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nearly so entire or pinnately lobed with 2-6 linear lobes toward the base ; cauline leaves alter- 

 nate numerous, like the basal; flowers numerous, short-pedicellate m open, leafy thy rsoid- 

 paniculate cvmes, 1-3 dm. long, the cymes erect in fruit; calyx-lobes linear to oblanceolate, 

 4-6 mm long 1 mm. or less broad, strongly hirsute on the margms, slightly accrescent in fruit ; 

 corolla bluish' purple to white, pelviform, deciduous, 6-10 mm. long, 10-15 mm. broad, the lobes 

 obovate 4-5 mm. long, the whole much longer than the calyx; stamens about equaling the 

 corolla '5-6 mm. long, the anthers oblong, 1 mm. long, the filaments sparsely hairy and minutely 

 glandular ■ scales linear-oblong with free tips, free from the stamens ; style 5-8 mm. long, cleft 

 about one-third, hirsutulous ; capsule ovoid-lanceolate, 5-7 mm. long, acuminate, sparsely 

 hirsute; seeds usually 6-15, oblong-ovoid, about 1.5 mm. long, dark brown or black, foveolate. 



Sandy or rocky soil, Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones; northern California and southwestern Oregon, 

 eastward throughout the Great Basin and to the Rocky Mountains from British Columbia and Alberta to Wyoming. 

 Type locality: "On the banks of the Missouri" (probably at The Dalles, Oregon). May-June. 



44. Phacelia vallicola Congdon. Mariposa Phacelia. Fig. 4103. 



Phacelia vallicola Congdon ex Brand, Jahresb. Kgl. Gymnas. Sorau Beilage 7. 1911. 

 Phacelia curvipcs var. yosemitana Brand, Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 4: 222. 1912. 



Annual, 1-3 dm. tall from a slender taproot, hirsute and hirsutulous throughout, slightly 

 glandular • 'stems erect, simple and virgate or branched. Basal leaves opposite, the others alter- 

 nate ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 1-3.5 cm. long, 0.5-1 cm. broad, entire, venose, tapering into a 

 usually short petiole ; cauline leaves few, like the basal ; flowers numerous, short-pedicel ate in 

 simple or few-branched cymes, the cymes 5-7 cm. long, erect in fruit; calyx-lobes linear- 

 spatulate to obovate, 3-5 mm. long, 0.5-1 mm. broad, usually unequal, hirsute and sparsely 

 glandular up to 10 mm. long and 3 mm. broad in fruit; corolla purple, tubular-campanulate, 

 deciduous 4-6 mm. long and broad, the lobes obovate, 1.5-2 mm. long, the whole longer than 

 the calyx; stamens included, 2-3 mm. long, the anthers 0.5 mm. long, the filaments papillate; 

 scales oblong, attached to the filaments at base; style included, about 2.5 mm. long, parted to 

 below the middle, hairy; capsule ovoid, 4-6 mm. long, acute, hirsute; seeds about 10, oblong- 

 ovoid, angled, 1.5-2 mm. long, brown, irregularly foveolate. 



Foothills, Arid Transition Zone; central Sierra Nevada, California. Type locality: Kites Cove, Mariposa 

 County, California. April-May. 



45. Phacelia verna Howell. Umpqua Phacelia. Fig. 4104. 



Phacelia verna Howell, Erythea 3: 35. 1895. 



Phacelia HoKcllii J. F. Macbride, Contr. Gray Herb. No. 49: 41. 1917. 



Annual, 0.5-2.5 dm. tall from a slender taproot, hirsute and somewhat glandular through- 

 out; stems simple or branching at base, erect. Basal leaves ovate to obovate, 1.5-3 cm. long, 

 0.5-1 cm. broad, venose, entire or some of the lower toothed, abruptly narrowed into a short 

 winged petiole; flowers rather numerous, short-pedicellate in dense terminal and axillary 

 cymes, the cymes 2-5 cm. long, becoming loose in fruit; calyx-lobes linear-spatulate, 3-4 mm. 

 long, i mm. or less broad, unequal, hirsutulous, 5-7 mm. long and up to 1.5 mni. broad in fruit; 

 corolla white or pale blue, deciduous, campanulate, 5-7 mm. long, the lobes 2.5-3.5 mm. long; 

 stamens slightly exserted, 6 mm. long, the anthers oval, 0.5 mm. long, the filaments glabrous; 

 scales small, ovate, free from the filaments above ; style about 5 mm. long, parted nearly to the 

 base, hairy; capsule ovoid, 3-5 mm. long, acuminate, hirsutulous; seeds 6-10, 1-1.5 mm. long, 

 oblong-ovoid, foveolate. 



Crevices in basaltic bluffs, Humid Transition Zone; Umpqua River Valley, western Oregon. Type locality: 

 Umpqua Valley, Oregon. April-June. 



46. Phacelia phacelioides (Benth.) Brand. Mount Diablo Phacelia. Fig. 4105. 



Eiitoca phacelioides Benth. Trans. Linn. See. 17: 279. 1835. 

 Phacelia circinatiformis A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 10: 325. 1875. 

 Phacelia phacelioides Brand, Pflanzenreich 4=^^: 117. 1913. 



Annual, 0.5-2 dm. tall from a slender taproot, hirsute and puberulent throughout; stems 

 erect or ascending, simple or branched. Basal leaves opposite or alternate, lanceolate or oblong 

 to oval, 2-5 cm. long, 0.5-2 cm. broad, entire, tapering at base into a slender petiole, the 

 parallel lateral veins conspicuous; cauline leaves numerous, like the basal but short-petiolate ; 

 flowers rather numerous, short-pedicellate in simple or branched cymes, the cymes 2-8 cm. 

 long, erect or ascending in fruit; calyx-lobes linear-spatulate, acute, 4-5 mm. long, 1-1.5 mm. 

 broad, densely hirsute, 10-12 mm. long, 2-3 mm. broad in fruit; corolla pale lavender to white, 

 tubular-funnelform, deciduous, 4-7 mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, the lobes oval, 1-2 mm. long, 

 the whole about equaling the calyx; stamens included, 2-2.5 mm. long, the anthers about 

 0.5 mm. long, the filaments hairy; scales ovate, denticulate, united to the filaments at base; 

 style 2 mm. lontj, included, cleft about to the middle, hirsutulous ; capsule ovoid, 4 mm. long, 

 acute, flattened, hirsute ; seeds ovoid, 6-15, 1.5 mm. long, dark brown, roughly and irregularly 

 foveolate. 



Moist, rockv soil in shade of chaparral, Transition Zone; Inner South Coast Ranges, from Mount Diablo to 

 Mount Hamilton. Type locality: "California." Collected by Douglas. April-May. 



