Excerpt from Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 22: Part I.; March, 1923 Acaulescent, with 8-10 basal leaves; leaves fleshy, 5-7 cm. long, ovate-lanceolate to oblong-linear, -6 cm. Long, convex beneath, con cave above, acute; inflorescence of 2-4 ascending racemes, somewhat paniculate, in cultivation weak, soon prostrate; leaves on flowering branches several, linear, spreading at right angles to the rachis, 1-2 cm. Long; flower bud somewhat angled, pointed; sepals 3-5, nearly equal, green, acutish; corolla about 10 mm. Long, greenish yellow, with a very short tube; petals acute. Collected by Mrs. J. H. Bullard on a clay bank on the Conejo Grade, Southern California, May, 1922. (no. 3535 Type.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.