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Dalea: — the genus has been re-named Parosela, q. v. 



Datura meteloides. Jimson weed: Span., Tolguache (or Tolu- 

 ache). A rank-growing plant 2 or 3 feet high, common on both 

 coast and desert, with large, coarse, dark-green leaves and very 

 large, white or pale lilac, trumpet-shaped flowers that open in 

 the evening. Blooms from spring to autumn. 



Dithyrea californica. A small coarse-leafed plant found in sandy 

 soil usually about bushes. Flowers small, fragrant, of four white 

 petals. Blooms in early spring. 



Encelia californica. A stiff, bushy plant with dark-green leaves 

 and brittle, woody stems, common on and near the base of des- 

 ert mountains. Flowers bright yellow, on straight stalks that 

 project well above the rest of the plant. Blooms in mid-spring. 



Encelia farinosa. Incense bush. White brittle bush: Span., Yerba 

 de incienso. One of the commonest of desert plants in the neigh- 

 borhood of mountains, in form a compact rounded bush 2 to 3 

 feet high. Leaves silver-gray, firm in texture: flowers like those 

 of E. californica. The plant exudes drops of amber-colored 

 gum. Blooms in mid-spring. 



Ephedra californica. Desert tea: Span., Canutillo. A shrub 2 to 3 

 feet high, entirely composed of straight, smooth, dark-green 

 stems without leaves. Flowers inconspicuous. 



Eremiastrum bellioides. Desert star. A small prostrate plant, 

 hardly noticeable except for its pretty, daisy-like flowers, 

 borne on radiating horizontal stems. Blooms in mid-spring. 



Eremocarya micrantha. A small, slender herb with small linear 

 leaves and tiny white flowers. It dries to a whitish, woolly- 

 looking little plant that is greedily eaten by horses. The root 

 yields a bright madder stain. Blooms in early spring. 



Eriodictyon tomentosum. Span., Yerba santa. A bush 5 or 6 feet 

 high, found in cafions, with narrowish, gray-green, woolly 

 leaves and clusters of lavender funnel-shaped flowers. (It is the 

 coast species, E. glutinosum, or E. californicum, with smooth, 

 dark-green, sticky leaves, that was so highly valued for its 

 medicinal properties by the Spanish Californians.) Blooms in 

 late spring. 



Eriogonum inflatum. Bottle plant. Desert trumpet. A plant up to 

 3 feet high, with a few slender, straight, straggling stems that 

 end in elongated swellings. Leaves heart-shaped, growing only 

 at base: flowers small, yellowish. Blooms in mid-spring. 



Eulobus californicus. A slender, straight, spindling plant, a foot 



