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7. G. diciiotcoia, Benth. in DC. cum syn. Spithamasa ad subpe- 

 dalem, grandiflora ; corollas lobis semi-subpollicaribus ; antheris lineari- 

 bus ; seminibus subrotundis, tegumento externo laxo arilliformi albo 

 tenui-reticulato ab interiori multo minore soluto, hurnefactis nee muci- 

 la"inosis. — Common in California. 



8. G. Bigelovii, n. sp. Saspius tenuior, parviflora ; corolla ealycis 

 lobos vix superante, limbo tubo suo 2-3-plo breviore ; antheris ovali- 

 bus ; seminibus ovalibus, tegumento confbrmi sub aqua mucilaginoso. 

 — G. dichotoma, var. parvi flora, Torr. Mex. Bound, p. 147. — W. 

 Texas on the Rio Grande and adjacent parts of New Mexico, Bigelow, 

 "Wright, to Arizona, Palmer, and Utah, Watson. Leaves sometimes 

 all entire, the upper more commonly trisected. Lobes of the corolla 

 not over two lines in length, cream-white, the outside often reddish. 



§ 3. LEPTOSIPHON, Endl., Benth. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, 

 tubo saspius filiformi elongato, fauce brevissima nunc abrupte 

 plus minus ampliata parum infundibuliformis. Stamina fauci 

 inserta : antherae breves. Ovula in loculis 6-16. — Annuas, 

 hurailes vel tenellae ; foliis oppositis angustis ; floribus saepius par- 

 vulis at latis cum bracteis foliiformibus fulcrantibus capitato-glo- 

 meratis. (Stylus in diversis stirpibus aut elongatus plus minus 

 exsertus, aut rarius brevis inclusus !) — Leptosiphon, Benth. olim. 



* Palmatifolice, Genuince, Californicas, pilosae ; caulibus foliosis ; foliis 

 5-7-partitis et in axillis fasciculatis, segmentis angusto-linearibus 

 vel filiformibus. Corolla lobis integerrimis. Filamenta gracilia e 

 fauce pi. m. exserta. Ovula in loculis 6- 10. 



-i— Brevi- Grandiflora, validiores ; corollas tubo lobis amplis (semi- 

 pollicaribus) obovatis parum longiori bracteas villoso-hirsutas raro 

 superante. 



9. G. densiflora, Benth. in DC, cum syn. Prodr. G. grandiflora, 

 Benth. 1. c. {Leptosiphon grandiflorus, Benth. Bot. Reg.) : forma tan- 

 tum, saspius tenuior, tubo corollas parum longiori, limbo minori. 



h— -H- Tenuiflorce, graciliores, saepius tenellae ; corollas tubo lobis 

 (11-4 lineas tantum longis) ovalibus ovatisve 3 - 6-plo longiori. 

 (Species difficillimae, an confluentes ?) 



10. G. axdrosacea, Steud., Benth. Multicaulis ; corollae (haud 

 flavae) tubo e bracteis hirsuto- seu villoso-ciliatis longe exserto circa 

 pollicem longo lobis triplo longiori. 



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