WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



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1643. Dutchman's Pipe 



Aristolochia Californica 



SANDALWOOD FAMILY 



1644. Bastard Toad-flax Comandra umbellata 



1644. Bastard Toad-flax Comandra pallida 



MISTLETOE FAMILY 



Coast Range hills, Sierra 

 Nevada foothills and 

 Tiasack Bridge, which is 

 the Indian name of Half 

 Dome. 



SANTALACEAE 



In foothills of Sierra Ne- 

 vada mountains. 



Near Mineral King, Sierra 

 Xevadas. 



LORANTHACEAE 



1645. Yellow Mistletoe 



Phoradendron flavescens 



1646. Common Mistletoe Phoradendron villosum 



1647. Mistletoe 



1648. Mistletoe 



1649. Mistletoe 



1650. Pine Mistletoe 



Phoradendron bolleanum 



Phoradendron junipir- 

 inum 



Phoradendron var. libo- 

 cedri 



Interior of California on 

 Common Cottonwood and 

 California Buckeye, the 

 Cottonwoods frequently 

 killed by the parasite. 



Coast Range and Sierra Ne- 

 vada foothills, on oaks. 



Coast Ranges, on cypress 

 and juniper. Rare. 



Stems one-half to one foot 

 long, glabrous, yellowish. 

 Berry whitish or light 

 red. 



With longer and more 

 slender joints, on in- 

 cense cedar. 



Arceuthobium occidentale 

 Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada on Digger Pine and Yellow Pine, Jeffrey, 

 Juniper and Alpine Hemlock, perhaps also on Fir. When berries are fully ripe, 

 they are explosively dehiscent at a touch or when teased, the seed being ex- 

 pelled to a distance of several feet. 



1651. Pine Mistletoe 



1652. Pine Mistletoe 



1653. Desert switch plant 

 1654. 



1655. 

 1656. 



Arceuthobium ameri- 



canum 

 Arceuthobium Douglasii 



GNETACEAE 



Ephedra Nevadensis 

 Ephreda trifurca 

 Ephedra viridis 

 Ephedra Torreyana 



Known only on the Lodge- 

 pale Pine. 

 On white and red fir. 



Eastern California. Modoc 



County and in Nevada. 

 Southern deserts. 



YEW FAMILY TAXACEAE 



1657. California Nutmeg Tumion Californicum 



1658. Western Yew 



1659. White pine 



Taxus brevifoli* 



PINE FAMILY 



Pinus monticola 



Central California on Coast 

 ranges and western 

 slopes of Sierras. Found 

 in Marion County. 



Coast ranges in California. 

 Largest in Oregon and 

 Washington and in the 

 Sierras. Found uo to 

 5000 feet. 



CONIFERAE 



British Columbia south 

 through Washington and 

 Oregon into California. 

 Found south of San Ja- 

 cinto Mountains. High 

 elevations. 



