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oribus ; corolla alba fauce subpurpurea ; antheris faucialibus ; ovulis 

 in loculis circa 10. — Wasatch Mountains, Utah, Watson. Tube of 

 the corolla and lobes each half an inch long. Connects Leptodactylon 

 intimately with the two preceding sections of Gilia. 



* * Folia omnia alterna, rigidiora, et in axillis crebre fasciculata. 

 Suffrutices. 



18. G. Californica, Benth. in DC. Ramis foliisque creberrimis 

 mox patentissimis primum laxe tomentoso-pubescentibus ; corollte rosese 

 seu lilacinoe lobis amplis late cuneato-obovatis soepe erosulis ; antheris 

 lineari-oblongis infra faucem ; ovulis in quoque loculo 20-25. Lep- 

 todachjlon Calif or nicum, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech, p. 369, t. 89, Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4872. — California south to San Bernadiuo. Limb of the 

 showy corolla an inch and a half in diameter. 



19. G. pungens, Benth. 1. c. Viscido-pubescens, puberula, vel 

 glabrata ; foliis plerumque erectiusculis vel strictis ; corollas rosese al- 

 bidas seu flavidas lobis fere dimidio minoribus saspius angustioribus ; 

 antheris faucialibus oblongis ; ovulis in quoque loculo 8-10. G. 

 pungens & G. Hookeri, Benth. 1. c, cum syn. — Plains of the upper 

 Platte and Columbia to E. California and Arizona. Very variable: 

 the original Cantua pungens, Torr., from the Platte, is a low and mi- 

 nutely pubescent or nearly glabrous form. — Var. c^espitosa {Lepto- 

 dactyhn ccespitosum, Nutt. PI. Gamb.) : pulvinato-depressa, glabres- 

 cens, subherbacea. Upper Platte. — Var. Hookeri {Phlox Hookeri, 

 Dougl. in Hook. Fl. t. 159) : forma elatior viscido-pubens, foliis in 

 ramis floridis nunc sparsioribus. The flowers not found of " bright 

 yellow" color, as noted by Douglas. — Var. squarrosa: segmentis 

 foliorum subulatis validioribus patentibus vel squarroso-recurvis. Arid 

 districts of Nevada and Utah, coll. Anderson, Watson, &c. 



Series II. Pinnati-Alternifolice, nempe foliis pinnatisectis lobatis 

 dentatisve rarissime integerrimis. Semina humefacta tegumento mu- 

 cihiginoso tubulos spirilliferos porrigente (no. 44, 47, 48, 59, 60, ex- 

 ceptis). 



§ 6. NAVARRETIA. Flores capitato-glomerati, crebre foliaceo- 

 bracteati. Calycis lobi, uti bractearum, rigidi, acerosi, spinulosi 

 nunc laciniati, nunc inasquales. Corolla tubuloso-subinfundibuli- 

 formis, gracilis, lobis parvulis oblongis. Stamina sub fauce inserta : 

 antherae breves. Ovarium quandoque dimerum. Annute, fere 

 semper Californicae, scepius viscidae, nunquam albo-lanataj, foliis 



