G. Bottæ, Spach., is an exquisite species found in the Coast Ranges, from Monterey to San Diego. Its very slender stems lift the fragile, satiny cups above the dried grasses in charming companies. These blossoms also vary much. Among the prettiest forms is one which is pale rose or lilac, blending to white at the center, delicately striate with purple-dotted lines, and having a rich purple spot in the center. This often grows with the lilac butterfly-tulip, Calochortus splendens, and at a little distance is so similar, it is difficult to distinguish it from the lily. But the lily rarely or never grows in throngs. The capsules of this species have pedicels from three to nine lines long.

[FAREWELL TO SPRING—Godetia viminea.]

BLEEDING-HEART.

Dicentra formosa, DC. Bleeding-heart Family.

Leaves.—Ternately dissected, with toothed leaflets. Scapes.—Six inches to two feet high. Flowers.—Rose-colored to pale pink, sometimes almost white or yellowish; nodding. (Floral structure as in D. chrysantha.) Hab.—The Coast Ranges and Sierras, from Middle California to British Columbia.

The bleeding-heart is a rather shy flower, and never makes itself common enough to dull our enthusiasm for it. It fully merits its specific name, for it is a plant of elegant form throughout, from its shapely divided leaves to its graceful clusters of pendent hearts. It is found in the woods of our Coast Ranges, but may be seen to best advantage when nestling amid the lush grasses of Sierra meadows.

INDIAN RHUBARB. UMBRELLA-PLANT.

Saxifraga peltata, Torr. Saxifrage Family.

Rootstock.—Thick; creeping. Leaves.—Radical; long-petioled; a foot or more across when mature; nine- to fourteen-lobed; centrally depressed. Scapes.—One to three feet high. Calyx.—Five-lobed. Petals.—Five; roundish; three lines or more long; purplish-pink. Stamens.—Ten. Ovaries.—Two; distinct. Stigmas capitate or reniform. Hab.—The Sierras, from Mariposa County to Mt. Shasta; also Mendocino County.