April 27, 1 0)1 1 ^^ 



had been very common throughout the Sacramento valley, was 

 still in flower here, the white variety being more common than 

 the yellow. 



"Early the following morning we were en route again, pas- 

 sing through an interminable wood of Finns Sabiniana and 

 oaks. Here I observed a pretty little Allium, No 357, with 

 purple flowers; Asariim. No. 364; Viola, 365; V. 366; Polemon- 

 ium? No. 382; Hosackia bicolor; Mimnlus bicolor, No. 376; and 

 M. 377 — the last two luxuriating in the sandy bed of dried up 

 rivulets. Ascending the gradual acclivity, we left the region 

 of Finns Sabiniana, and entered that of Finns Benthamiana, 

 which seems to be the characteristic tree of the upper region. 



"Some trees of this noble Pine attain an enormous size. 

 The largest I measured were 28 feet in circumference, and 220 

 feet high. Of equal dimensions is F. Lambertiana, which how- 

 ever, does not constitute masses by itself, but is thinly scattered 

 among the former. The same is the case with Thuja, No. 302, 

 which rises to a height of 130 feet, by 12 to 15 in ciicumfereuce. 



Few plants occur in these pine tracts, the principal being 

 Cyclobothra, No. 370; C. No. 371; C. No. 372; Calliprora No. 

 384; Iris, T^-ii; Fapaveracea, No. 383; and, in shaded places, 

 Rubus, 374; Fhiladelphus, 2)1 ^\ Spiraea, 381; Fyrus florida. No. 



351 xAllium acuminatum Hook.? 



364 AsARUM Hartwegi Benth. 



382 Perhaps 380 Phlox diffusa Benth. 

 376 MiMULUS BICOLOR Hartweg. 



^-j-] EUNAXUS DOUGLASII Benth. 



370 Calochortus caeruleus Wats. 



371 C. Benth AM I Baker 



372 C. NUDUS Wats. 



384 Calliprora analina (Greene) Heller 



373 Iris Hartwegi Baker. 



383 Dendromecon 



374 RUBUS parviflorus Nutt. 



375 Fhiladelphus californicus Benth. 

 381 Opulaster capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze 



