a golden centre of many yellow stamens; a 

 prickly herb. 



CREAM-CUPS. Solitary on leafless flower stalks. 



MOUNTAIN MISERY. In few-flowered ter- 

 minal clusters, resembling strawberry blos- 

 soms; plant resinous. 



\VooD SORREL. Solitary, leaves clover-like. 



STRAWBERRY CACTUS. Small; a little round 

 cactus bearing a scarlet berry. 



DESERT EVENING PRIMROSE. Single on long 

 axillary peduncles, turning gradually pink. 



WHITE HEATHER. Solitary from axils of 

 seed-like leaves. Sub-alpine. 



PRINCE'S PINE. Petals roundish, concave, 

 and turned back. 



EVENING SNOW. Salver-form, fragrant, 

 brownish outside. Opening toward eve- 

 ning. 



SPOTTED NEMOPHILA. Saucer-shaped, a pur- 

 ple blotch at tip of each corolla lobe. 



YERBA BUENA. Small, solitary on axillary 

 footstalks. A fragrant, creeping vine. 



TOLUACHE. Trumpet-shaped, wilting after 

 noon. 



3. Flowers composite; herbs 



WHITE DAISY. Yellow disk; stalk sticky 



above. 

 TELEGRAPH PLANT. Florets strap-shaped, 



sessile on wand-like branches open only 



in morning. 



CH^NACTIS. Without rays, in leafless panicles. 

 TAR WEED. Rays 3-lobed, opening in the 



sunshine. A sticky annual. 



4. Shrubs, Climbing Vines or Trees 



JOSHUA TREE. Small, gjrotesque tree, flowers 

 clustered at ends of limbs with dagger-like 

 leaves. 



WILD BUCKWHEAT. Small shrub; flowers in 

 dense terminal heads. 



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