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flowers numerous in congested, capitate, terminal cymes; calyx-lobes linear, 10-15 mm. long, 

 bristly-hirsute- corolla lavender, funnelform, 10-15 mm. long, 6-9 mm. broad, the lobes ovate, 

 2-3 mm long; stamens unequal and unequally inserted, the anthers oval, about 1 mm. long; 

 appendages glabrous on their free edge ; style 8-10 mm. long, divided to the base ; capsule ovoid, 

 4-5 mm. long, membranaceous, loculicidally dehiscent; seeds about 15, ovoid, angular, dark 

 brown, about 1 . 5 mm. long, minutely reticulate. 



Sandy soil in open pine woods, Boreal Zones; southern Sierra Nevada to the San Bernardino Mountains, 

 California. Type locality: Monache Meadows, Tulare County, California. July-Aug. 



2. Nama Lobbii A. Gray. Lobb's Nama. Fig. 4141. 



Noma Lobbii A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 6: 37. 1862. 



Low suffrutescent, leafy perennial, tomentose and glandular, 0.5-3 dm. tall. Leaf-blades 

 linear-oblong to oblanceolate, 1-6.5 cm. broad, entire, conspicuously gray-tomentose beneath, 

 tapering at base into a short petiole or sessile, those of the sterile shoots rather broad and nearly 

 plane, of the fertile, narrower and revolute; flowers numerous in compact, leafy-bracted termi- 

 nal cymes, subsessile; calyx-lobes linear-subulate, 3-7 mm. long; corolla purple, broadly fun- 

 nelform, 9-11 mm. long, 6-8 mm. broad, the lobes orbicular, 2-3 mm. long; stamens unequal 

 and unequally inserted; appendages hirsute on their free edge; style about 3 mm. long divided 

 to the base; capsule globose-ovoid, about 3 mm. long, somewhat cartilaginous and both loculi- 

 cidally and septicidally dehiscent; seeds 10-12, ovoid, angular, about 1.5 mm. long, dark brown, 

 minutely reticulate. 



Sandy or rocky soil in open pine woods, Boreal Zones; Cascade Mountains of southern Oregon to the Lake 

 Tahoe region of California and adjacent Nevada. Type locality: California. June-Sept. 



3. Nama densum Lemmon. Matted Nama. Fig. 4142. 



Nama densum Lemmon, Bull. Torrey Club 16: 222. 1889. 

 Conanthus parviflorus Grtenm. Erythea 7: 117. 1899. 



Diffuse, matted, dichotomously branched, leafy annuals, the branches prostrate from a 

 slender taproot, hirsute and more or less hispid throughout. Leaf-blades oblanceolate, 0.5-2 

 cm. long, 2-5 mm. broad, acute, entire, tapering at base into a short petiole; flowers solitary, 

 sessile in the upper leaf-axils and angles of the branches ; calyx-lobes linear-subulate, 4-5 mm. 

 long ; corolla lavender, tubular-funnelform, 3-5 mm. long, 1-3 mm. broad, the lobes oval, about 

 1 mm. long; stamens unequally inserted; appendages minute; style 0.5-1.5 mm. long, shallow- 

 ly 2-lobed; capsule ovoid, 2-3 mm. long, loculicidally dehiscent; seeds about 15, dark brown, 

 0.5-0.7 mm. long, shallowly pitted and minutely reticulate. 



Sandy soil in sagebrush and open pine woods, Arid Transition and Boreal Zones; Great Basin, from central 

 Washington to the desert borders of eastern California; east to southern Idaho and Nevada. Type locality: near 

 Edgewood, Siskiyou County, California. May-July. 



4. Nama aretioides (Hook. & Arn.) Brand. Purple Nama. Fig. 4143. 



Eutoca aretioides Hook. & Am. Bot. Beechey 374. 1838. 

 Conanthus muUifiorus Heller, Muhlenbergia 2 : 238. 1906. 

 Nama aretioides Brand, Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 4: 224. 1912. 



Diffuse, matted, dichotomously branched, leafy annuals, the branches prostrate from a slen- 

 der taproot, hirsute throughout. Leaf-blades narrowly lanceolate, 0.5-2 cm. long, 1.5-3 mm. 

 broad, acute, entire, tapering at base into a slender petiole; flowers solitary, subsessile in the 

 upper leaf-axils and angles of the branches ; calyx-lobes linear-subulate, 5-7 mm. long ; corolla 

 pale violet, broadly funnelform, 10-17 mm. long, 7-12 mm. broad, the lobes oval, 2-4 mm. long; 

 stamens unequally inserted; appendages obsolete; style 3-5 mm. long, shallowly 2-lobed; cap- 

 sule ovoid, 2-3 mm. long, loculicidally dehiscent; seeds usually 15-25, ovoid, 0.5-1.5 mm. long; 

 dark brown, shallowly pitted and minutely reticulate. 



Sandy flats, Sonoran Zones; southeastern Oregon to the desert ranges of eastern California; east to Idaho and 

 Nevada. Type locality: "Between Burnt and Malheur Rivers," Oregon. May-June. 



5. Nama stenocarpum A. Gray. Mud Nama. Fig. 4144. 



Nama stenocarpum A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 10: 331. 1875. 



Nama humifusum Brand, Jahresb. Kgl. Gymnas. Sorau Beilage. 9. 1911. 



Diffuse, leafy annuals, the branches prostrate or ascending from a slender taproot, 1-3 dm. 

 long, hirsute throughout. Leaf -blades oblanceolate, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 0.4-1 cm. broad, undulate, 

 tapering at base into a short petiole or sessile to auriculate, especially above ; flowers several at 

 the nodes and in compact, leafy-bracted, terminal cymes; calyx-lobes linear-spatulate, 4-6 mm. 

 long, accrescent, recurved, and indurate in fruit, the basal tubular portion of the calyx adherent 

 to the inferior ovary; corolla funnelform, 5-7 mm. long, 3^ mm. broad, the lobes ovate, about 

 1 mm. long; stamens unequal but subequally inserted; style 1.5-2 mm. long, divided only about 

 one-third; capsule linear-oblong. 5-6 mm. long, loculicidally dehiscent; seeds very numerous, 

 irregularly ovoid, flattened, 0.2-0.3 mm. long, light brown, finely reticulate. 



Muddy shores of lakes and on river banks, Sonoran Zones; southern California to Texas and northern 

 Mexico. Type locality: Matamoras, Mexico. March-May. 



