64 Our Araby 



Hesperocallis undulatus. Desert lily, A jo. A true lily, 

 with narrow, ribbony, crinkle-edged leaves lying flat 

 at the base of the straight flower-stem, which is about 

 2 feet high. Flowers 3 or 4 inches in diameter, fra- 

 grant, white with green veining on back of petals, 

 several to a stem. Blooms in mid-spring. 



Hibiscus denudatus. A shrub 1 or 2 feet high, with scanty 

 gray-green leaves and large, handsome flowers, white 

 with dark purple "eye." Blooms in late spring. 



Hoffmanseggia microphylla. A tall, loosely-growing plant 

 found in dry desert caiions. Usually a number of the 

 slender cane-like stems grow in a clump together. 

 Leaves twice compound, of numerous minute leaflets: 

 flowers yellow, in an open elongated cluster. 



Hofmeisteria pluriseta. A small bushy plant growing in 

 the crevices of rocky cliffs, the stems slender but woody, 

 and the leaf-blades like a flattened tip on the leaf-stems. 

 Flowers in small heads, abundant but not showy. 



Hymenoclea salsola. Salt bush. A common, large, grayish 

 bush with small, narrow leaves. Flowers very small, 

 greenish, in profuse clusters at end of twigs. Blooms 

 in late spring. 



Hyptis emoryi. Lippia. A tall bush of the lower moun- 

 tain slopes, up to 10 feet high, with rather straight 

 stems usually branching from the ground. Leaves gray- 

 green: flowers small, numerous, lavender colored, in 

 loose spikes. The leaves and blossoms have a lavender- 

 like smell. Blooms from mid-spring to autumn. 



Isocoma acradenia. A small shrub with narrow, dark-green 

 leaves and small, yellow flowers; common and widely 

 distributed. Blooms in early spring. 



Isomeris arborea. Bladder-pod. A vigorous, ill-smelling 

 shrub 4 to 8 feet high, with light-green, triply-divided 

 leaves and clusters of showy, yellow flowers. The seed- 

 vessel is a large pale-green pod. Blooms from earliest 

 to late spring. 



Krameria parvifolia. A common bush of the lower moun- 

 tain slopes, 2 feet or so high, with few, inconspicuous 



