B14S 



JOJOBA 



Simmond'sia califor'nica 



Male (staminate) flowers 

 small, in rounded, stalked 

 clusters; petals lacking; outer 

 flower parts (sepals) somewhat 

 petal-like, broadly oblong, soft- 

 hairy; stamens 10 or 12 



Leaves opposite, evergreen, 

 somewhat leathery, oblong to 

 egg-shaped, entire, about 1 to 

 IK in. long, nearly stalldess 



Female (pistillate) flowers 

 about X to % in. across, solitary, 

 bracted, stalked 



Sepals of female flower 5, un- 

 equal, somewhat overlapping, 

 egg-shaped to lance-shaped, 

 soft-hairy; petals lacking 



Stems commonly 2 to 3 (oc- 

 casionally 7) ft. high, rigid, 

 woody, inuch-branched 



Seed pod (capsule)-yshort-cy- 

 lindric, about % in. long, 

 3-celled at first but soon be- 

 coming 1-celled, splitting down 

 from top in 3 lines, 1 -seeded; 

 seed acornlike, short-pointed at 

 tip 



