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nearly an inch broad, open, with 5 -spread- 

 ing lobes; on short nodding stems in 

 numerous clusters of 1-3 near the ends of the 

 branches, on wood of the previous year; 

 sepals nearly J an inch long and leaflike, 

 filaments bearded at the base; stigma 

 peltate, 5-lobed. 



On the wooded hillsides at the higher 

 elevations through the Rockies, but much 

 lower in the Selkirks; flowering in June and 



July. 



Menziesia A shrub 2 ~ 6 feet hi g h twi g s 

 ferruginea more or less chaffy. Leaves 

 Smith. obovate, obtuse and glandular- 



tipped at the apex, pale, glau- 



Menziesia. 



cous and smooth or very nearly 



so beneath, sparingly hairy above, f-ij 

 inches long, the margins ciliolate. Flowers 

 1-5 on glandular pedicels J-i inch long in 

 spreading umbels, becoming erect, corolla 

 4 of an inch long, cream and pink or salmon, 

 urn-shaped, with 4 spreading teeth; stamens 

 8, included, with hairy filaments. 



