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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



492. Wood Rose 



Rosa gymnocarpa 



493. Sonoma Rose 



Rosa spithamea var 

 Sonomensis 



Hip or fruit ovate or pear- 

 shaped. Calyx-lobes gen- 

 erally deciduous. In the 

 shade of trees or bushes. 

 Coast ranges. 



Small flowers, globose fruit, 

 calyx lobes nearly erect 

 and glandular - hispid. 

 High dry slopes, Sonoma 

 Count}-. 



Probably several other species now regarded as varieties of the above. 



494. California Christmas Heteromeles arbutifolia 



Berry. Toyon Photinia arbutifolia 



A well known, beautiful shrub, especially when laden with its clusters of 

 crimson berries. 



Let us be merciful when picking it and use it, but not abuse it. A well selected 

 spray will bring as much cheer as an automobile load, and yet leave some for future 

 generations. 



495. Thorn Crataegus rivularis Thorny shrub with stout 



spines, heavy scented clus- 

 ters of white flowers and 

 dark purple fruit. North 

 and northwestern Califor- 

 nia. 



Shrub or small tree, with 

 white flowers and small 

 apple-like fruits variable 

 in color. North Coast 

 ranges to Oregon. 



A shrub 4 to 8 feet high 

 with 7 to 15 leaflets, and 

 flat clusters of whitish 

 flowers at the ends of the 

 b ranches. Round red 

 fruits. Occasionally seen 

 in the Sierras near 

 streams at medium eleva- 

 onlv western 



496. Wild Crab-apple 



497. Western Mountain 

 Ash 



Mains rivularis 



Sorbus sambucifolia 



498. 



Service Berry 

 Berrv 



Tune 



Amelanchier alnifolia 

 and vars. 



tions. The 

 species. 



A widely distributed shrub from the coast throiu'-- the Sierras to Nevada. 



Extremely variable, the extremes being named as instinct species by some. Leaves 



smooth to pubescent. Some forms by streams, others among sagebrush in the open. 



Flowers white, rather large, in clusters. Small purplish fruits edible when ripe. 



Good forage browse. 



499. Peraphyllnm ramosiss- A shrub with short rigid 



imnm branchlets with one to 



several flowered clusters 

 appearing before the 

 leaves. Fruit round, 

 fleshy and edible. Lassen 

 and Modoc Counties. 

 Erect shrub with large, 5- 

 lobed leaves. Flowers 

 white. Fruit nearly flat 

 on top. Berries large, red 

 when ripe, and sweet ; ed- 

 ible but too dry. Coast 

 ranges. 



500. Thimble Berrv 



Rubus parviflorus var. 



