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It approaches the large-flowered group more than any of the 

 species described in this article. 



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1 5. Nemophila 



Low, branched from the root and with short procumbent stems 

 2-5 cm. long, hispid throughout with appressed hairs which are 

 minutely pustulate at the base, wing-angled : leaves opposite, 

 crowded, elliptical in outline, I — 1.5 cm. long, 5-7-lobed with the 

 lobes opposite or alternate ; divisions ovate-elliptical, mucronate : 

 petioles as wide as the rachis and about as long as the blade, 

 dilated and connate-clasping at base, somewhat decurrent, forming 

 the winged angles of the stem, ciliate especially near the base : 

 flowers blooming from the earliest leaf axils : peduncles at first 

 erect, later recurving as if to bury the seeds, 5-15 mm. long, al- 

 most as broad as the petioles : calyx divisions triangular-subu- 

 late, 2 mm. long, often 1-2 mm. wide, hispid on both surfaces, 

 with long hairs on the margin : auricles linear, more than half as 

 long as sepals, though sometimes mach shorter and almost ob- 

 solete. Corolla open-campanulate, pale blue with darker dots in 

 lines, 5 mm. long, with obovate, emarginate divisions almost twice 

 as long as the tube ; appendages attached near the base of the 

 filaments, curved towards the stamens, minutely hairy on the free 

 edge : stamens with filaments a little longer than the tube, in- 

 serted at the base : anthers cordate : style divided half way, hairy 

 at base, the pointed apex of the style broadening to it : ovary 

 hispid especially on the upper part : capsule 5-seeded : seeds 2-5 

 nim. long, obtusely angled, brown, covered with scattered white 

 scales : calyptra cap-like. 



This was collected by the writer February 12, 1900, on the old 



road to Bartlett Springs from Upper Lake in Lake County. It 



grew on a moist bank along-side the road on the side of the moun- 



tain towards Upper Lake and was seen in several localities. The 



flowers are pale blue and so buried among the leaves as to be 



scarcely visible. 



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16. Nemophila Congd 



Low with assurgent stems, branching from the base, sparingly 

 hispid with downwardly spreading hairs, ribbed; internodes 

 shorter than the leaves, about I cm. : leaves opposite, oblanceolate 

 to spatulate, entire, lobed or toothed, tapering to a short broad 

 margined petiole or the uppermost sessile : pubescence white-hairy, 

 a Ppressed : peduncles from the lowest axils, rather stout, de- 

 clined, somewhat tortuous, apparently burying the fruits in the 

 ground : calyx with linear lanceolate divisions, hairy on both 



