nearly sessile in axillary nearly sessile 

 paaicles shorter than the leaves; bracts 

 filiform: calyx 6-8 lines long, the lobes 

 attenuate; petals purplish, little ex- 

 ceeding the calyx; carpels round-ob- 

 iong, smooth, a line long." S. Watson, 

 Ajn ac pr 20:356. Baja Cal. <Or). 



MALVASTRUM SPLBNDIDVM Kell. 



Arborescent shrub or small tree, 6-15 

 ft. high, slender branches: leaves 2-3 

 in. broad, a little less in length, .thick, 

 ly toothed, broadly angularly 5- 

 lobed, base cordate: calyx broadly tri- 

 angular, broader than long, acute; 

 bractlets short: corolla rose, % in. 

 long; the dense racemose panicle 12-15 

 in. long: carpels tomentose above 

 with a stellate pubescence: leaves, 

 twigs and young growth with dense 

 white felty covering -of stellate hairs: 

 rjs in je-jl. San Fernando valley, Cal. 

 (Davidson). 



S AM A RUM McClatchie. 

 Shrub 3-8 ft. high, rigid stems and 



lies beset with yellowish-brown 

 inon'y triple) spines, often setose- 

 hispid; leaves, inflorescence and young 

 branches glandular, pubescent and 

 bitterish fragrant: leaves thin, ^-l 1 ^ 

 in. broad, 3-5-lobed and incised; pedun- 



- or 2-fl'd. 3-3 lines long; pedicels 



with a roiHid-ovate 2-4- (usually 

 3-) lobed bract, about 3 lines long: fls 

 % in. long: calyx-tube oblong-campan- 

 ulate. 3 lines long, segments purplish- 

 :vflexed. 4 lines long, tips greenish, 

 especially on back; petals pinkish- 

 white. red-streaked near base on in- 



2 lines long, strongly involute, 

 suborbicular when flattened out, round- 

 er! and erose-toothed at summit: pink- 

 ish filaments equalling or slightly ex- 

 ceeding the petals; anthers sagittate, 

 ovate-oblong. mucronate. purplish; 

 ovary densely glandular hairy: mature 

 berry %-% in. in diameter, densely 

 covered with glandular bristles which 

 produce a very bitter secretion: pulp 

 sweet. Quite common in shaded can- 



>f San Gabriel mts.. Los Angeles 



'alif/' McClatchie, Erythea 2:79. 



P.TBES MOXTIGEXUM McClatchie. Ery- 

 thea 4:3$. 



"Ribes nubigenum: Shrub 1-2 ft 

 high with numerous rigid spreading 

 branches, armed with strong triple 

 spines below the leafy fascicles. 3-5 

 lines apart: outer bark smooth and 



light brown on one or two-year-old 

 branches, but becoming loose and sil- 

 very with age; leaves and inflorescence 

 hirsute, some of the hairs bearing 

 glands; leaves ^i-% i'n. broad, deeply 

 5-parted, lobes incised and toothed; ra- 

 cemes 3-6-fl'd, bracts cordate, acumin- 

 ate; calyx about % in. broad, its round- 

 ed lobes spreading from place of inser- 

 tion on ovary; petals minute; stamens 

 less than a line long; anthers broader 

 than long, deeply lobed; red berries 

 glandular-hirsute, 2-3 lines in diameter, 

 containing 1-3 large seeds." McClatch- 

 ie, Erythea 2:80. Mt. San Antonio, 

 10,000 ft. altitude, Los Angeles Co., 

 Calif., among dry exposed rocks. San 

 Jacinto Mt. (Davidson). 



RIBES HESPERIUM McClatchie. 



"Shrub 510 ft. high with spreading 

 branches; stems smooth, beset with 

 dark colored spines which are common- 

 ly single, but occasionally double or 

 triple; leaves, inflorescence and young 

 branches puberulent; leaves thin, \- 

 1% in. broad, 3-5-lobed, the lobes in- 

 cised: peduncles 1-2 fl'd, 2-3 lines long; 

 pedicels about 3 lines long; bracts 

 broad, fan-shaped with ciliated mem- 

 braneous pinkish margin; fls about 3- 

 eighths in. long; calyx-tube campanu- 

 late, slightly inflated, about 1 line long; 

 segments from greenish- white to 

 greenish-red, 3-4 lines long: petals 

 white tinged with red, about % the 

 length of the sepals, cuneate-oblong, 

 2- or 3-toothed. slightly involute; fila- 

 ments about % longer than petals; an- 

 thers ovate-oblong, mucronate, green- 

 ish; ovary densely echinate, bristles 

 greenish-red, mature berry very prick- 

 ly, %-% in. in diameter." McClatchie, 

 Eiythea 2:79. San Gabriel Mts., Los 

 Angeles Co., Calif. "Fruit edible and 

 of agreeable flavor." 



RHAMNUS PIRIFOLIA Greene. 



"Tree about 20 ft. high, the naked 

 trunk 4 or 5 in. in diam., clothed with 

 a smooth bark: branches few and 

 spreading: leaves oblong-ovoid, or 

 some ovoid, often obtuse or nearly 

 truncate both at the base and at the 

 mucronate apex, the largest 3 in. long 

 and nearly 2 in breadth, the margins 

 glandular-crenate or subentire, yellow- 

 ish beneath, bright green and gla- 

 brous above, coriaceous and persistent: 

 berries small, scarlet, mostly solitary 



