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slightly exceeding the calyx; seeds S-12, ovoid, about 2 mm. long, smooth or shallowly pitted; 

 cucuUus usually papillaeform, deciduous. 



Moist meadows, Transition and Upper Sonoran Zones; western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, from Plumas 

 County to Kern County, California. Type locality: "in montibus Sacramento." April-June. 



7. Nemophila parviflora Dougl. Small-flowered Nemophila. Fig. 4055. 



Nemophila parviflora Dougl. ex Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 17: 275. 1835. 

 Nemophila macrophylla Eastw. Bull. Torrey Club 28: 144. 1901. 

 Nemophila micrantha Eastw. op. cit. 146. 

 Nemophila Kelloggii Eastw. op. cit. 147. 

 Nemophila Plaskettii Eastw. op. cit. 147. 



Stems weak and brittle, densely hispid to glabrate, 0.5-6 dm. long. Lower leaves opposite, 

 the upper alternate, the lower ovate to orbicular, 1-4 cm. long, 1-3 cm. broad, truncate or cordate 

 at base, pinnately parted into usually 5 oblong or ovate, acute or obtuse lobes, these entire or 

 again incisely toothed or lobed, the 2 lower often distinct, the 3 upper confluent, or all distinct 

 but with narrow sinuses, petiolate, or the upper leaves nearly sessile and often asymmetrical at 

 base, all appressed-hispid, thin in texture ; flowers on short pedicels ; calyx-lobes oblong- or 

 ovate-lanceolate, 1-3 mm. long, 0.5-1.5 mm. broad, the auricles reflexed, 0.7-1 mm. long; corolla 

 campanulate, white or bluish, 2^ mm. broad, the lobes oval or obovate, about equaling the tube ; 

 filaments shorter than the tube ; appendages linear, the free edge ciliate, or reduced to hairy lines 

 or obsolete ; capsule 3-5 mm. in diameter, exceeding the calyx ; seeds usually 2-4, ovoid, 2-2.5 mm. 

 long, yellow to brick-red, smooth but shallowly pitted ; cucuUus often papillaeform, deciduous. 



Moist forest floors, Humid Transition Zone; western Washington and Oregon to Monterey County, Cali- 

 fornia; north to Vancouver Island. Type locality: "from the Columbia." April-June. 



Nemophila parviflora var. Austiniae (Eastw.) Brand, Pflanzenreich 42°i: 55. 1913. (Nemophila incon- 

 spicua Henderson, Bull. Torrey Club 27: 349. 1900; N. Austiniae Eastw. op. cit. 28: 143. 1901; N. explicata 

 Nels. & Macbr. Bot. Gaz. 55: 377. 1913.) Leaves apparently all opposite, the lower orbicular, broadly cuneate 

 at base, pinnately and shallowlv lobed into 5-7 oblong or oval, entire divisions, with triangular-ovate teeth; 

 auricles 0.2-0.4 mm. long; corolla 1.5-3 mm. long, barely exceeding the calyx; style 0. 6-0.8 mm. long; appen- 

 dages small and narrow, the apex free and fimbriate, or reduced to hairy lines or obsolete. Chiefly in coniferous 

 woods. Great Basin, central Washington and Oregon to northern California, east to Idaho and Utah. Type locality: 

 Davis Creek, Modoc County, California. 



Nemophila parviflora var. quercifolia (Eastw.) Chandl. Bot. Gaz. 34: 210. 1902. {Nemophila quercifolia 

 Eastw. Bull. Torrey Club 28: 142. 1901.) Densely villous or pilose; leaves all opposite, ovate or orbicular, cor- 

 date or truncate at base, crenately 5-7-lobed, the lobes orbicular to obovate, rounded, entire or few-toothed, densely 

 villous; corolla 3-5 mm. broad, the lobes equaling or shorter than the tube; appendages usually narrow and 

 glabrous; capsule 4-6 mm. in diameter. Dry coniferous forests of the Transition Zone; western slope of the 

 southern Sierra Nevada. Type locality: Fresno County, California. 



8. Nemophila heterophylla Fisch. & Mey. Variable-leaved Nemophila. 



Fig. 4056. 



Nemophila heterophylla Fisch. & Mey. Sert. Petrop. pi. 8. 1846. 



Nemophila exilis Eastw. Bull. Torrey Club 28: 148. 1901. 



Nemophila flaccida Eastw. op. cit. 149. 



Nemophila inaequalis Eastw. op. cit. 149. 



Nemophila hispida Eastw. op. cit. 152. 



Nemophila divaricata Eastw. op. cit. 153. 



Nemophila tcnera Eastw. op. cit. 153. 



Nemophila nemorensis Eastw. op. cit. 155. 



Nemophila fallax Eastw. op. cit. 156. 



Nemophila glaiica Eastw. op. cit. 156. 



Nemophila decumbcns Eastw. op. cit. 29: 473. 1902. 



Nemophila diversifolia Eastw. loc. cit. 



Stems delicate, hispid or glabrate, 1-3 dm. long. Lower leaves opposite, the upper alternate, 

 the lower oblong to ovate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 0.5-1.8 cm. broad, pinnately divided into 5-7 usually 

 orbicular, petiolulate, usually remote divisions, entire or 1-3-toothed, the uppermost leaves alter- 

 nate, lanceolate to ovate, 3-5-lobed or entire, all hispid or glabrate; pedicels slender; calyx-lobes 

 ovate-lanceolate, 2-3.5 mm. long, 0.5-1.5 mm. broad, the auricles spreading or reflexed, ovate, 

 about 0.5 mm. long; corolla pelviform, white or bluish, 5-10 mm. broad, the lobes obovate; fila- 

 ments about equaling the tube ; appendages triangular, the free edge glabrous or ciliate, or re- 

 duced to hairy lines; style 2.5-3.5 mm. long, conspicuously exserted from the calyx; capsule 

 2-5 mm. in diameter, exceeding the calyx ; seeds 2-4, yellowish brown, ovoid, 1-2 mm. long, 

 smooth or minutely roughened ; cucullus often papillaeform, deciduous. 



Light shade of oaks or of brush, Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones; foothill region of the Coast Ranges 

 and Sierra Nevada, from San Benito and Madera Counties, California, north to the Rogue River Valley, Oregon. 

 Type locality: "in Nova-California ad sinum Bodega." April-July. 



9. Nemophila pulchella Eastw. Eastwood's Nemophila. Fig. 4057. 



Nemophila pulchella Eastw. Bull. Torrey Club 28: 157. 1901. 



Stems loosely hispid to glabrate, 1-4 dm. long. Leaves all opposite or the uppermost occa- 

 sionally alternate, the lower oblong to ovate, 2.5-4.5 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. broad, pinnately 

 divided into 5 usually remote, petiolulate, orbicular divisions, these usually toothed with broad 

 sinuses, the uppermost leaves oblong or lanceolate, shallowly lobed or toothed, or entire, all 

 loosely hispid or pilose ; pedicels slender ; calyx nearly rotate, the lobes oblong-lanceolate, 2-4 mm. 

 long, 0.5-1.5 mm. broad, the auricles minute or entirely obsolete; corolla rotate, deep or pale 

 blue with a white center, 5-12 mm. broad, the lobes oval or orbicular, exceeding the tube, the 



