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A TEXT-BOOK OF BOTANY. 



Fig. 368. Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californtcum) , a low, evergreen, aromatic shrub, 

 the leaves and stems being covered with a resinous exudation. The leaves are lanceolate, 

 irregularly serrate or nearly entire, and woolly hairy beneath; the flowers are violet or 

 purple in color, and occur in cymjse panicles. — Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



