1601 



NEMOPHILA* aurita. 



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Ear-leaved Nemophila. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNJA 



Nat. ord. Hydrophylle* R. Br. (Introduction to the natural 

 system of Botany, p. 244.) 



NEMOPHILA.— SuprA, vol. 9.fol. 740. 





N. aurita ; foliis pinnatifidis basi alatis auriculatis, caule angulato asperrimo, 



corolla ralvpp npntao-nnn Htinlo lonffiore. * _ 



corolla calyce pentagono duplo longiore. 



fi 



tifidi 



aiiatata in auriculis duabus semiamplexicauuous ; iouu> w^s**, » 



integerrimis v. lobatis, retrorsum flexis. Ramuli flonfen septus, nee semper, 

 oppositifolii, 2-4-flori. Pedunculi scabri, purpurascentes , corolla lon 9 10 ^- 

 Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis erectis, ovatis, acutis, basibus sagittatis connatis. 

 Corolla monopetala, violacea, hypocrateriformis, tubo brevi et limbo concavo, 

 laciniis rotundatis, imbricatis. Stamina exserta, anthens ™9™-p«rpureis 

 ovatis, sagittatis, sub anthesi resupinatis, basi tubi inserta, laciniis aterna, 

 utrinaue smaimi* dunhn* *mrr>ureis recurvis suffulta. Ovarium ovatum, 



utrinque squamis 



nr nce hispidum * 



fungosis, he 



cavitatem projicientibus, in Jacus 

 ,,.<,„ c hnsi rmbescens, aptce btjidi 



raata simplicissima. N. B. Ovula imrr M,A nrpsRa ' m***™*" 



losam fundunt £ moleculis rotatoriis _ 

 oleosis minutissime' micro scopicis compositam. 



atura aqua pressa, iw*-~ - . 



Brunonianis guttulisque innumeris 



Rather a pretty species, found in 



California by Mr 



David Dougl 



hardy, trailing annual, requ.nn 



or 



uuu Douglas. it is a naiuj, «•»— - r^m Ufav 



damp shady border, where it grows and flowers from May 

 the end of August : but if sown in a place exposed to the 



withers up and perishe 



It is of very 



introduction by the Horticultural Society, and rs at present 



* From Sifff, a grove, and fixw, to delight in ; 



lAn rvf* *V- • _ _ _ n , i • 



in 



allusion to the native 



station of the species of this genus 







