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a. A. Manzani'ta Parry. COMMON MANZANIT A. Erect and branch- 

 ing, becoming tree-like, with smooth, polished dark-red stems and 

 branches. The young shoots and the leaves are ashy gray, becoming 

 smooth with age. The leaves are generally vertical by a twist in 

 the petiole. Flowers crowded in short racemes on smooth pedicels 

 with short, pointed bracts. Fruit smooth, about the size of a 

 pea. This sometimes becomes a tree. In valleys of the Coast 

 Mountains. 



b. A. Stanfordia'na Parry. A delicately branched shrub, either 

 erect or spreading, with slender peduncles and pedicels, small scale- 

 like bracts and dark-green, smooth leaves, round and small. The 

 flowers are smaller than in other species, and are deep rose-color, rarely 

 white. The berries are smooth, rather small, and the seeds coalesce 

 more or less. This is common in the northern Coast Mountains, 

 and is perhaps the most beautiful species. 



c. A. tomento'sa Dougl. Shrub with hairy stems and leaves more 

 or less clothed with a close pubescence. Flowers in short panicles 

 with leafy bracts which are most conspicuous in the buds. Flowers 

 white, rather large. Berries with the seeds coalescing more or less. 

 This is one of the most widely distributed species, and embraces a 

 great many forms chiefly distinguished by the amount of pubes- 

 cence. It is never destroyed by brush fires, and the old roots 

 become chunks of solid wood. 



d. A. canes'cens Eastwood. This is somewhat similar to the 

 preceding, but the entire plant is white-downy. The flowers are more 

 often pink than white,' and the habit of the plant is more spreading. 

 The bracts are large and leaf-like. This is widely distributed in 

 northern California. 



e. A. Anderso'nii Gray. This is similar to A. tomento'sa. The 

 leaves are thin, bright green, smooth or slightly pubescent, with 

 the base arrow-shaped or heart-shaped, either sessile or short-petiole d. 

 It is found in the Coast Mountains of California, in San Mateo, 

 Santa Cruz, and Alameda Counties. 



/. A. vis'cida Parry. Shrub 3-5 ft. high, with smooth, pale-gray 

 or glaucous leaves. Panicles erect in bud, becoming pendent later. 

 Flowers pink or white, rather small, on slender, very viscid pedicels. 

 Fruit a berry containing seeds that coalesce more or less. The 

 bracts are small and scale-like. This species is very abundant in 

 the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and in the hills of Lake and 

 Mendocino Counties. 



g. A. glau'ca Lindl. BIG-BERRIED MANZANITA. The foliage 

 of this is always glaucous and smooth. It is distinguished from 

 all other species by the large berries, often | in. in diameter, with 

 the stones consolidated into a thick, solid mass. Most common south- 

 ward. 



