FLAX FAMILY 



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9. Linum Breweri A. Gray. Brewer's Dwarf Flax. Fig. 2996. 



Linum Breweri A. Gray, Proc. Calif. Acad. 3: 102. 1864. 

 Hesperolinon Breweri Small, N. Amer. Fl. 25: 85. 1907. 



Stems dichotomously branching above, 15-30 cm. high, the branches sparsely pubescent above 



the forks. Leaves alternate, linear, 10-15 mm. long, strongly involute, entire; bracts similar but 



smaller ; stipular glands prominent ; lower flowers solitary on slender pedicels about equaling the 



calyx in length, the upper usually 2 or 3 in a cluster on shorter pedicels ; sepals 3-3.5 mm. long, 



lanceolate, glabrous and glaucous, the inner glandular-ciliate on the margin, the outer sparingly 



so or entire ; petals yellow, 5-7 mm. long ; capsule ovoid, about equaling the calyx. 



Dry hillsides, Upper Sonoran Zone; Inner Coast Ranges, Solano County to San Benito County California 

 Type locality: "Diablo Range, near Marsh's Ranch." May-June. ' 



10, Linum micranthum A. Gray. Small-flowered Dwarf Flax, Fig. 2997. 



Linum micranthum A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 7: 333. 1868. 

 Hesperlinon micranthum Small, N. Amer. Fl. 25: 85. 1907. 



Stems slender, 2-A dm. high, dichotomously branching above, the branches ascending or 

 spreading, pubescent at least just above the forks. Leaves 15-25 mm. long, linear, entire, more 

 or less involute; pedicels filiform, 5-15 mm. long, often curved; sepals ovate-lanceolate, 2 mm. 

 long, the outer entire or very sparsely glandular-ciliate, the inner glandular-ciliate ; petals white 

 tinged with pink, 2-3.5 mm. long ; appendages obscure or wanting ; capsule ovoid, scarcely 2 mm. 

 long. 



Dry rocky slopes and ridges, Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition Zones; Blue and Cascade Mountains 

 Oregon, south to southern California. Type locality: Mount Bullion, Mariposa County. California May-July' 

 Little White Flax. 



2990. Linum Lewisii 



2991. Linum puberulum 



2994 



2992. Linum digynum 



2993. Linum drymarioides 



2994. Linum adenophyllum 



2995. Linum Clevelandii 



