L. longifolius —Shrub, 3 ft. Long well-filled spikes of lavender-blue flowers. 
Coast of southern California. 
L. lyallii —Alpine, 3 in. Silvery foliage. Short racemes of brilliant blue- 
purple flowers. Dry mountain tops of Sierra Nevada mountains, 9000 to 
11,000 ft. and north to Washington. Hardy. 50 cents per packet. 
L. minimus —3 in. Downy foliage. Many short spikes of blue flowers. Moun¬ 
tains of Pacific Northwest. Hardy. 50 cents per packet. 
L. nanus, Dwarf Blue Lupin—Annual, 10 in. Many spikes of bright blue and 
white flowers. Grassy hillsides. Recommended for naturalizing. 50 cents 
per ounce, $3.50 per half pound, $6.00 per pound. 
L. ornatus —18 in. Silvery foliage. Broad handsome spikes of blue flowers. 
Central Sierra Nevada mountains to 4000 ft. Hardy. 
L. succulentus —Annual, 2 ft. Handsome foliage. Deep blue flowers. Moist 
hillsides and ravines of central and southern California. 
L. torreyi —5 in. Dark green silky leaves clustered in rosettes. Thick spikes 
of deep blue flowers. Dry gravelly soil under pines to 8800 ft. in Sierra 
Nevada mountains and north to eastern Washington. Hardy. 50 cents 
per packet. 
L. varicolor —Decumbent. Variegated spikes of flowers, yellow, cream, pink, 
lavender, purple. Grassy coastal fields and hillslopes. 
Lyonothamnus floribundus, Catalina Ironwood—Slender evergreen tree, 30 
ft. Narrow dark green pinnately cut leaves. White flowers in broad 
clusters. Endemic to Santa Barbara Islands. 50 cents per packet. 
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Malacothrix arachnoidea —Annual, 3 ft. Foliage and stems gray, thickly 
powdered with a silvery bloom. Flowers white, the outer petals rosy- 
mauve. Lower Carmel River valley. 50 cents per packet. 
Malacothrix saxatilis, var. implicata —6 in. Woody branching stems. Finely 
dissected leaves. White, yellow-centered flowers, the outer petals pink. 
Santa Barbara Islands. 50 cents per packet. 
Malvastrum— See sphaeralcea. 
Mentzelia involucrata —Annual, 12 in. Silver-white branching stems. 
Broad white papery bracts subtending satiny cream flowers filled with 
white stamens. Desert. 50 cents per packet. 
Mentzelia laevicaulis, Blazing Star—Biennial, 3 ft. Glistening white stems. 
Clusters of pale yellow, gleaming, many-stamened flowers 4 in. across. 
Seed will germinate only in perfectly dry light soil. Dry stream beds 
and gravelly places to 5000 ft. 
Mentzelia lindleyi (bartonia aurea), Blazing Star—Annual, 18 in. Glossy 
golden-yellow flowers. Inland foothills. Recommended for naturalizing. 
40 cents per ounce, $2.75 per half pound, $5.00 per pound. 
Mimulus aurantiacus (diplacus aurantiacus), Bush Monkey-flower— 
Evergreen shrub, 3 ft. Buflf-yellow flowers. Dry hillsides. 
M. cardinalis, Scarlet Monkey-flower—18 in. Brilliant scarlet long-lipped 
flowers. Along streams to 5000 ft. Hardy. 
M. guttatus, Yellow Monkey-flower—Annual or perennial, 18 in. Branching 
with terminal racemes of wide-throated golden-yellow flowers. Along 
streams to 6000 ft. 
M. implexus —Alpine, 5 in. Large yellow flowers, the calyx and throat pro¬ 
fusely purple-dotted. Rocky stream-beds 9000 to 11,000 ft. Hardy. 50 
cents per packet. 
M. lewisii —18 in. Pale rose-pink flowers with yellow-blotched throat. High 
montane in moist places to 8500 ft. Hardy. 
Packets Twenty-jive Cents Unless Otherwise Indicated 
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