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Popular Studies of California Wild Flowers 



Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum) 



The specific names of two of our three species of Wild Ginger, 

 A. hartwegii Wats, and A. lemmonii Wats., were conferred in honor 

 of two eminent scientists ; the former, an early explorer to the coast, 

 and the latter, J. G. Lemmon, of Oakland. Of the other species, 

 A. caudatum Lindl., the specific name caudatum pertains to the 

 tail-like appendages of its blossoms. It was first described by 

 Lindley. 



