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Nolina parryi. A yucca-like plant of dry mountain-sides, not 

 common. Leaves long, narrow, spiky, bluish green: flowers 

 whitish, in a compact elongated cluster 2 or 3 feet long, on a 

 tall stem rising from the centre of the sheaf of leaves. Blooms 

 in mid-spring. 



CEnothera gauraeflora. A small plant with straight, stiff, usually 

 single stem bearing a cluster of small pinkish flowers. The bark 

 is white and shreddy and the seed-vessels tongue-like and 

 curved. Blooms in late spring. 



CEnothera pallida. Sun-cups. A slender-stemmed plant with 

 rather narrow, pointed and toothed leaves. Flowers bright yel- 

 low: seed-vessels curly with double twist. Blooms in mid- and 

 late spring. 



CEnothera scapoidea. A small plant with single stem 6 to 8 inches 

 high, and a cluster of little pinkish flowers. One of the earliest 

 spring flowers but blooms on into early summer. 



CEnothera trichocalyx. Evening primrose: Span., Yerba salada. 

 A low, strong, rather spreading plant with large, rather narrow, 

 grayish green leaves and very large fragrant flowers, white 

 (pink when faded) with sulphur-yellow centres, opening at 

 night. Blooms in mid- and late spring. 



Olneya tesota. Ironwood: Span., Palo fierro (or hierro). A trim 

 tree, up to 20 feet high, with thorny twigs and grayish green 

 leaves composed of many leaflets. Flowers dull blue, like small 

 pea-blossoms: fruit a pod. Blooms in early summer. 



Palafoxia linearis. A common, straggling plant of many slender 

 stems up to 3 feet high. Leaves few, narrow, dark gray-green: 

 flowers lavender or pinkish, tubular, with long calyx. Blooms 

 almost all the year. 



Parosela (formerly Dalea) californica. A stiff, woody bush, up to 

 3 feet high, with clear, yellowish bark. Leaves small, gray, nar- 

 rowly divided: flowers plentiful, resembling pea-blossoms, dark 

 bright blue. Blooms in mid-spring. 



Parosela (formerly Dalea) emoryi. Dye-weed. A gray, weedy 

 bush 2 or 3 feet high, easily identified by the orange satin 

 which the flower-heads leave on hands or clothing. Leaves 

 small, composed of several leaflets: flowers tiny, purple, in 

 small close clusters. Blooms mid-spring to late summer. 



Parosela (formerly Dalea) mollis. A small, grayish plant with 

 much-divided leaves and tiny, rosy-purple flowers in woolly- 

 looking clusters. Blooms in late spring and early summer. 



