110 Misc. PUBLICATION 101, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
FiguRD 31.—Snowbrush (Ceanothus velutinus). One of the commonest and most 
widely distributed species of the genus and, except for limited use by goats, 
worthless as browse: A, Flowering spray; B, fruiting spray; C, undersurface 
of individual leaf 
Red soapbloom (C. sanguineus), sometimes called Oregon tea-tree, 
a red-stemmed, white-flowered species of the Northwest, ranging 
from British Columbia to western Montana, and northern California, 
is one of the largest-leaved species of the genus and is of fair to 
fairly good palatability. 
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