150 Eastwood : Some small-flowered Species of 



margined and ciliate ; lobes orbicular-oblong, obtuse or mucronu- 

 late, sparingly hispid with appressed hairs, the lower surface paler 

 than the upper ; upper leaves almost sessile : peduncles almost as 

 long as the subtending leaves, slender, erect in flower, somewhat 

 spreading after anthesis : flowering calyx 4 mm. long with 5 

 linear-lanceolate divisions which extend almost to the base, veiny, 

 very hispid externally, slightly so on the inner side near the apex : 



auricles short, subulate, deflexed 



6-7 



mm. long, the auricles lengthening in the same proportion : co- 

 rolla tubular-campanulate, the 5 oblong-obtuse divisions as long 

 as the tube, together 5 mm. long : appendages at base attached 

 near the base, sword-shaped, 1 mm. or more in length ascending 

 on each side of a filament, apparently crossing : stamens about as 

 long as the tube, inserted a little above the base : anthers dark 

 brown, ovate : ovary hispid with dense, white hairs : style divided 

 to the middle : capsule containing 2-4 orbicular seeds with con- 

 voluted surface and the calyptra scarcely protuberant. 



Brandegee. 



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14. Nemophila humilis 



Low, 5 mm.-6 cm. high, with a few branches from the base, 

 cinereous throughout. First leaves oblong-spatulate entire, 5-10 

 mm. long with petioles shorter than or slightly longer than the 

 blades : leaves opposite, spatulate in outline, 3-5-lobed, often 

 irregular or unequal with a cuneate base which merges into a 

 broad petiole about equalling the blade ; lobes of the leaves tooth- 

 like or obtuse and mucronulate : flowers from the lowest axils, pale 

 blue, on peduncles which are at first erect but later are reflexed, 

 becoming 5-8 mm. long : calyx with oblong, acute lobes, 3 mm. 

 long, 2 mm. wide near the base, veins scarcely visible, hairy on 

 both surfaces, the margin fringed with long uneven hairs : auricles 

 linear, % as long as the sepals : corolla open campanulate with 

 spreading limb and tube % as long : divisions obovate, 3 mm. 



long, 2 mm. wide, 



hairy 



without distinct appendages : filaments inserted at the base of 

 the corolla, about as long as the tube : anthers small, pointed : 

 ovary densely hispid from below the middle : style divided about 

 half way, very short : capsule with 5 seeds : these immature al- 

 most orbicular, 2 mm. in diameter with the calyptra prominent, 

 cap-like, apparently soon deciduous. 



This species was collected by the writer on the trail between 

 Summit and Summit Soda Springs, in Placer County, June 9, 

 1898. It grew on a bank where the ground was still wet from 

 the recently melted snow. 



