WILD BOUVARDIA. Funnel form, in salmon- 

 colored hemispherical heads. 



WHISPERING BELLS. Bell-shaped, drooping on 

 thread-like stalks. 



FIDDLENECK. In coiled spikes. Hairy. 



2. Flowers solitary, or nearly or apparently so 



GOLDEN TULIP. Cup-shaped, rather small, 



purplish within, grass-like leaves. 

 CHAMISE LILY. Lily-like flowers in a loose 



raceme, on a stalk from 2 mottled, basal 



leaves. 

 CALIFORNIA POPPY. Solitary, 2 to 4 inches in 



diameter, cup-shaped. 

 BUR-CLOVER. Small, pea-like, 2 or 3 together 



on an axillary footstalk. 

 MEADOW FOAM. Solitary, conspicuously 



veined; leaves much dissected. 

 MOCK ORANGE. Bell-shaped with recurving 



lobes; solitary. A prostrate vine. 



MOHAVEA. Somewhat bell-shaped, purple 



dotted; a delicate desert annual. 

 WILD PANSY. Upper petals tinged with 



brown outside. 

 CREEPING VIOLET. Small; plant prostrate 



and creeping. 

 BLAZING STAR. Petals terminating in pointed 



tips; stamens very numerous. 

 CHOLLA. A cactus with cylindrical, jointed 



stems. 



NOPAL. A cactus with flat, jointed stems. 

 BISNAGA. Flowers in a circle at top of a large 



cylindric plant of the desert. 

 SUNCUPS. Axillary on leafy stems; stigma a 



tiny round ball; seed vessels twisted. 

 BEACH PRIMROSE. Turning greenish when 



withering. A gray plant of the sea-beaches. 



3. Flowers composite; herbs 



TIDY-TIPS. Rays usually tipped with white; 



solitary. 

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