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b. M. fascicula'tum Greene. A shrub 6-8 ft. high, with long, slen- 

 der branches. Leaves tomentose, 5-lobed, coarsely toothed. Flowers 

 in racemes or panicles. Corolla rose-purple, f in. long. Carpels 

 smooth below, tomentose above. This is a beautiful shrub, or 

 sometimes a tree, common in southern California. 



IV. FREMON'TIA, Slippery Elm 



A shrub or small tree, with small 3-7-lobed leaves, rusty 

 stellate pubescent. Calyx 1-3 in. in diameter, 5-cleft almost 

 to the base, with bright yellow, leathery divisions, imbri- 

 cated in the bud; persistent bractlets under the calyx 3-5, 

 small. Corolla wanting. Stamens 5, with filaments united 

 to the middle. Anthers linear, 2-celled. Capsule 4 or 5 

 celled, dehiscent from the top. This is, by some authorities, 

 put into Sterculiacece. 



F. Califor'nica Torr. FALSE SLIPPERY ELM. This is a fine 

 sight when in bloom. The large yellow flowers are numerous on 

 the long stems. The fruit is densely hairy and woolly on the 

 inside, and the dry open pods persist. The bark is used as slip- 

 pery elm. From middle California to San Diego. 



HYPERICA'CE., ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY 



Herbs with opposite leaves, covered with transparent or 

 dark dots or with both kinds. Flowers with 4 or 5 sepals, 

 and as many petals. Stamens numerous in 3-5 clusters, 

 on the receptacle. Styles 3-5, more or less united. Pod 

 splitting at the partitions into 3 valves. 



HYPERI'CUM, St. John's-wort 

 Flowers yellow. Stamens in several sets, stigmas capitate. 



a. H. Scou'leri Hook. Erect, with simple stems from running root- 

 stocks. Leaves oblong, obtuse, clasping, about an inch long. Flowers 

 nearly an inch in diameter, in panicled cymes. This grows in moist 

 places, chiefly in the mountains. 



b. H. concin'num Benth. Stems low, numerous, from a woody base. 

 Leaves not clasping, usually folded, growing in four distinct ranks up 



