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sessile ; flowers rather numerous, subsessile in short, dense, scattered cymes, the cymes 2-8 cm. 

 long, erect in fruit; calyx-lobes spatulate, tapering gradually at base, 5-6 mm. long, 1-2.5 mm. 

 broad, densely glandular-hispid, little enlarged in fruit ; corolla dirty white or bluish, campanu- 

 late, deciduous, 5-8 mm. long, 6-10 mm. broad, the lobes oval, 2-3 mm. long, spreading, the whole 

 a little longer than the calyx ; stamens exserted, 7-10 mm. long, the filaments glabrous, the 

 anthers oval, about 0.5 mm. long; scales ovate, attenuate upward, adnate only at the base of the 

 filament ; style exserted, 7-10 mm. long, glabrous, cleft two-thirds ; capsule ovoid, 3-4 mm. long, 

 hispid and pubescent; seeds usually 2 or 4, oblong-ovoid, 2.5-3 mm. long, dark brown, finely 

 foveolate. 



Rocky slopes and bluffs, Transition and Sonoran Zones; central Washington to central California. Type lo- 

 cality: "Dry rocky plains of the Columbia, near Priest's Rapid, 'and at the Stony Islands'." June-July. 



Phacelia eremophila Greene, Pittonia 5:20. 1902. (Phacelia fastigiata Greene, Pittonia 5:18. 1902; 

 P. ramosissima var. valida M. E. Peck, Torreya 28: 56. 1928; P. ramosissima var. subglabra M. E. Peck, op. cit. 

 55; P. alvordensis M. E. Jones, Contr. West. Bot. No. 17: 30. 1930.) Stems nonglandular and sparsely if at all 

 hispid; calyx-lobes usually linear-oblanceolate, tapering gradually, distant. South central Oregon to Kern County, 

 California, in the Sierra Nevada, and western Nevada. Type locality: "West Humboldt Mountains," Nevada. 



Phacelia suffrutescens Parry, Proc. Davenp. Acad. 4: 38. 1884. (Phacelia bifurca Greene, Pittonia 5: 18. 

 1902; P. subsinuata Greene, op. cit. 19; P. polystacha Greene, op. cit. 19.) Stems glandular or only hispid; calyx- 

 lobes obovate or ovate-lanceolate, narrowed abruptly into a basal claw, approximate. Central California coast 

 and southern Sierra Nevada (Kern Canyon) to southern California, Utah, northern Arizona and Lower Califor- 

 nia. Type locality: southern California. 



6. Phacelia cinerea Eastw. San Nicolas Phacelia. Fig. 4065. 



Phacelia cinerea Eastw. ex J. F. Macbride, Contr. Gray Herb. No. 49:26. 1917. 



Perennial, perhaps 5 dm. tall from a fascicle of fibrous roots, densely hirsutulous and gland- 

 ular throughout. Leaves broadly ovate, 5-8 cm. long, 3-4 cm. broad, 2-3-pinnate, the ultimate 

 divisions very fine, the petiole shorter than the blade ; cauline leaves like the basal, the upper- 

 most sessile ; flowers numerous, subsessile in short, dense, branched cymes, the cymes 2-4 cm. long, 

 erect in fruit; calyx-lobes oblanceolate, 2-3 mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad, densely glandular-hirsu- 

 tulous, little enlarged in fruit ; corolla blue, broadly campanulate, deciduous, 3-5 mm. long and 

 broad, the lobes oval, 1.5-2 mm. long, the whole a little longer than the calyx; stamens exserted, 

 5-6 mm. long, the anthers oval, 0.5 mm. long; style 3-5 mm. long, cleft below the middle; 

 capsule oblong-ovoid, 1.5-2 mm. long, hirsutulous; seeds 3-4, oblong-ovoid, 1.5 mm. long, dark 

 brown, foveolate. 



Known only from moist fiats near the sea, San Nicolas Island, Ventura County, California (the type locality). 

 March-April. 



7. Phacelia Lyonii A. Gray. Lyon's Phacelia. Fig. 4066. 



Phacelia Lyonii A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 20: 303. 1885. 



Annual, 3-12 dm. tall from a slender taproot, densely glandular and somewhat hispid 

 throughout ; stems erect or ascending, branched. Basal leaves alternate, ovate, 5-10 cm. long, 

 3-8 cm. broad, pinnate and then pinnatifid, the divisions crenate-dentate, the petiole much shorter 

 than the blade ; cauline leaves alternate, rather few, like the basal ; flowers numerous, sessile in a 

 short, dense panicle of cymes, the cymes 4-8 cm. long, ascending in fruit; calyx-lobes spatulate, 

 4-5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, densely glandular-hispid, 7-8 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. broad in fruit; 

 corolla bluish white, broadly campanulate, deciduous, 5-8 mm. long and broad, the lobes obovate, 

 about 2 mm. long, the whole longer than the calyx ; stamens included, 4-5 mm. long, the anthers 

 oblong, 0.75 mm. long; scales broadly ovate, attached to the filament at base; style included, 

 about 3 mm. long, cleft to the middle ; capsule oblong-ovoid, 5-7 mm. long, acute, sparsely 

 pubescent; seeds 20-40, oval, flattened, 0.5-0.75 mm. long, black, foveolate. 



Rocky banks and cliffs, Sonoran Zones; endemic to Santa Catalina Island, the type locality, and San Clemente 

 Island, California. May-June. 



8. Phacelia floribunda Greene. Island Phacelia. Fig. 4067. 



Phacelia phyllomanica va.T. interrupta A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 11: 87. 1876. 

 Phacelia floribunda Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1 : 200. 1885. 



Annual, 3-6 dm. tall from a taproot, hirsute and glandular-puberulent throughout ; stems 

 stout, erect, branching. Basal leaves ovate, 5-15 cm. long, 2-9 cm. broad, pinnate, the oblong or 

 oval divisions pinnatifid, then crenate-dentate, the petiole usually much shorter than the blade ; 

 cauline leaves like the basal ; flowers numerous, subsessile, in a panicle of dense, crowded cymes, 

 the cymes 2-6 cm. long, erect in fruit ; calyx-lobes orbicular, 3-5 mm. long, 2-3 mm. broad, 

 pinnatifid with 3-5 oblong or oblanceolate, divergent lobes, densely short-hirsute, or 1 or 2 

 linear-spatulate and entire, scarcely enlarged in fruit ; corolla pale blue, broadly campanulate, 

 deciduous, 4-6 mm. long and broad, the divisions oval, 1-1.5 mm. long, the whole longer than 

 the calyx ; stamens slightly exserted, 5-6 mm. long, the filaments glabrous, the anthers oval, 

 1.5 mm. long; scales oblanceolate, adnate; style included, 2-3 mm. long, glabrous, cleft two- 

 thirds; capsule ovoid, 2-3 mm. long, hirsute; seeds 1-4, oblong-ovoid, 1.5-2 mm. long, dark 

 brown, coarsely foveolate. 



Sheltered slopes or flats, Sonoran Zones; San Clemente Island, California, and Guadalupe Island, Lower 

 California. Type locality: Guadalupe Island. March-June. 



