NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 141 
Var. glabrescens (Heller) Jeps. (H. glabrescens Heller, Sericotheca glab- 
rescens (Greenm.) Rydb., S. obovata Rydb.), occurring in regions 4, 12, and 
13, is a more spreading type. 
Observations: Black-tailed deer. Of minor importance as browse for live- 
stock, 
Holodiscus dumosus (Nutt.) Heller. 
Sericotheca dumosa (Nutt.) Rydb., Spiraea dumosa Nutt. 
Range: 9, 10, 11, 18, 14. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Follicle. 
A small to large, compact shrub; often forms large clumps. 
Observations: Yosemite cony. 
Holodiscus glabrescens, see Holodiscus discolor. 
Holodiscus microphyllus, see Holodiscus discolor. 
Holodiscus schaffneri (Rydb.) Standl. 
Sericotheca schaffneri Rydb. 
Range: 9, 11. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Follicle. 
A small shrub. 
Hopea tinctoria, see Symplocos tinctoria. 
Horsfordia alata (Wats.) Gray. 
Range: 10. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Dry carpel. 
A large shrub; flowers April—December. 
Horsfordia newberryi (Wats.) Gray. Newberry falsemallow. 
Abutilon newberryi Wats. 
Range: 10. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Dry carpel. 
A small to large shrub with virgate branches; flowers April-May. Appar- 
ently not palatable to livestock. 
Hosackia balsamifera, see Lotus stipularis. 
Hosackia macrophylla, see Lotus stipularis. 
Hosackia stipularis, see Lotus stipularis. 
Houstonia fasciculata Gray. 
Range: 11, 17. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, spreading shrub. 
Hudsonia ericoides L. Gold-heather. 
Range: 26, 27, 28, 29. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, bushy evergreen shrub, often occurs on sandy or rocky soil; flowers 
in May; occurs mainly along the coast. 
Hudsonia montana Nutt. 
Range: 27. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, bushy evergreen shrub; very local in occurrence but probably once 
more widely distributed. 
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. Beach-heather. 
Range: 28, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small evergreen shrub; flowers May-July; occurs in sand; intricately 
branched and matted. 
