138 Eastwood : Some small-flowered Species of 



corollas alone would have been sufficient to attract attention. In 

 all, there is great variability in the leaves, some species having 

 scarcely two leaves alike on the same plant The calyx generally 

 changes with age, becoming larger and thinner in fruit with the 

 venation more evident. The auricles also change and are often 

 wanting or abortive. The style grows after the flower expands 

 and the style branches become more divaricate. When the 

 corolla falls, they usually surpass the calyx. In all the species 

 examined, the flowers proved to be hermaphrodite.* All are 



* Nemophila parviflora (Dougl. MSS.)> foliis pinnatifidis, lobis paucis latis 

 subdentatis, calycis sinubus breviter appendiculatis, corollis calycem vix superantibus, 

 placentis 2 ovulatis. 



Flores parvi. Calycis appendiculi saepius brevissimi interdum evanidi, rarius post 

 anthesin elongati. Squamae corollinae parvae, angustae. 



Received both from Mr. Douglas and Dr. Scouler from the Columbia. 



N. pedunculata (Dougl. MSS. ) , foliis pinnatifidis, calycis sinubus breviter ap- 

 pendiculatis, corollis calycem vix superantibus, placentis 6-ovulatis. 



Habitus, calyx, corolla omnino A", parviflorae. Folia angustiora, longius petiolata, 

 lobis magis integris distinctisque. 



Gathered by Mr. Douglas on the Columbia. 



Copied from the original place of publication, Trans, of Linn. Soc. 17: 275. 



Nemophila heterophylla Fisch. & Meyer 



N. pilis setulisque rectis adspersa : foliis superioribus sparsis dentato-lobatis, in- 

 ferioribus oppositis subpinnati-sectis : segmentis petiolulatis rotundatis sinuato-lobatis, 

 superioribus basi confluentibus : corolla subpelviformi : lineis inter stamina merabra- 

 naceo-alatis glabris : serninibus corrugato- verrucosis, arillo calyptraeformi. Annua, 

 gracilis, subdichotomo-ramosa, ramis elongaiis. Caul is, rami atque pedunculi setis 

 rectis reversis adspersi, subglabri. Folia inferiora opposita, petiolo longo gracili basi 

 modice dilatato ibique pilis longis ciliato fulta, setulis pilisque longioribus adspersa, 

 subpinnatisecta : segmentis ovato-subrotundis, 3 lin. circ. in diametro vel paulo majori- 

 bus, saepius sinuato-lobatis (lobulis rotundatis), interdum integerimis, inferioribus pe- 

 tiolulatis, summis tribus basi confluentibus : folia superiora sessilia, rarius opposita, 

 plerumque sparsa, oblonga, dentato-lobata, basi cuneata ibique pilis longis barbata. 

 Pedunculi solitarii, uniflori, gracillimi, in fructu declinati. Flores quad formam N. 

 atomariae similes, sed paulo minores. Calyx hispidissimus : laciniis sub ovatis 2^ v 

 2 lin. longis : appendicibus multo minoribus, subovatis. Corolla calyce duplo longior, 

 coerulea, impunctata, subpelviformis, fundo glaberrima: alis inter stamina membrana- 

 ceis per totam longitudinem adnatis utrinque attenuatis subciliolatis notata. Stylus 

 basi hispidus, bifidus, stigmatibus subcapitals. Capsula generis, disperma (semper?). 

 Semina flavescentia, ovata, corrugato-verrucosa, verrucis rotundatis : arillus calyptrae- 

 formis. 



Hab. in Nova- California ad sinum Bodega. 



Fisch. & Meyer. Sert. Petrop. 1846. Descr. with plate 8. 



Nemophila spatulata Coville 



Annual, branching from the base, more or less appressed-hirsute throughout : 

 branches procumbent, usually less than 10 cm. long , cotyledons oblong to spatulate, 

 entire, petiolate ; leaves opposite, spatulate. tapering into a margined petiole, coarsely 

 3-5-toothed, never pinnatifid at the apex, the teeth broad, acute or obtuse, entire : pe- 



