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Valley and near the Colorado River. Flowers yellow, pea-like. 

 Blooms in mid- and late summer. 



Simmondsia californica. Goat-nut, Quinine plant. A strong 

 shrub, up to 6 feet high, with gray-green leaves somewhat like 

 those of the manzanita. Flowers whitish, inconspicuous: fruit a 

 small, brown, edible nut with smooth, pointed husk. Blooms in 

 mid-spring. 



Sphaeralcea ambigua. Wild hollyhock. A loose-growing plant, up 

 to 3 feet high, with grayish stems and leaves. Flowers numerous 

 and striking, of a peculiar light vermilion color. Blooms in mid- 

 spring and early summer. 



Stephanomeria exigua. A low, slender-stemmed plant bearing a 

 white starry flower something like that of the single pink. 

 Blooms in mid-spring. 



Stillingia annua. A very small but hardy-looking plant with stiff, 

 saw-edged, light-green, upright leaves. Flowers inconspicuous. 



Suaeda ramosissima. A common, loose-growing bush of the open 

 desert, 3 or 4 feet high, with very slender, bright-green, juicy 

 stems that give a pink stain on being crushed. Leaves and flow- 

 ers inconspicuous. 



Trichoptilium incisum. A small, almost white plant, very woolly, 

 with small, composite, yellow flowers. Blooms in early summer. 



Washingtonia filifera. Fan-palm. The native palm of the desert, 

 found in many canons and occasionally in the open desert, 

 though never in dry soil. Up to 70 feet high. Fronds light-green, 

 with stringy filaments: flowers small, creamy, in long, droop- 

 ing clusters: fruit a small hard berry, black and sweet when 

 ripe. Blooms in early summer. 



Yucca brevifolia. Joshua tree, Yucca palm. A tree-yucca, up to 

 30 feet high, with stiff, strong arms and tufts of blade-like 

 leaves, found in certain mountain and high mesa localities. 

 Flowers whitish, bell-shaped, in large clusters, rather ill- 

 smelling: fruit a short, thick pod which remains closed when 

 mature and dry. Blooms in early spring. 



Yucca mohavensis. A small tree-yucca, somewhat branching, 

 with tufts of very long, dagger-like leaves, found in similar lo- 

 calities to those inhabited by the foregoing. Flowers also simi- 

 lar: fruit a large blunt pod which becomes soft and edible when 

 ripe. Blooms in late spring. 



