<, Downingia Torre 
Glabrous erect annuals with alternate, sessile, entire leaves, 
Flowers axillary, sessile. Sepals 5, subequal, Corolla 2-lipped, the 
upper deeply cleft into 2 narrow lobes, the lower lip broader, 3-lobed, 
Ovary resembling a stout pedicel, linear, forming a linear. l-chambered 
capsule with 2 parietal vlacentac. 
1. De clegans (Lindl.) Torr, Low annual 10-25 cm, tall, somewhat 
succulent, branching at the base; leaves 1-2.5 cm. long, lanceolate 
or ovate-lanceolate, acute, rounded at the bases; flowers solitary in 
with » broad 
mm, wide, divergent, the lower lip 8-10 mm, long, rotund in outline, the 
lobes triangular ovate, 5-4 mm, long, very acute; staminal column 1 cm, 
long, strongly curved downward at the apex; capsule 3 om. long, with 
1-2 tvistse 
In low muddy ground or swamps which drain in summer, St, Joe Re, 
2120 fte; Lake Coeur d'Alene; Weippes lioscow; Genesee; Lower Priest Re; 
St. Maries, 2700 ft.3 Farmington. 
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