WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



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389. 



390. Snow-brush 



391. 



Adolphia Calif ornica 



Ceanothus velutinus and 

 vars. 



Ceanothus integerrimtis 



392. California Lilac or Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 

 Blue Blossoms 



393. Parry's Lilac 



394. 



395. 

 396. 



397. 

 398 



Ceanothus Parrvi 



Ceanothus foliosus 



Ceanothus dentatus 

 Ceanothus papillosus 



Ceanothus sorediatus 

 Ceonothus incanus 



399. Buck Brush. 



Ceanothus cuneatus 



400. 

 401. 

 402. 



Ceanothus rigidus 

 Ceanothus Jepsonii 

 Ceanothus purpurea 



Small branching spiny shrub 

 with greenish flowers. 

 Soledad ; Chollas Valley, 

 near San Diego. 



Large shrub ; leaves thick, 

 shiny and sticky above, 

 pale beneath. White, with- 

 out horns. Northern Si- 

 erras. This and the next 

 eight have alternate 

 leaves. 



Tall, slender shrub ; leaves 

 deep-green above, pale 

 beneath ; Santa Cruz 

 Mountains. 



Tall shrub or tree. A beau- 

 tiful sight with its light 

 blue, fragrant blossoms. 

 Bay region north. 



Spreading shrub ; leaves 

 rolled ; blue. Attractive in 

 bloom onlv. Local. Napa 

 Valley hills. 



Dense, low, spreading shrub. 

 Clusters of blue blossoms ; 

 spherical ; crested fruit ; 

 common. Coast ranges, 

 Bay region north. 



Dense low shrubs with red- 

 dish-brown branchlets and 

 the young twigs downy; 

 leaves waxen above, 

 downy beneath ; blue. 

 Santa Cruz Mountains. 



Rigid shrubs with spur-like 

 branches. Fruit sticky and 

 warty. 397 with bluish 

 flowers and common in 

 large patches on north 

 slopes of coast ranges. 398 

 with white velvety blos- 

 soms. 



Rigid shrubs with gray 

 bark and short stout 

 branchlets ; leaves oppo- 

 site in this and the next 

 four ; flowers white ; fruit 

 with 3 short erect horns ; 

 very abundant, forming 

 dense thickets in higher 

 coast ranges and Sierras. 

 Chaparral in part. 



Erect shrubs with rigid 

 branches and more or less 

 spiny-toothed leaves. 

 Flowers blue or whitish ; 

 musky odor. Middle coast 

 ranges. 



