ROSE FAMILY. Rosaceae. 



This is the only kind of Stellariopsis; perennial herbs 

 the leaves with many, minute, crowded, overlapping 

 leaflets; the flowers white, in open clusters; bractlets 

 sepals, and petals five; stamens fifteen; pistil one, sur- 

 rounded by bristles. 



The leaves of this odd little plant loot 

 Pussy-tails Hke catkins or the sleek gray tails QJ 



Stellanopsts ' . J . 



santolinoides some little animal. They are cylmdnca 



(Ivesia) in form, three or four inches long, com 



White posed of many minute leaflets, crowdec 



Summe closely around a long, central stem 



These little leaflets, hardly more thai 

 green scales, are smothered with soft, white down, whicl 

 gives the whole "tail" a silky, silvery-gray appearance 

 From the midst of a bunch of these curious leaves, whicl: 

 are mostly from the root, spring several very slender stems, 

 widely branching above, from six to twelve inches tall 

 and at the ends of the branches are airy clusters of prettj 

 little flowers, like tiny strawberry-blossoms. These little 

 plants grow in sandy soil, at high altitudes, and are plenti 

 ful on the gravelly "domes" around Yosemite. 



There are a good many kinds of Horkelia; perennia 

 herbs, with compound leaves, usually with many leaflets 

 and flowers in clusters; calyx cup-shaped, or saucer-shaped 

 with five teeth and five bractlets; stamens ten; pistils twc 

 or many, with long slender styles, and borne on a receptacle 

 like that of Potentilla, which these plants resemble, thougl 

 the flowers are usually smaller, in closer clusters. 

 Horkllia fusca A rather attractive plant, for the foliage 



White is pretty, though the flowers are not verj 



Summer conspicuous. The rather stout, roughisl 



Cal., Oreg., Nev. stem ^ o f ten p Urp K s h, i s f rom one to twc 

 feet tall and the leaves are rather dark green, slight! 

 sticky and sometimes downy. The flowers are about hal 

 an inch across, with white petals, tinged with pink, an( 

 are well set off by the dark reddish or purplish calyxes an 

 buds, but the petals are too far apart, and there are no 

 enough flowers out at one time, for the effect to be gooc 

 This varies a good deal in hairiness and there are severa 

 varieties. It is common in Yosemite. 



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