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6. iaverrctia Re & Pe 
Low rather rigid branching or unbranched annuals with alternate 
pinnate or pinneatifid leaves or the lowermost subentire, the segments 
rigid and more or less spinose, ilowers perfect in crowded terminal 
clusters subtended by foliaceous bracts. valyx unequally 5-lobed, the 
lobes rigid, spinose, entire or cleft, in ours somewhat longer than the 
scarious tube. Corolla tubular, the lobes spreading. 
© Braets and calvces white-woolly J, Ne intertexta 
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2 Bracts and calyces glabrous 2 Ne squarrosa 
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1, Ne intertexta (Benth,) Hook, Stems 5-15 em, tall, branching below or 
simple, vubescent; leaves few, l-2 cm, long, pinnately or bipinnately cleft 
into linear spyinose sergnents, glabrous or nearly so, the segments uneoual, 
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ynaarne Ne ry ra + 
be ses; celyx sessile 
2-10 ma, long; subroliar bracts white-woolly} some of the lobes cleft, 
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spinose; corolla white, tinged with lavender, 6-7 mm, long, the lobes l-1.5}e1 
mm. long; stamens shortly exserted, 
Occasional in grassy places or along roadsides at low elevations. 
2e Je souarrosa (lische) Iie & A. Skunkwecd, Stems 10-30 cm, tall, simple 
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or much-branched, pubescent and glandular, Gvi}-smelling; leaves 1-3 cn, 
long, pinnately or bipinnately oarted and cleft, the segments acute, 
spinose; calyx sessile, 11-12 mm, long, the tube scarious, the lobes sub- 
ulate, spinose, mostly entire; corolla pale blue, 8-10 mm, long; stamens 
includede 
To be exnected as an occasional entrant pees aa he at low elevations, 
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doubtless as an introcuction from maritine-srestrems—al Pacific Coast, 
