B43 



DESERT CEANOTHUS 



Ceano'thus greg'gii 



Flowers small, white, in clusters in 

 axils of leaves and toward ends of 

 twigs 



Petals 5, long-clawed, hooded, with 5 

 protruding stamens opposite them 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5, some- 

 what whitish, bent inward to meet at 

 tips, united below to form calyx disk 

 which adheres to capsule and to which, 

 petals and stamens are attached 



Seed pod (capsule) slightly oblong- 

 globe-shaped, about % in. across, 3- 

 lobed (lobes with small, sometimes un- 

 equal, spreading horns near middle of 

 back) 3-celled, each cell producing one 

 hard "seed" (nutlet) , tipped by slender, 

 threadlike, 3-cleft appendage (style) 



Twigs opposite, grayish or later some- 

 what brownish , stiff , rigid, rather bluntly 

 spine-tipped, densely white-hairy, espe- 

 cially when young 



Leaves evergreen, opposite or some- 

 times clustered, thick, leathery, small 

 (% to K in- long), short-stalked, grayish 

 green, elliptic or oval in shape, usually 



Eointed at both ends, usually entire 

 ut sometimes finely toothed around 

 edge, hairy on both sides but more 

 densely white-hairy below, midrib 

 prominent and veins more or less 

 parallel 



