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Mohave Desert, Barstow. ---------- 2100 ft.
No. 5360. Phacelia crenulata Torr. Cor. deep blue. Fils blue; anthers yellow. Lobes roundish, overlapping a little spreading from the broad [?] tube and a little longer than tube. No. 5361. [Gilia] punctata (Hal.) Cor. lilac, doted with black dots. "Lilac Sun-bonnets". (Miss Bragg). see p. 46. = Langloisia punctata Goodding. ---------- See next p. 43. No. 5369. Eremiastrum bellioides Gray. Comp. No. 5370. Sphaeralcea rotundifolia Jepson [= Eremelche] Cor. broadly bell-shaped, sidalcea-color, with a bright crimson splotch near base of each. See p. 42. ---------- No. 5362. Delphinium parryi [parishii] Gray. [D. coelistium Ryd.] No. 5363. Sisymbrium pinnatum Greene. [= Descurainia pinnata] No. 5364. Phacelia hispida Gray. Fls. deep lilac, only grows in shelter of brush. = P. vallismortae Voss.
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2 May 1913 ---------- Splendid showy thing. No. 5365. Aster tortifolius Gray. Woody, at base; 10 to 14 in. h. Perennial, -- Rays lilac. Very showy when well-grown and a plant adding greatly to the interest of the desert at this time. No. 5366. Franseria dumosa Gray. Comp. Shrub 14 in. h. Coville says this is preferred for forage by horses to all other desert shrubs. No. 5367. Nama demissum Gray. Fls. red-purple, making beautiful spots against the gray sand of the desert! Prostrate. Cont. bottom p. 57. No. 5368. Gilia eremica Jepson. [= Eriastrum] Fls. pale or pale lilac. = Hugelia eremica Jepson. No. 5369. See prev. page. No. 5370. " " " No. 5371. Mirabilis laevis. (M. calif. of Bot. Cal.) Woody based, 1 to 1 1/2 ft. h. No. 5372. [Rafinesquia neo-mexicana] Comp. Only grows in shelter of brush. See p. 61. No. 5373. Mentzelia albicaulis Dougl.
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