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4. ilicrosteris Greene, 
Low branching erect annuals with entire opposite basal and alternate 
cauline and floral leaves. lowers axillary, arranged in terminal cynese 
alyx 5-lobed, scarious between the ribs, the tube ruptured by the capsule 
at maturity, the lobes equal. Corolla tubular, the limb rotate, ‘Stamens 
inserted 2t unesual intervals uvon the corolla tube. seeds mucilaginous 
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1. i.e gracilis (Dougl.) Greene. Stems 10-20 cm, tall, glandular-villous, 
branching chiefly above; lowermost leaves oblong or obovave, obtuse, 1-2,5 
em, long, glabrate, the upvor lanceolate, 1leo-5 cm. long, acute, sessile, 
glandular s pedicels l-2 mn, long; calyx 5-8 mn, long, slender, the lobes 
subequal to the cube, subulave, spreading in fruit after bursting of the 
sezrious tube, 7-8 ma, long; corolla-tube 7-9 mn, long, yellowish,.the limb 
pink to nearly white, bearing a darker svot, its lobes 1-2.5 m, long, 
rotate, notched; capsule subglovose, 5 mn, in diameter; seeds solitary in 
each chamber, (Collomia gracilis Dougl.e;C. hunilis Dougl.e; Gilia grecilis lool 
Common in dry or gravelly soil at low clevations. 
