under the trees and along the banks bordering wooded mountain roads. The
little greenish flowers are inconspicuous, and reveal themselves only to
those who have the habit of observation. Early in the spring the rather
large lily-like leaves were far more noticeable and handsome; but they
seemed to weary of waiting for the tardy arrival of the blossoms, and faded
away long since. The little flowers are very deliberate about unfolding
themselves; and I have sometimes watched them when they seemed for weeks at
a standstill before yielding to the summer's invitation to come forth.
They are arranged in a three-sided spike, on two sides of which the long
spurs interlace and cross one another in quite a warlike manner.
[Illustration REIN-ORCHIS--_Habenaria elegans_.]
TEASEL. FULLER'S THISTLE.
_Dipsacus Fullonum_, L. Teasel Family.
The teasel is not an uncommon sight along our roadsides, having spread
considerably since its introduction from Europe, some years ago. The strong
stems are tall and slender, and bear at summit the large bristly cones,
surrounded by rigid, erect bracts. These cones are the inflorescence of the
plant, and each downward-pointing little hook is a bract beneath a flower.
Before the flowers come out, the buds show their round, green heads, packed
away down among the bristles. Then for a time the cones are ringed or
covered by the delicate flesh-colored flowers; which stand out from the
bristles, giving the cone a soft, fluffy look. After these have passed
away, the cavities in which they were stored give the cone a pitted
appearance. These burs are exquisitely symmetrical, and have long been in
use by the fuller to "tease," or raise a nap upon cloth, whence the name,
"teasel." They are cut in halves or quarters, and these are set in frames
which are worked by machinery. Many vain attempts have been made to
manufacture an instrument to take the place of the teasel; but it is
difficult to find anything that is strong enough to do the work that at the
same time will not injure the cloth.
This is enumerated among the plants which are supposed to foretell the
weather. Mr. Dyer quotes the following:--
... "tezils, or fuller's thistle, being gathered and hanged up in the
house where the air may come freely to it, upon the alteration of cold
and windy weather will grow smoother, and against rain will close up
its prickles."
SAMPHIRE. GLASSWORT.
_Salicornia ambigua_, Michx. Goosefoot Family.
_Hab._--The Coast, from San Francisco to Oregon.
Ye marshes, how candid and simple, and nothing withholding and free,
Ye publish yourselves to the sky, and offer yourselves to the sea;
Tolerant plains that suffer the sea and the rains and the sun,
Ye spread and span, like the catholic man who hath mightily won
God out of knowledge, and good out of infinite pain,
And sight out of blindness, and purity out of a stain.
--SIDNEY LANIER.
Though a humble enough plant in itself, the samphire, or glasswort, is the
source of a wonderful glory in our marshes in the autumn. Great stretches
of tide-land not already pre-empted by the tule are covered by it, showing
the most gorgeous blendings of crimson, purple, olives, and bronzes, which,
seen with all the added charm of shifting and changing atmospheric effects,
far outrival any Oriental rug that could be conceived of.
This plant is easily known by its succulent branching, leafless stems and
from the fact that it does not grow outside of the salt marshes. Its
flowering is obscure, and all that can be seen is a few small stamens just
protruding from the surface of the fleshy spike, which appears much like
any of the other branches, the flowers being sunk in it.
The generic name is derived from two Latin words--_sal_, salt, and _cornu_,
a horn--and conveys the idea of saline plants with hornlike branches. The
English name, "samphire," is of French derivation, and comes originally
from the old "l'herbe de Saint Pierre," formerly having been written
"sampêtra" and "sampire." In Great Britain this plant is usually designated
as "_marsh_ samphire," to distinguish it from the ordinary samphire, which
is a plant of the genus _Crithmum_.
This plant is much relished by cattle, and in England it is made into a
pickle, while on the continent it is used as a pot-herb. Formerly, in
Europe, it was burned in large quantities for the soda contained in its
ashes.
MOTTLED SWAMP-ORCHIS. FALSE LADY'S SLIPPER.
_Epipactis gigantea_, Dougl. Orchis Family.
_Rootstock._--Creeping. _Stems._--Leafy; one to four feet high.
_Leaves._--Alternate; sessile; clasping; ovate below;
lanceolate above; three to eight inches long. _Flowers._--Three
to ten; in terminal racemes; greenish, veined with purple.
_Sepals._--Three; petaloid; lanceolate; an inch or less long.
_Petals._--The two upper about equaling the sepals. The lip
concave; saccate; eared at base; with a jointed, pendulous tip.
_Anther._--One; sessile upon the top of the column.
_Ovary._--One-celled. _Hab._--Throughout California.
The casual observer usually alludes to this plant as a "lady's slipper,"
and he is not so very far wrong, for it is closely related to the
_Cypripedium_, and resembles it much in habit, in the aspect of its leafy
stems, and in the general form of its blossom. But instead of having its
lip in the form of a sac, it is open and curiously jointed, the lower
portion swinging freely, as upon a hinge. When this lid is raised, one can
fancy some winged seraph or angel enshrined within, but when lowered the
semblance is more to a monk bowed in meditation.
These beautiful plants will be found abundantly fringing our streams in
June and July, and the disciples of dear old Isaac Walton who then pass
down the stream with rod and line are usually attracted by their quietly
elegant colors. Dull purples and greens predominate, though the lip is
tinged with orange or yellow.
In Northern California and Oregon is occasionally found a rare and curious
plant--the "phantom orchis," _Cephalanthera Oregana_, Richenb.f. This plant
is white and ghostlike throughout, has stems a foot or two high, but no
leaves--only three to five scarious sheathing bracts. Its blossoms are very
similar in size and shape to those of _Epipactis gigantea_.
I have never had the pleasure of finding this floral oddity myself; but one
season a friend sent me the only plant which was found in a thicket near a
pretty camp upon the Sacramento River, in the Shasta region.
[Illustration FALSE LADY'S SLIPPER--_Epipactis gigantea_.]
CALIFORNIAN PITCHER-PLANT. CALF'S-HEAD.
_Darlingtonia Californica_, Torr. Pitcher-plant Family.
Bog plants, with long horizontal rootstocks.
_Leaves._--Tubular; hooded and appendaged above; eighteen to
thirty-four inches high. _Scape._--Eighteen inches or more
high, with green bracts crowded near the solitary nodding
flower. Flower parts in fives. _Sepals._--Green; twenty lines
long. _Petals._--Purplish; shorter than the sepals; constricted
above into a terminal lobe. _Stamens._--Twelve to fifteen in a
circle around the ovary. _Ovary._--Top-shaped; truncate;
five-lobed; five-celled. Style five-lobed. Stigmas thickish.
_Hab._--The Sierras, from Truckee Pass into Oregon.
Our pitcher-plant is one of the most wonderful and interesting of all the
forms that grow, linking, as it were, the vegetable world with the animal,
by its unnatural carnivorous habits. If you would like to visit it, this
warm July day, we will take a mountain trail, leading around under lofty
yellow pines, Douglas spruces, and incense-cedars, making our way through
the undergrowth until we come to a swamp lying upon a hillside yonder.
While still some distance away, we can discern the yellowish-green of the
myriad hoods as they lift themselves in the sunlight like spotted snakes.
If you have never seen the plant before, you will be in a fever of
excitement till you can reach the spot and actually take one of the strange
pitchers in your hand to examine it. Nothing could be cleverer than the
nicely arranged wiles of this uncanny plant for the capturing of the
innocent--yes, and of the more knowing ones--of the insect world who come
within its enchantment. No ogre in his castle has ever gone to work more
deliberately or fiendishly to entrap his victims while offering them
hospitality, than does this plant-ogre. Attracted by the bizarre yellowish
hoods or the tall nodding flowers, the foolish insect alights upon the
former and commences his exploration of the fascinating region. He soon
comes upon the wing, which often being smeared with a trail of sweets, acts
as a guide to lure him on to the dangerous entrance to the hoodlike dome.
Once within this hall of pleasure, he roams about, enjoying the hospitality
spread for him. But at last, when he has partaken to satiety and would
fain depart, he turns to retrace his steps. In the dazzlement of the
translucent windows of the dome above, he loses sight of the darkened door
in the floor by which he entered and flies forcibly upward, bumping his
head in his eagerness to escape. He is stunned by the blow and plunged
downward into the tube below. Here he struggles to rise, but countless
downward-pointing, bristly hairs urge him to his fate. He sinks lower and
lower in this "well of death" until he reaches the fatal waters in the
bottom, where he is at length ingulfed, adding one more to the already
numerous victims of this diabolical plant.
[Illustration CALIFORNIAN PITCHER-PLANT--_Darlingtonia Californica_.]
The fluid at the bottom of the well is secreted by the plant, and seems to
have somewhat the action of a gastric juice in disintegrating the insects
submerged in it. Many species of ants, flies, bees, hornets, grasshoppers,
butterflies, moths, dragon-flies, beetles, etc., are to be found in the
tube, sometimes filling it to a depth of two or three inches.
The disagreeableness of the vicinity of these plants can be imagined upon a
hot day when the sun is shining "upon this sad abode of death" and all the
air is tainted with their sickening odor.
The mountaineers call the plant "calf's-head," because of the large
yellowish domes of the pitchers.
INDEX TO LATIN NAMES
[To assist in the pronunciation of the Latin names, the accented syllable
in each word is indicated by an accent mark. If this syllable ends in a
vowel, the vowel has the long sound; but if it ends in a consonant, the
vowel has a short sound. Either the English or the Continental sounds may
be given the vowels, though the former are more generally authorized.]
PAGE
Abro´nia latifo´lia, 146
marit´ima, 292
umbella´ta, 292
villo´sa, 292
Achille´a Millefo´lium, 97
Aconi´tum Columbia´num, 328
Fisch´eri, 328
Adenos´toma fascicula´tum, 60
sparsifo´lium, 60
AEs´culus Califor´nica, 69
Amelan´chier alnifo´lia, 88
Amor´pha Califor´nica, 315
Amsinck´ia, 128
Anagal´lis arven´sis, 126
Anaph´alis Margarita´cea, 102
Anemo´ne nemoro´sa, 18
quinquefo´lia, 18
Anemop´sis Califor´nica, 76
Antenna´ria, 102
Antirrhi´num Coulteria´num, 46
glandulo´sum, 320
Orcuttia´num, 46
va´gans, 320
Apoc´ynum androsaemifo´lium, 236
cannab´inum, 238
Aquile´gia coeru´lea, 348
trunca´ta, 348
Ar´abis blepharophyl´la, 196
Ara´lia Califor´nica, 76
Ar´butus Menzie´sii, 37
Arctostaph´ylos bi´color, 14
glau´ca, 14
manzani´ta, 12
pun´gens, 12
Argemo´ne platy´ceras, 74
Aristolo´chia Califor´nica, 374
Artemis´ia Califor´nica, 377
tridenta´ta, 378
vulga´ris, 377
As´arum cauda´tum, 310
Hartwe´gi, 310
Ascle´pias Mexica´na, 312
As´ter Chamisso´nis, 332
salsugino´sus, 32
Astragalus, xxxv
leucop´sis, 40
Audiber´tia grandiflo´ra, 350
stachyoi´des, 294
niv´ea, 296
Bac´charis Douglas´ii, 106
pilula´ris, 104
Bae´ria gra´cilis, 124
Ber´beris Aquifo´lium, 122
nervo´sa, 118
re´pens, 118
Bloome´ria au´rea, 154
Clevelan´di, 156
Boykin´ia occidenta´lis, 81
Bras´sica ni´gra, 140
Brevoor´tia coccin´ea, 238
Brodiae´a capita´ta, 262
coccin´ea, 238
conges´ta, 264
grandiflo´ra, 318
ixioi´des, 156
lac´tea, 156
lax´a, 302
multiflo´ra, 262
terres´tris, 318
Brodiae´a volu´bilis, 232
Brunel´la vulga´ris, 322
Bryan´thus Brew´eri, 246
Calandrin´ia caules´cens, 212
Calochor´tus, xl
al´bus, 54
Ben´thami, 130
Catali´nae, 306
clava´tus, 150
lu´teus, 174
lu´teus ocula´tus, 81
macrocar´pus, 268
Mawea´nus, 278
pulchel´lus, 144
splen´dens, 306
umbella´tus, 278
uniflo´rus, 278
venus´tus, 78
Weed´ii, 150
Calycan´thus occidenta´lis, 352
Calyp´so boreal´is, 210
Camas´sia esculen´ta, 292
Campan´ula prenanthoi´des, 322
Cardam´ine paucisec´ta, 4
Castille´ia foliolo´sa, 344
parviflo´ra, 344
Ceano´thus, xxxiv
divarica´tus, 258
integer´rimus, 84
prostra´tus, 326
thyrsiflo´rus, 274
velu´tinus, 39
Cephalan´thera Orega´na, 388
Cephalan´thus occidenta´lis, 98
Cer´cis occidenta´lis, 198
Cercocar´pus parvifo´lius, 373
Chamaeba´tia foliolo´sa, 92
(Pronounced _K_ameba´tia.)
Cheiran´thus as´per, 132
Chimaph´ila Menzie´sii, 104
umbella´ta, 104
Chlorog´alum pomeridia´num, 82
Chorizan´the staticoi´des, 218
Cicho´rium In´tybus, 312
Clar´kia concin´na, 236
el´egans, 228
Clayto´nia perfolia´ta, 16
Clem´atis lasian´tha, 91
ligusticifo´lia, 91
Clinto´nia Andrewsia´na, 202
Collin´sia bi´color, 294
Collo´mia grandiflo´ra, 178
Convol´vulus arven´sis, 42
lute´olus, 40
occidenta´lis, 40
Soldanel´la, 210
villo´sus, 42
Corallorhi´za Bigelo´vii, 272
multiflo´ra, 272
Cor´nus Nuttal´lii, 94
Cot´ula coronopifo´lia, 151
Cotyle´don Califor´inicum, 142
ed´ulis, 142
lanceola´ta, 141
pulverulen´ta, 142
Cucur´bita foetidis´sima, 117
peren´nis, 117
Cus´cuta, 160
sali´na, 161
Cynoglos´sum gran´de, 258
Cypripe´dium Califor´nicum, 384
monta´num, 382
Darlingto´nia Califor´nica, 390
Datu´ra meteloi´des, 54
Stramo´nium, 96
suaveo´lens, 96
Delphin´ium, 276
cardina´le, 364
nudicau´le, 346
scopulo´rum, 330
Dendrome´con rig´idum, 118
Denta´ria Califor´nica, 4
Dicen´tra chrysan´tha, 162
formo´sa, 242
Dip´sacus Fullon´um, 386
Dis´porum Hook´eri, 376
Dodeca´theon Clevelan´di, 206
Henderso´ni, 204
Mea´dia, 204
Downin´gia el´egans, 315
pulchel´la, 314
Echinocac´tus virides´cens, 374
Echinocys´tis faba´cea, 26
macrocar´pa, 26
Echinosperm´um floribun´dum, 334
Ellis´ia chrysanthemifo´lia, 36
Emmenan´the penduliflo´ra, 130
Ence´lia Califor´nica, 128
Epilo´bium angustifo´lium, 244
obcorda´tum, 254
panicula´tum, 244
spica´tum, 244
Epipac´tis gigante´a, 388
Erig´eron Coul´teri, 106
Erig´eron glau´cus, 304
Philadel´phicus, 216
salsugino´sus, 332
Eriodic´tyon glutino´sum, 56
tomento´sum, 58
Eriog´onum fascicula´tum, 34
nu´dum, 34
umbella´tum, 178
ursi´num, 178
Eriophyl´lum caespito´sum, 182
confertiflo´rum, 180
Eritrich´ium, 30
Ero´dium Bo´trys, 194
cicuta´rium, 194
moscha´tum, 194
Erys´imum as´perum, 132
grandiflo´rum, 132
Erythrae´a venus´ta, 218
Erythro´nium gigante´um, 136
grandiflo´rum, 138
Eschschol´tzia Califor´nica, 114
Eucharid´ium concin´num, 236
Floer´kia Douglas´ii, 126
Fraga´ria Califor´nica, 10
Chilen´sis, 10
Fremon´tia Califor´nica, 158
Fritilla´ria biflo´ra, 266
coccin´ea, 346
lanceola´ta, 264
lilia´cea, 267
pluriflo´ra, 266
pu´dica, 267
recur´va, 346
Ga´lium Apari´ne, 28
angustifo´lium, 29
Gar´rya ellip´tica, 370
Fremon´ti, 370
Gaulthe´ria Shal´lon, 75
Gentia´na calyco´sa, 330
Gil´ia, xxxvii
achilleaefo´lia, 296
aggrega´ta, 360
androsa´cea, 222
Califor´nica, 206
capita´ta, 296
Chamisso´nis, 296
dianthoi´des, 216
dicho´toma, 50
grandiflo´ra, 178
tri´color, 288
Gnapha´lium decur´rens, 68
Sprenge´lii, 68
Gode´tia, xxxvi
Bot´tae, 240
grandiflo´ra, 240
vimine´a, 240
Gomphocar´pus tomento´sus, 380
Goodye´ra Menzie´sii, 98
Grinde´lia cuneifo´lia, 176
hirsu´tula, 178
robus´ta, 176
Habena´ria el´egans, 384
leucosta´chys, 94
Helian´thus an´nuus, 185
Califor´nicus, 186
Heliotro´pium Curassa´vicum, 47
Hemizo´nia luzulaefo´lia, 188
Heterome´les arbutifo´lia, 90
Heu´chera micran´tha, 58
Hosack´ia bi´color, 165
crassifo´lia, 166
gla´bra, 152
gra´cilis, 166
Purshia´na, 252
Tor´reyi, 165
Hyper´icum anagalloi´des, 172
concin´num, 162
I´ris longipet´ala, 280
macrosi´phon, 280
Iso´meris arbo´rea, 144
Krynitz´kia, 30
Lar´rea Mexica´na, 191
Lath´yrus splen´dens, 212
Tor´reyi, 25
vesti´tus, 25
Lava´tera assurgentiflo´ra, 226
Lay´ia glandulo´sa, 28
platyglos´sa, 148
Le´dum glandulo´sum, 103
Lepto´syne Douglas´ii, 148
marit´ima, 146
Lessin´gia Germano´rum, 252
lepto´clada, 252
Lewis´ia redivi´va, 224
Lil´ium Humbold´tii, 185
marit´imum, 356
pardali´num, 182
par´vum, 180
rubes´cens, 72
Limnan´thes Douglas´ii, 126
Lina´ria Canaden´sis, 304
Lobe´lia splen´dens, 365
Lonic´era hispid´ula, 226
involucra´ta, 122
Lupi´nus, xxxiv
al´bifrons, 161
arbo´reus, 161
bi´color, 300
densiflo´rus, 85
Sti´veri, 161
Lysichi´ton Camtschatcen´sis, 166
Ma´dia el´egans, 182
sati´va, 182
Maho´nia Aquifo´lium, 122
Malaco´thrix Califor´nica, 151
saxat´ilis, 75
tenuifo´lia, 75
Malvas´trum Thur´beri, 220
Mamilla´ria Goodridg´ii, 24
Marru´bium vulga´re, 47
Meconop´sis heterophyl´la, 129
Medica´go denticula´ta, 132
sati´va, 326
Megarrhi´za Califor´nica, 26
Melilo´tus al´ba, 156
parviflo´ra, 156
Mentze´lia laevicau´lis, 168
Lind´leyi, 168
Mesembryan´themum aequilatera´le, 220
crystalli´num, 51
Micram´pelis, 26
Microme´ria Douglas´ii, 62
Mim´ulus, xxxviii
brev´ipes, 134
cardina´lis, 360
Douglas´ii, 222
glutino´sus, 138
Lewis´ii, 248
lu´teus, 134
moscha´tus, 134
Mirab´ilis Califor´nica, 208
Monardel´la lanceola´ta, 324
odoratis´sima, 324
villo´sa, 324
Mon´tia perfolia´ta, 16
Muil´la marit´ima, 369
seroti´na, 369
Neil´lia opulifo´lia, 85
Nemoph´ila atoma´ria, 39
auri´ta, 278
insig´nis, 290
interme´dia, 284
macula´ta, 39
Menzie´sii, 284
parviflo´ra, 39
Nicotia´na glau´ca, 129
Nu´phar polysep´alum, 184
Nuttal´lia cerasifor´mis, 18
OEnothe´ra, xxxv
bien´nis, 175
bistor´ta, 136
Califor´nica, 48
cheiranthifo´lia, 136
ova´ta, 110
Opun´tia basila´ris, 225
Engelman´ni, 170
prolif´era, 356
serpenti´na, 357
Orthocar´pus, xxxviii
densiflo´rus, 228
erian´thus, 151
purpuras´cens, 228
versic´olor, 52
Ox´alis cornicula´ta, 196
Orega´na, 195
Paeo´nia Brown´ii, 340
Papa´ver Califor´nicum, 116
Pedicula´ris attol´lens, 253
densiflo´ra, 336
Groenlan´dica, 253
Pentachae´ta au´rea, 126
Penste´mon, xxxix
azu´reus, 308
Bridge´sii, 358
centranthifo´lius, 358
cordifo´lius, 350
heterophyl´lus, 308
Menzie´sii, 250
Phace´lia, xxxvii
Douglas´ii, 282
grandiflo´ra, 267
Par´ryi, 288
tanacetifo´lia, 282
vis´cida, 267
Whitla´via, 288
Phlox Douglas´ii, 248
Pickerin´gia monta´na, 230
Pipto´calyx, 30
Plagioboth´rys, 30
Platyste´mon Califor´nicus, 112
Polyg´ala Califor´nica, 286
Polyg´ala cornu´ta, 286
cuculla´ta, 286
Potentil´la Anseri´na, 175
glandulo´sa, 175
Primu´la suffrutes´cens, 250
Prosar´tes Hook´eri, 376
Menzie´sii, 377
Pru´nus demis´sa, 36
ilicifo´lia, 61
subcorda´ta, 34
Pteros´pora andromede´a, 186
Pyr´ola aphyl´la, 100
denta´ta, 100
pic´ta, 100
rotundifo´lia, 100
Ranun´culus Califor´nicus, 110
Rham´nus Califor´nica, 67
Purshia´na, 68
Rhododen´dron Califor´nicum, 234
occidenta´le, 86
Rhus aromat´ica, 154
Canaden´sis, 152
diversilo´ba, 8
integrifo´lia, 203
lauri´na, 203
ova´ta, 204
Ri´bes glutino´sum, 214
Menzie´sii, 338
sanguin´eum, 214
specio´sum, 338
subves´titum, 338
Romanzof´fia Sitchen´sis, 22
Romne´ya Coul´teri, 64
Ro´sa Califor´nica, 234
gymnocar´pa, 236
Ru´bus Nutka´nus, 24
spectab´ilis, 25
Ru´mex hymenosep´alus, 378
Salicor´nia ambig´ua, 387
Sal´via cardua´cea, 307
Columba´riae, 298
Sambu´cus glau´ca, 45
Sarco´des sanguin´ea, 362
Saxif´raga Califor´nica, 14
pelta´ta, 242
Virginien´sis, 14
Scoli´opus Bigelo´vii, 256
Scrophula´ria Califor´nica, 342
Scutella´ria angustifo´lia, 270
Califor´nica, 270
tubero´sa, 270
Se´dum spathulifo´lium, 170
Sidal´cea malvaeflo´ra, 198
Sile´ne Califor´nica, 354
Gal´lica, 246
lacinia´ta, 354
Sisyrin´chium bel´lum, 284
Califor´nicum, 284
Smilaci´na amplexicau´lis, 22
sessilifo´lia, 22
Sola´num Douglas´ii, 80
ni´grum, 80
umbellif´erum, 268
Xan´ti, 268
Solida´go Califor´nica, 190
occidenta´lis, 191
Spha´cele calyci´na, 42
Spirae´a betulifo´lia, 85
dis´color, 85
Douglas´ii, 85
Spiran´thes Romanzoffia´num, 92
Spra´guea umbella´ta, 70
Sta´chys bulla´ta, 230
Stropholi´rion Califor´nicum, 232
Symphoricar´pos racemo´sus, 225
Telli´ma af´finis, 32
grandiflo´ra, 342
Thermop´sis Califor´nica, 148
Trichoste´ma lanatum, 316
lanceola´tum, 315
Trienta´lis Europae´a, 202
Tril´lium ova´tum, 10
ses´sile, 260
Umbellula´ria Califor´nica, 372
Vaccin´ium ova´tum, 200
Vancouve´ria parviflo´ra, 88
Venegas´ia carpesioi´des, 171
Vera´trum Califor´nicum, 108
fimbria´tum, 108
Verbas´cum Blatta´ria, 190
Thap´sus, 190
Vic´ia gigante´a, 358
Vi´ola Beckwith´ii, 29
cani´na, 307
ocella´ta, 50
sarmento´sa, 140
Whip´plea modes´ta, 32
Whitla´via grandiflo´ra, 288
Wye´thia angustifo´lia, 157
gla´bra, 157
Wye´thia helenioi´des, 157
mol´lis, 157
Xerophyl´lum te´nax, 51
Yuc´ca arbores´cens, 44
bacca´ta, 20
Yuc´ca Mohaven´sis, 20
Whip´plei, 70
Zauschne´ria Califor´nica, 366
Zygade´nus Fremon´ti, 6
veneno´sus, 6
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Aconite, 328
Alfalfa, 326
Alfilerilla, 194
Alpine Heather, 246
Alpine Phlox, 248
Alpine Willow-Herb, 254
Alum-Root, 58
Amapola, 116
American Barrenwort, 88
American Velvet-Plant, 191
Amole, 82
Angels' Trumpets, 96
Apple of Peru, 96
August-Flower, 176
Azulea, 284
Baby-Blue-Eyes, 290
Baby-Eyes, 284
Ball-Sage, 294
Balm of Heaven, 373
Balsamea, 366
Beach-Aster, 304
Beach Morning-glory, 210
Beach Primrose, 136
Beach Strawberry, 10
Bearberry, 12
Bear-Clover, 92
Bearwood, 68
Beautiful Clarkia, 236
Bed-Straw, 28
Bellflower, 322
Black Lily, 266
Black Sage, 294, 316
Bladderpod, 144
Blazing-Star, 168
Bleeding-Heart, 242
Blood-Drop, 129
Blue-Blossom, 274
Blue-Curls, 315
Blue-eyed Grass, 284
Blue Forget-me-not, 334
Blue Gentian, 330
Blue Gilia, 296
Blue Larkspur, 276
Blue-and-white Lupine, 300
Blue Milla, 302
Blue Myrtle, 274
Blue-veined Nemophila, 284
Blueweed, 328
Big-Root, 26
Bird's-Eyes, 288
Bitter-Bark, 68
Bitter-Root, 224
Brass Buttons, 151
Brodiaea, 262
Bronze-Bells, } 264
Brown Lily, }
Buck-Brush, 152
Bur-Clover, 132
Butter-and-Eggs, 151
Butterfly Tulip, 81
Button-Bush, } 98
Button-Willow, }
Cajeput, 373
Calabazilla, 117
Calf's-Head, 390
Californian Azalea, 86
California Bay-Tree, 373
Californian Bee-Plant, 342
Californian Bluebells, 290
Californian Buckeye, 69
Californian Centaury, 218
California Coffee, 67
Californian Compass-Plant, 157
Californian Dandelion, 164
Californian False Hellebore, 108
Californian Figwort, 342
Californian Fish-hook Cactus, 24
Californian Four-o'clock, 208
California Fuchsia, 366
Californian Goldenrod, 190
Californian Hardhack, 85
Californian Harebell, 322
Californian Holly, 90
Californian Horse-Chestnut, 69
California Laurel, 372
California Lilac, 258, 274
Californian Lobelia, 314
Californian Milkwort, 286
Californian Olive, 373
Californian Pitcher-Plant, 390
California Poppy, 114
Californian Rose-Bay, 234
Californian Saxifrage, 14
Californian Slippery-Elm, 158
Californian Spikenard, 76
Califor'n Sweet-scented Shrub, 352
Californian Trillium, 260
Californian Wild Currant, 214
Calypso, 210
Camass, 292
Canaigre, 378
Cancer-Root, 172
Canchalagua, 218
Canker Lettuce, 100
Cascara Sagrada, 67
Catalina Mariposa Tulip, 306
Cat's-Ears, 278
Chamisal, 60
Chamise Lily, 136
Chamiso, 60
Chaparral Lily, 72
Chaparral Pea, 230
Chia, 298
Chicalote, 74
Chickweed-Wintergreen, 202
Chicory, 312
Chilean Clover, 326
Chili-Cojote, 117
Chilicothe, 26
Chittemwood, 68
Chocolate Lily, 266
Choke-Cherry, 36
Cholla-Cactus, 356
Christmas-Berry, 90
Christmas-Horns, 346
Christmas-Rose, 340
Cinquefoil, 175
Clarkia, 228
Cleavers, 28
Clematis, 91