FIGWORT FAMILY 779 



exceeding the glabrous or pubescent lowermost lobe; capsule 4-5 mm. long; seeds 1.5-2 mm. 

 wide, nearly circular, flattened, with decurved margins. 



Grassy openings among conifers, Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones; Lake and Eldorado Counties to 

 Fresno and San Luis Obispo Counties, central California. Type locality: near Oakland, California. March- 

 June. 



12. Collinsia Bruceae M. E. Jones. Mrs. Bruce's Blue-eyed Mary. Fig. 4745, 



Co//»n.j«a Brwceo^ ("Brucae") M. E. Jones, Contr. West. Bot. No. 12: 69. 1908. 

 Collinsia sparsiflora var. Bruceae Newsom, Bot. Gaz. 87 : 285. 1929. 



Plant 0.5-2 dm. tall, the stem glabrous or distally minutely pubescent. Leaf-blades glabrous 

 (or minutely pubescent on upper surface), the upper narrowly oblong-lanceolate, entire or 

 crenate-dentate, 1-2.5 cm. long, sessile or shortly petioled, the lower much shorter and wider, 

 more deeply dentate, on petioles that may be as long as the blades ; inflorescence lax, the bracts 

 not or scarcely reduced, each subtending a single flower (one or both of a pair developed), the 

 pedicels becoming 10-20 mm. long ; calyx 9-12 mm. long, glabrous, the sepals united 2-3 mm., 

 their free portions lanceolate, acute ; corolla 7-10 mm. long ; basal pouch low with the tube 

 broadly rounded dorsally ; both lips lavender or white, the upper one proximally yellow 

 with purple spots, the lower slightly longer, its lateral lobes somewhat exceeding the purple- 

 spotted and distally hirsute lowermost lobe; capsule 5-6 mm. long; seeds 3^ mm. wide, nearly 

 circular, flattened, with decurved margins. 



Usually rocky partly wooded grassland. Upper Sonoran Zone; southern Washington to central California. 

 Type locality : Little Chico, Butte County, California. March-May. 



13. Collinsia sparsiflora Fisch. & Mey. Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary. Fig. 4746. 



Collinsia sparsiflora Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 2: 33. 1836. 

 Collinsia parviflora var. sparsiflora Benth. in A. DC. Prod. 10: 319. 1846. 



Plant 0.5-2.5 dm. tall, the stem and pedicels minutely pubescent to glabrous. Leaf-blades 

 glabrous (or pubescent on upper surface), the upper narrowly oblong, crenate-dentate to 

 entire, 1-3 cm. long, sessile, the lower much shorter, more lobed, and longer-petioled ; inflores- 

 cence lax, the bracts not or scarcely reduced, each subtending a single flower (one or both of a 

 pair developed), the pedicels becoming 10-30 mm. long; calyx 6-7 mm. long, glabrous, the 

 sepals united 2 mm., their free portions lanceolate, acute; corolla 8-13 mm. long, the basal 

 pouch moderate, raised so that dorsal side makes angle of 50° to 80° with calyx, both lips 

 purple, the upper proximally white with dark purple dots, the lower longer, its somewhat 

 spreading lateral lobes exceeding the hirsute lowermost lobe; capsule 5-6 mm. long; seeds 

 2.5-3 mm. wide, nearly circular, flattened, with decurved margins. 



Grassy places, on various roqk formations including serpentine. Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones; 

 Butte County to Marin and Tuolumne Counties, California. Type locality: near Ruthenian colony at the present 

 Fort Ross, Sonoma County, California. March-May. 



Collinsia sparsiflora var. arvensis (Greene) Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Calif. 398. 1901. {Collinsia arvensis 

 Greene, Pittonia 2: 232. 1892.) Flowers larger, the corolla 13-16 mm. long, its basal pouch so strongly inflated 

 that its dorsal side makes an angle of 80° to 90° with the calyx. Rocky usually grassy places. Upper Sonoran 

 and Transition Zones; Mendocino and Lake Counties to Sonoma County, central California. Type locality: 

 Knight's Valley, Sonoma County. March-May. 



14. Collinsia callosa Parish. Large-fruited Blue-eyed Mary. Fig. 4747. 



Collinsia callosa Parish, Erythea 7: 96. 1899. 



Plant 0.5-2 dm. tall, the stem distally as well as the pedicels and calyces pilose with short 

 hairs bearing large dark glands. Leaf-blades glabrous, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, entire 

 or nearly so, 1-2.5 cm. long, sessile or slightly petioled; inflorescence lax, the bracts not or 

 scarcely reduced, each subtending a single flower, the pedicels becoming 4-15 mm. long; calyx 

 4^6 mm. long, the sepals united half their length, their free portions ovate-lanceolate, acute to 

 acuminate ; corolla 8-9 mm. long, glabrous throughout, basal pouch low-rounded, both lips violet- 

 purple, the upper one proximally white with fine purple dots, distally erect, the lower about as 

 long, its lateral lobes exceeding the lowermost lobe; capsule 6 mm. long; seeds usually 3 to a 

 cell, 2 mm. long, narrow, turgid. 



Granitic sand. Upper Sonoran Zone; desert mountains, from Panamint Mountains of Inyo County to San 

 Antonio Mountains of Los Angeles County, southern California. Type locality: Swarthout Canyon, San Antonio 

 Mountains. April-May. 



15. Collinsia Childii Parry. Child's Blue-eyed Mary. Fig. 4748. 



Collinsia Childii Parry ex A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2^: 257. 1878. 

 Collinsia inconspicua Congdon, Erythea 7: 187. 1900. 

 Collinsia brevifiora Suksd. W. Amer. Sci. 12: 54. 1901. 



Plant 1.5-4 dm. tall, the stem distally and pedicels glandular-pubescent, with the older 

 growth finely pubescent but glandless. Leaf-blades glabrescent, oblong-lanceolate, acutish to 

 obtuse, denticulate to nearly entire, 2-4 cm. long, narrowed to short-petioled bases ; inflorescence 

 lax, the upper bracts much-reduced, each subtending 1-3 flowers (or else some bracts ternate 

 or quaternate). the pedicels becoming 3-25 mm. long; calyx 5-7 mm. long, finely glandular- 

 pubescent on ribs, the sepals united 2-3 mm., their free portions lanceolate, obtuse or obttisish ; 

 corolla 6-7 mm. long, glabrous throughout, the basal pouch low-rounded and hardly evident, 



