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Var. detonsa. Subglabra ; bracteis foliisque parum hispidulo-cili- 

 atis. — California, Bridges, Brewer. Nevada near Carson City, An- 

 derson, a Somewhat intermediate form. 



11. G. micrantha, Steud., Benth. Gracilis; corollas tubo pertenui 



(sub-sesquipollicari lobis (lin. 2-3 longis) multoties long-iori ; bracteis 



foliisque floralibus molliter breviter pubescentibus. — Leptosiphon 



parvijlorus & luteus, Benth. Bot. Reg. L. parvijlorus var. rosaceus, 



Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 58G3 (Gilia longituba, Benth. PI. Hartw.) : 

 forma spectabilis corolla majuscula laste rosea. — Corolla lutea, albida, 

 nunc lilacina vel rosea, nunc aurea (var. aurea, Benth. 1. c). 



12. G. tenella, Benth. PI. Hartw. Depressa, parvula ; corollas 

 tubo minus attenuato lin. 6-9 longo, lobis sesquilineam longis (roseis 

 lilacinisve fauce lutea) ; bracteis etc. hispidulo-ciliatis. L. bicolor, 

 Nutt. PI. Gamb. 1. c. chiefly. — The most northern in range, from 

 Santa Barbara to Puget Sound. Has been confounded with the pre- 

 ceding. 



13. G. ciltata, Benth. 1. c. Rigidior, hirto-pubescens, 3-12-pol- 

 licaris ; corollas tubo (lin. 6-7 longo) ultra bracteas hirsutissimo-cilia- 

 tas vix exserto, lobis sesquilineam longis ; calycis lobis acerosis. — N. 

 California to the borders of Nevada. 



* * Simplicifolicz, glaberrimas, pygmeas ; internodio infra capitu- 

 lum nunc prolifer unico ; foliis bracteisve ovato- nunc subangusto- 

 lanceolatis. Corollas lobis cuneatis margine repando vel 1-3- 

 dentato. Antheras fauce inclusas sessiles. Ovula in loculi3 

 10-16. 



14. G. nudicaulis. Collomia nudicaulis, Hook. & Arn. Bot. 

 Beech. — S. E. Oregon, Tolmie. Nevada, &c, Anderson, Stretch, 

 Watson. South Park, Colorado, E. Hall, a diminutive form. There 

 are no leaves from the persistent oval cotyledons up to the head, 

 from half an inch to three inches. Corolla white, pink, or yellow, the 

 exserted tube three or four lines long. 



§ 4. SIPHONELLA. Leptosiphon referens, sed corollas tubus caly- 

 cem baud superans, faux magis infundibuliformi-ampliata, ovula 

 in loculis pauca, flores minus congesti. — Perennes basi nunc suf- 

 frutescente, pube minuta molli subcinerea. Calyx cylindraceus, 

 firmus, striatulus, mox 5-partitus, lobis lanceolato-subulatis, mar- 

 ginibus crassiusculis sinubusque haud membranaceis vel scariosis. 



