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become very much swollen. Indian folklore proclaiming its 

 swollen stems to be resting places of young rattlesnakes. How- 

 ever, the less romantic white desert dweller disproves this legend 

 in most practical fashion by adding the young and tender shoots 

 of the desert trumpet to the contents of his salad bowl. . . . The 

 fame of Dr. Torrey is well established in the wilderness and 

 many are the desert plants either named by him or in his honor. 

 In this regard the Desert Trumpet is especially noteworthy, 

 inasmuch as it was botanically named Eriogonum inflatum by 

 Dr. Torrey in collaboration with General Fremont. This is of 

 interesting importance because the botany of the Southwest 

 owes an outstanding debt to these two great men: the one an 

 eminent botanist, the other an indefatigable plant collector. 



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