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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1715. Douglas Iris 



1716. Ground Iris 



Iris Douglasiana 



Iris macrosiphon 



1717. Wild Flag 



Iris Hartwegii 



1718. Western Blue Flag Iris Missouriensis 



1719. Blue-eyed Grass 

 Nigger-Babies 



1720. Golden-eyed Grass 



1721. Golden-eyed Grass 



1722. Golden-eyed Grass 



Sisvrinchium bellum 



Sisyrinchium Californi- 

 cum 



Sisyrinchium Arizonicum 

 Sisyrinchium Elmeri 



Coast ranges ; common 

 Vaca Mountains, May and 

 June. Color exceedingly 

 variable, purple to cream. 

 California and Oregon. 



San Mateo and Marin 

 County northward. The 

 Hupa Indians used the 

 leaves for making twine 

 and rope for their nets, 

 etc. Blue, purple. Spring, 

 winter. Stems low and 

 slender. 



Found in coniferous forest 

 of middle altitude. Com- 

 mon from Crockers to 

 the Mariposa Grove. Var- 

 iation of petal coloring, 

 yellow and lavendar. 



Large flowered, moist 

 places. Common east of 

 the Sierra Nevada. A 

 white-flowered form is re- 

 ported from Mono. 



Well known in California, 

 where it is common on 

 grassy hillsides and mea- 

 dows. It is called Azula 

 and Villeda by Spanish- 

 Californians. Grass-like 

 leaves. 



Much like Blue-eyed Grass, 

 but flowers bright yellow. 

 Stems a foot tall, winged, 

 not branching. Wet places 

 near coast. San Diego 

 northward. 



Yellow flowered and 

 branching stems. Arizona. 



Yellow flowers with pur- 

 ple lines. Wet places in 

 the Sierras. Lake Elea- 

 nor, etc. 



AMARYILLIS FAMILY AMARYLLIDACEAE 



1723. American aloe Agave deserti 



1724. Mescal 



1724a 



Agave Utahensis 



Agave Shawii 



Base of Coast ranges, San 

 Diego County and adjoin- 

 ing the desert. 



Mountains east of Resting 

 Springs Valley. South- 

 ern California. Also near 

 Mountain Springs, Ne- 

 vada. 



Southwest corner of Cali- 

 fornia on dry hills over- 

 looking the Pacific. 



