Nemophila from the Pacific Coast 141 



Section VIII. Corolla rotate, without tube. 27. N. rotata 



Eastwood. 



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1 . Nemophila humifusa Kellogg in herb. sp. nov. 



Stems depressed, spreading in close mats and very prolific, ap- 

 pressed hirsute-canescent with hairs strongly deflexed : leaves 

 opposite pinnatifid with lobes subdivided, somewhat setaceously 

 mucronate : flowers from all the axils even the lowest on de- 

 flexed peduncles which bury themselves in the sand when in 



fruit : divisions of the calyx about 3/ shorter than the corolla 



with conspicuous auricles half as long as the sepals, spreading or 

 deflexed : corolla white or whitish, about 2 mm. long, tubular 

 w T ith lobes about as long as the tube, entire or slightly toothed at 

 apex, sparingly hispid on the back, bearded in double lines at the 

 base within : filaments inserted a little above the base, equal or 

 longer than the tube : anthers oblong, mucronate : capsule 

 globose, purplish or pinkish with dark base and striated with dark 

 purple lines vanishing towards the style, hirsute with ascending, 

 appressed white hairs, 6-8-seeded : seeds oblong, corrugated, 

 spotted with white scales (these soon deciduous), the calyptra 

 stipe-like with a bract on the one side like a handle to a dipper. 



This abounds in the sand hills of San Francisco and blooms 

 very early in spring, flowering as soon as it reaches the surface of 

 the ground and marvelously laden with fruit on the under side. 



• This is Dr. Kellogg's description with a few additions by the 

 writer. It was read before the California Academy of Sciences 

 April 3, 1878, according to the heading at the head of the de- 

 scription. 



Besides the specimens collected by Dr. Kellogg and mounted 

 on the same sheet with the description in his handwriting, there is 

 a specimen collected by Mrs. Brandegee in May (year not given), 

 another by the same collector from Point Lobos, San Francisco, 



April 



Merced 



the writer, February 25, 1895; another, by the same collector, 



Warthen, Fresno County, May 



ers, from 



M 



1888. 



There is a variation from the typical form which has been col- 

 lected by the writer at Cuyama, on the boundary between Santa 

 Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties and also on Stony Creek 

 on the San Miguelito Ranch, near Jolon in the Santa Lucia 

 Mountains, Monterey County. This is characterized by smaller, 



