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Indio to Thousand Palm Ca_on Along the face of the base of the mt. slope in a horizontal band as straight as a string grow a line of palms which I fotograf. It is remarkable how straight they are disposed. - Atriplex hymenlytra - Acacia gregii No. 6041. Juncus acutus L. Det. F.V.C. Juncus acutus var. sphaerocarpus Engelm. Palm Ca_on next east of Thousand Palms Ca_on where we had lunch. - Sporobolus airoides. Same sp. as at Barstow and Independence Horses had a fine time on its heavy clumps in the Palm Ca_on just east of Thousand Palm Ca_on.
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22 May 1914 - Went up into One Thousand Palms Ca_on. Beautiful running streams of water. Camped at lower point of grove, but tramping around soon spied the fine cieneaga [sic] in the arroyo bottom 1/5 mile above, towards upper part of lower grove. This proved a beautiful little green world and we moved up there - the valley - like floor of the arroyo was all green with salt grass (Distichlis spicata), Arundo no. 6044 and sedges. The horses had a fine time. The immediate sky line was marked by the lofty heads of palm trees while a mesquite-covered sand dune suggested new growth of blue blossom in a
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