Races 
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NEMOPHILA INSIGNIS. SnHowy NEMOPHILA. 
SHR kaboeocoolesios 
Class and Order. 
Penranpria Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Hypropuyttea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. inferus, persistens, 10-fidus ; laciniis alternis reflexis. 
‘Cor. campanulata, 5-loba: lobis emarginatis. Nect. fove- 
ole 10 ad marginem faucis. Stam.brevia. Anthere lunate. 
Caps. unilocularis. Sem. unum supra alterum receptaculis 
duobus parietalibus inserta. Sa ee ' 
Specific Character and Synonyms. a 
Nemoruita* insignis ; foliis (superioribus) oppositis pinna- 
tifidis basi in petiolum angustatis lobis integerrimis 
1—2-dentatisve, calycis sinubus reflexis, corollis calyce 
duplo longioribus, ovariis multi-ovulatis. Benth. 
Nemopuira insignis. Benth. in Hort. Trans. v. 1. N.S. p. 
479. Bot. Reg. t. 1703. 
This, again, is one of the many highly ornamental plants 
of California, for the discovery and introduction of which to 
our gardens we are indebted to the exertions of the lamented 
Douatas. The flowers are large, and of so bright a blue, 
that no artificial colouring can do justice to them. It blos- 
soms in July and August. é 
Descr. Root annual. Stem procumbent, branched, slen- 
der, hairy. Leaves alternate in the lower, and opposite in the 
upper, part of the stem, petiolate, pinnatifid, hairy, the seg- 
ments rather remote, oblong, one- to two-toothed. ee 
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* From xpos, a grove, and Qirem, to love; from its place of growth, in. 3) 
- woods ds or thickets. 
