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California Art & Nature 



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CASSIA COVESII A. Gray. kernel '.'aH'moet equal in llavar' tothe almond." 



Genus L.ATHYRUS Lilnnaen*. ^ desirable orriamental shrub and useful as 



LA.THYRUS WATSONI Wbite. ' 'a hedge plant. 



"Lathyrus californlcus. Stem stout, tall & The holly-leaf cherry is a beautiful 



more or less winged: stipules semi-sagittate, dark evergreen shrub, yielding a 



dilated 4 often coarsely toothed, or the upper pleasant edible fruit. Useful for hedges 



narrower; leaflets S-Y pairs, ovate oblong to or ornamental planting. 



Inear-lanceolate, y^-2' long or more, acute or PRUNUS FASCICULATA A. Gray, 



acuminate, softly pubescent on both sides, as PRUNUS FREMONTI S. Watson. 



also the rachis: peduncles stout, nearly equal- 

 ing the leaves, many fl'ed: calyx teeth short 

 the lower 2" long or less); petals 7-9" long, ap- 

 parently y'ish or pinkish: pod linear, 2' long 

 by 3" broad, attenuate at base to a stipe."- Wat 

 Am ac pr 20 363, he 73, Or 78 d 

 li veuosus Muhl of former lists. 



Suborder Pome^ 



Genus AMEL.ANCHIER Medlcus. 



AMEI.ANCHIER ALNIFOLIA Nutt. 



Shrub 3-8 feet high, glabrous through- 

 out or often more or less woolly-pubes- 

 cent; leaves broadly ovate or rounded, 



iLATHYRUS SPLENDBNS Kellogg. • n u. 4^ Uf.,... ^> 



"Pride of California," distinguished for occasionally oblong-ovate, obtuse at 



its profusion of large brilliant rose red to ^ ^j^ ^ acute, often somewhar cor- 

 crimson flowers borne in clusters of 10 or 



more the second year from seed. The date at base, serrate usually only toward 



most magnificent of the native climbing •..,/ 1/ • u 1 ^^^^^^t. 



plants of West America. Described as the sunimit}^-ii^ incHes long: racemes 

 half-hardy in New Jersey. It stands ghort: calyx usually tomentose within^ 

 frost and snows m the mountams of -' . ^ 1,1 



Southern and Lower California, up to petals 3--1 2 hnes long, narrowly oblong: 

 4,000 feet altitude, where it festoons the f^ -^^^i., x/ 1/ inrh in Hianipter 

 shrubbery with its wealth of color. ^^ mostly ;^->^ men m ammeter. 



Genus PARKIIVSOIVIA Liinnaeus. 



Cv 4 97, British Columbia-j 

 Genus HETEROMEI^ES J. Roemer. 



PAHKINSONIA TORREYANA S. Wat 

 PARKINSONIA ACrLBATA Linn. 

 Parkinsonia Aculeata L.— Valued by HETEROMELES ARBUTIFOLIA Roem 



the Mexican Indians as a febrifuge and 

 suboriflc, and also as a remedy in epi- 

 lepsy (fide Schott). See Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. VIII. 501. 



Genus PROSOPIS Linnaeus. 

 PROSOPIS JULIFLORA D. C. 



The mesquite is the most abundant 

 desert tree, rarely over 20 feet high, 

 often forming extensive groves miles 

 in extent. The mesa back of San 

 Diego, near the normal school, is its 

 western limit, where it is only a small 

 shrub, but it extends east to Texas 

 and south to the Argentine republic. 



PROSOPIS PUBESCBNS Benth, 



The screw-bean is a characteristic 

 desert tree, slender, 15-20 feet high; 

 not rare from Riverside county south- 

 ward into Lower California, abund- 

 ant in Palm valley, not far from San 

 Diego. 



ROSACEAE. 



Suborder Amvgdale.?j: 

 Genus PRUNUS Toui-nefort. 



PHUNUS DEMISSA Walp. 

 PRUNUS ILICIPOLIA Walp. 



PRUNUS ILICIFOLIA Walp. "Islay;" ever- berry, the West American Mayberry; a sin- 

 green, or holly-'leaved cherry; attractive for gularly beautiful fruit, varying in color from 



The California toyon, or toUon, is a 

 handsome evergreen shrub found 

 throughout the state, better known as 

 the Christmas berry, or California hol- 

 ly. The scarlet berries are borne in the 

 greatest profusion, and, ripening at 

 Christmas tim.e, are extensively used in 

 decorating. The berries are said to 

 have formed an important article of 

 food with the Indians, and school chil- 

 dren frequently eat them; but, so far 

 as known, they are not otherwise util- 

 ized. They are not unpleasant to the 

 palate, having a healthy, bitterish by- 

 taste. The toyon is more useful as a 

 liedge plant, doubtless, than for its 

 fruit. It ranks high as an ornamental 

 evergreen, the dark foliage forming a 

 beautiful setting for the panicles of 

 white Howers. It appears in many 

 horticultural catalogues under the 

 name of Photinia arbutifolia. 

 Suborder Rosace.tE 



Genus RUBUS Linnaeus. 



RUBUS NUTKANUS. Mocino. Salmon- 



the beauty »f its shining darlt green fotliage: 

 fruit dull red, of a delicate flavor, with a 



a clear golden yellow to an orange red; de- 

 licious when served with sugar and cream. 



