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slender pedicels ; sepals linear, flanked by a membrane which is united below to form a pseudotube 

 one-half the length of calyx, glabrous to glandular-viscid ; corolla narrowly to broadly funnel- 

 form, 7-20 mm. long, lobes pink, throat pink, purple, brownish or yellow, often spotted, tube 

 white or yellow ; stamens unequal, unequally inserted, some in the sinus, others about half way 

 on the tube ; stigma exserted ; capsule ellipsoidal, exceeding calyx-tube ; seeds 3-4 in each locule. 



Gravelly borders of meadows, Transition Zone; North Coast Ranges from Humboldt County to Lake County, 

 Santa Barbara County; Sierra Nevada from eastern Siskiyou County to Tulare County, California. Type locality: 

 "California in the Sierra and foothills, from Plumas to Mariposa County." June-Sept. 



Gilia leptalea subsp. pinnatisecta Mason & Grant, Madrono 9: 220. 1948. Similar to the species but the 

 leaves pinnately to laciniately lobed or dissected, and the whole plant often glandular-viscid. North Coast Ranges, 

 Lake County to Humboldt County, California; San Marcos, Brandegee (Santa Barbara County?). Type locality: 

 "Whispering Pines resort, Lake County, California." 



Gilia leptalea subsp. bicolor Mason & Grant, Madroiio 9: 220. 1948. Similar to the species, but the throat 

 subequal the tube and yellow. Canadian Zone; central Sierra Nevada, California. Type locality: Dardanelle, 

 Tuolumne County. 



23. Gilia minutiflora Benth. Small-flowered Gilia. Fig. 4033. 



Gilia minutiflora Benth. in A. DC. Prod. 9: 315. 1845. 



Gilia sinistra Jones, Contr. West. Bot. No. 10: 57. 1902, as G. sinister. 



Erect annual 1-5 dm. high, stems much-branched, minutely pubescent. Leaves linear filiform, 

 entire, 1-3 cm. long, puberulent ; inflorescence paniculate, glandular-puberulent, flowers on short 

 pedicels ; calyx 2-3 mm. long, lobes lanceolate, flanked by a membranous margin below, which 

 unites abruptly to form a pseudotube ; corolla salverform, 6-8 mm. long, white to pink or laven- 

 der, tube 4-5 mm. long, lobes 2-2> mm. long ; stamens inserted on upper part of tube, barely ex- 

 serted from throat ; pistil included ; capsule ellipsoidal ; seeds several in each locule. 



Upper Sonoran Zone; eastern Washington and Oregon. Type locality: Northwest America. May-Aug. 



24. Gilia capillaris Kell. Smooth-leaved Gilia. Fig. 4034. 



Gilia capillaris Kell. Proc. Calif. Acad. 5: 46. 1873. 



Navarretia capillaris Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 433. 1891. 



Gilia linearifolia Howell, Fl. N.W. Amer. 461. 1903. 



Gilia Columbiana Piper ex Brand, Pflanzenreich 4250; 98, as a synonym. 1907. 



Gilia leptalea subsp. capillaris Brand, loc cit. 



Gilia subalpina Greene ex Brand, loc. cit. 



Slender, erect annual. 2-30 cm. tall, stems simple or branched, glandular-puberulent. Leaves 

 sessile, linear to slightly arcuate, rarely lanceolate, rarely lobed at the base, 1-2 cm. long; inflor- 

 escence a cymose panicle with bracts opposite the flowers ; flowers on slender pedicels, rarely 

 sessile; calyx 2-3 mm. long, sepals linear-lanceolate, flanked by sinus-membrane which is joined 

 to form a pseudotube about equal the lobes in length, glandular-puberulent ; corolla narrowly 

 funnelform, 5-10 mm. long, one and one-half to two and one-half times the calyx, pink to white, 

 tube 2-3 mm. long, throat very narrow, 3-4 mm. long, lobes 1-1.5 mm. long; stamens inserted 

 in sinuses on short filaments, anthers blue or white; pistil included, stigma 0.5 mm. long; 

 capsule ellipsoidal, 3—4 mm. long, seeds 3 to 4 in each locule. 



Hudsonian and Canadian Zones; southern Oregon, Josephine County to Harney County, and southward in 

 California to Mendocino and Trinity Counties and the Sierra Nevada. Type locality: Cisco, Placer County, 

 California. June-Sept. 



25. Gilia tenerrima A. Gray. Delicate Gilia. Fig. 4035. 



Gilia tenerrima A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 8: 277. 1870. 



Erect annual, simple or much-branched, from minutely glandular-pubescent to glabrous. 

 Leaves simple, alternate, linear-oblanceolate, 8-12 mm. long, sparsely glandular with tack-like 

 hairs ; inflorescence paniculate, pedicels often divaricately spreading ; sepals with sinus mem- 

 brane in lower two-thirds of calyx joined to form a pseudotube; corolla funnelform, 1-2 mm. 

 long, tube and throat included in calyx, white to pale pink or pale blue ; stamens inserted on 

 throat, exserted ; capsule globose, subequal the calyx, seeds 1 or 2 to a locule. 



Transition and Canadian Zones; Malheur and Harney Counties, eastern Oregon, to Nevada and Utah. Type 

 locality: on hills above Bear River, Evanston, Utah. May-June. 



26. Gilia filiformis Parry. Thread-stemmed Gilia. Fig. 4036. 



Gilia filiformis Parry ex A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 10: 75. 1874. 

 Tintinabulum filiforme Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts. 698. 1917. 



Erect annual, 3-15 cm. high; stem simple below, branched above, glabrous. Leaves alternate, 

 rarely the lower opposite, simple, entire, linear, almost filiform, 1-5 cm. long ; flowers solitary, 

 each opposite a leaf, pedicels slender, 6-12 mm. long ; calyx deeply cut, the sepals flanked by a 

 hyaline membrane which joins below to form a pseudotube; corolla campanulate, yellow, 4-6 mm 

 long, tube obsolete, throat 1-2 mm. long, lobes 3-4 mm. long, oblong ; stamens equal, inserted on 

 base of throat, 2 mm. long, extending beyond throat ; pistil exserted ; capsule subequal the calyx, 

 ovoid ; seeds several in each locule. 



Sandy and gravelly soils, Lower Sonoran Zone; Mojave Desert from Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, 

 California, east to Utah and Arizona. Type locality: Rocky slopes near St. George, Utah. March-May. 



