q 3. , G. oregana Engelm. Stems numerous, 30-50 om. tall; leaves 
ovate or the upper sometimes ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-4 cm. long, .7=-2 om, 
wide, mostly obtuse, the upper tending to be acute, all rounded at the 
base and sessile, connate and clasping the stem for 1-35 m,, 5-5-veined, 
pale and glaucous, ascending, the floral leaves sheathing at least the 
calyces; flowers 7-15 in a strict raceme, axillary on pedicels .5-1.5 cm, 
long, each subtended at the base of the calyx by a pair of oblong bracts 
somewhat longer than the calycess calyx 10-12 mm, long, the tube 5-6 m, 
long, membranous, the green lobes 3=8 mm, long, oblong or oblanceolate, 
unequal, separated by sinuses 1,.5=2 mm, broads; corolla a rich blue, 2-3,5 
cm, long, funnelform, 8-10 mm, wide in the throat, the lobes 4-6 mm, long, 
broadly ovate, spreading, acute or acuminate, separated by membranous 
lacerate folds; stamens 1.5=-2 cm. long, the anthers 2 mm, long; capsule 
2.5-3 cm. long; seeds 2 mm, long, winged, the margin as broad as the body 
wp of the seed, (Dasystepheana oregana Rydb.). 
Frequent in meadows at lower elevations, besexibed. from plants 
4, Ge affinis Griseb. Stems several, 30-40 cm. tall, slender, 
glaucous; leaves narrowly oblong, 2-3e5 cm, long, 4-8 mm, wide, mostly 
obtuse or the upper acute, sessile, clasping the stems, glaucous; flowers 
5-20 in a loose slender panicle 8-15 cm. long, the peduncles 1-3 cm, long, 
each bearing 1-5 dad) bracts linear, spreading, 1-2.5 cm. long; 
calyx about 10 m, long, the lobes narrowly oblong-elliptical, 2-5 mm, long, 
frequently nearly suppressed, the tube truncate, membranous; corolla blue, 
2.5-3 em, long, tubular-fumnelform, 4-5 mm, wide in the throat, the lobes 
ovate, 4 mma, long, obtuse, separated by membranous folds which are prolonged 
jnto a 2ecleft appendage; stamens 2 om. long, the anthers 2 mm, long; seeds 
qi) winged all around. (Dasystephana affinis Rydb.), 
Moist meadows along Mooyie R., Lyall. 
