, and were the most conspicu- 
ous feature of the more obvious flora. 
Of the more noteworthy plants a list is here appended. 
Probably few of them are unrecorded for Kern county, but the 
enumeration of them will at least aid in giving a more perfect 
knowledge of the distribution of the various species found. 
Thysanocarpus curvipes elegans Robinson. Rather fre- 
quent and in its typical form. 
Platystemon californicus crinitus Greene, occurred in large 
= patches, one of which, nearly an acre in extent, presented a most 
=2 beautiful appearance with its yellowish flowers and densely pi- 
<= lose stems. The hairs on the peduncles were one-fourth of an 
inch long. In this form it well deserves a varietal name. 
= Those gathered at Rock Creek and elsewhere on the other side 
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