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half J floral leaves similar but smaller: spike sliglitly nod- 

 ding, many-flowered, becoming much elongated: calyx- tube 

 2 lines long: petals as long ovate, reddish: capsules 8 lines 

 long, obtusely angled, appressed to the stem, attenuate to the 

 narrow apex, curving outwards, puberulent, not contorted; 

 seeds dark and angled. 



The plant belongs to the group of which CE. alyssoides and 

 gaurceflora are the types, but it differs from both in general 

 habit, color of stem and flowers, and shape of capsules. 



In the journey up the stream we found Capnorchis clirys- 

 antha, Fremontodendron Californiciim in fruit, Eryihrcea 

 Dotiglasii^ Aquilegia trimcaia, Mimuhis Parishii^ Lofns 

 dl}long if alius ^ Eriogoyium nudum and E. paucijiorum^ and 

 Forestiera Neo-Mexicana in abundance, the last in two 

 instances acting as the host of that omnivorous parasite, 

 Phoradendron villosum var. macropliylliim. 



On the following day we drove up an excellent road for 

 eight miles towards the summit of the mountain range, and 

 found a wealth of species hitherto unrecorded for this county. 

 As we entered the pine belt I was somewhat surprised to find 

 that the trees of the lower range were mostly P. monophylla, 

 which I had not expected to find so far south. Later in the 

 season I was credibly informed a few of these pines are 

 found on Mt. Lowe and other peaks above Pasadena, nearly 

 fifty miles south of its original station. AVe passed numer- 

 ous handsome specimens of Malveopsis Fremonti growing 

 among the wayside shrubs, and some withered plants of Gom- 

 pilocarpus iomentosus^ and Asclepias vestUa var. Mohaven- 

 sis. Passing an alkaline swamp we added Iva axillaris and 

 Sisymbrium incisum \ar.fdipes to our collection; then passed 

 on through a few miles of uninteresting country till Gayo- 

 phytum diffusum began to appear; and after that there fol- 

 lowed in rapid succession those species mostly peculiar to 

 the higher altitudes of our southern mountains; Areuaria 

 macradenia, Lotus sericeus and crassifoliuSy Scidellaria 

 angustifolia^ Monardella linoides, Caulanthus procerus^ 

 Frasera nUida^ Galium multijlorum^ Euphorbia Palmeri, 

 Silene platyoia, and S. Palmeri were all common. 



