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2. L. Breweri Gray. Trigynous; pedicels 

 short; stipular glands conspicuous; flowers al- 

 most solitary; petals yellow. — 0. Contra Cos- 

 ta hills. Summer. 



3. L. CONGESTUM Gray. Trigynous ; pedi- 

 cels short; stipular glands very small; sepals 

 pubescent; flowers in terminal fascicles; petals 

 dark-red. — 0. Tamalpais. Summer. Bare. 



4. L. Califorxicum B e n t h . Trigynous; 

 pedicels short; stipular glands conspicuous; 

 upper flowers cymose, lower flowers solitary; 

 petals rose-colored. — 0. San Francisco cem- 

 etery. San Bafael. Summer. 



5. L. SPERGULINUM Gray. Trigynous; ped- 

 icels conspicuous; stipular glands 0; flowers 

 rose-colored or wh ite.— 0. Marin County. 

 Summer. 



Family 4. LIMNANTHE^. 



Calyx persistent, valvate in aestivation. Pe- 

 tals alternating with calyx lobes, inserted in- 

 to a perigynous disc. Stamens twice as many 

 as petals. Carpidia verticillate, free, 1-ovulate; 

 style central on the apex, 5, sometimes 3-cleft. 

 Fruit 5, sometimes 3 akenes. Stipules 0. 



1. Limnanthes R- Br. 

 Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, cuneiform. Ovaries 

 5. Fruit 5, rugose akenes. — 0. 



