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cilis Eastw., Bull. Torr. Club 28:154, pi. 18, fig. 20 (1901), tyi^e loc. recorded as "Fresno," BucTe- 

 minster, but almost undoubtedly in the Sierra Nevada foothills east. N. fremontii Elmer, Bot. 

 Gaz. 41:319 (1906), type loc. Fremont Peak, Gabilan Eange, Elmer 4901. Ellisia fremontii 

 Brand; Engler, Pflzr. 4-" :39 (1913). N. pulchella var. fremontii Constance, Ehod. 42 :39 (1940). 



5. N. heterophylla F. & M. Caxon Nemophila. Stems slender, erect, ascend- 

 ing or lax, 8 to 13 inches long; herbage thinly hirsute or hirsutulous; leaf -blades 

 ovate in outline, % to 2 inches long, pinnately divided or parted into 5 or 7 often 

 remote divisions, the divisions ovate to elliptic or oblong, entire or few-toothed, 

 1 to 6 lines long ; upper or uppermost leaves 3-lobed or subentire or entire, or some- 

 times similar to the lower; peduncles mostly longer than the leaves; calyx-append- 

 ages evident ; corolla white or bluish, devoid of blue or purple dots, basin-shaped 

 or broadly eampanulate, not hairy within, deeply cleft, 3 to 6 lines broad ; scales 

 semi-circular, oblong or triangular, entire or laeiniate, rarely narrowly linear or 

 almost obsolete, not reduced to hairy lines; style as long as the ovary. 



Shaded or openly wooded slopes or caiions in the hills, 100 to 4600 feet : Coast 

 Ranges from San Benito Co. to western Siskiyou Co. ; Sierra Nevada from Madera 

 Co. to Shasta Co. North to Oregon. Mar. -June. 



Locs. — Coast Ranges : San Benito Canon, w. side San Carlos Bange, s. San Benito Co., Jepson 

 2721 (det. L. Constance) ; San Carlos Peak, Constance ^ Morrison 2258; El Toro, near Morgan 

 Hill, Santa Cruz Mts., Constance <J- Hoover 2049; Mt. Day, Mt. Hamilton Eange, E. J. Smith; 

 Corral Hollow, w. San Joaquin Co., May Arnold; Mt. Diablo, Bowerman 556; Araquipa Hills, 

 w. Solano Co., Jepson 15,089 ; Putah Canon, w. of Winters, Constance 2045 ; Atlas, Napa Range, 

 Mary Ferguson 215 ; Salmon Creek, 2 mi. ne. of Bodega, Constance 2151 ; Calistoga (sw.) , Jepson 

 4023 ; Wilbur Sprs., sw. Colusa Co., Constance 2146 ; South Mill Creek, se. of XJkiah, Jepson 9228 ; 

 Cahto, cent. Mendocino Co., Jepson 1858 ; Long Valley, near Laytonville, Tracy 5804 ; Paskenta 

 (5 mi. w.), sw. Tehama Co., Virginia Bailey ; Trinity River Valley at Willow Creek, Tracy 15,292; 

 Treka, Butler 658a. Sierra Nevada: North Fork Willow Creek, Bass Lake, Madera Co., Con- 

 stance 2369; Chowchilla School, Mariposa Co., Jepson 12,795; Mormon Bar, Mariposa Co., Con- 

 stance 2131 ; Yosemite Valley, Jepson 4268 ; Chinese Camp (3% mi. nw.), Tuolumne Co., Constance 

 2196; Gwin Mine, Calaveras Co., Jepson 1785; Mokelumne Hill (3 mi. n.), Amador Co., Constance 

 # Morrison 2163; Nashville, Eldorado Co., Jepson 18,660; Applegate, Placer Co., Constance 4' 

 Morrison 2171 ; Squirrel Creek, Rough & Ready, w. Nevada Co., Constance ^ Morrison 2174 ; betw. 

 Big Chico and Little Chieo creeks, Butte Co., Constance 4' Morj-ison 2177; Pit River, Shasta Co., 

 Brown 261. 



Refs. — Nemophila heterophylla F. & M., Sert. Petrop. 1, sub t. 8 (1846), type loc. Bodega 

 Bay, Sonoma Co., Wrangel; Jepson, Man. 813 (1925). Fiticella heterophylla Mcbr., Contrib. Gray 

 Herb. 59:31 (1919). N. exilis Eastw., Bull. Torr. Club 28:148, pi. 17, fig. 11 (1901), type loc. 

 "Hog Ranch road," near Hetch-Hetchy, Congdnn. fiticella exilis Mcbr., I.e. N. divaricata Eastw., 

 I.e. 28:153, pi. 18, fig. IS (1901), type loc". Mt. St. Helena, Eastwood. N. heterophylla subvar. 

 divaricata Brand, Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 4:212 (1912). N. hispida Eastw., I.e. 28:152, pi. 18, fig. 

 17 (1901), type loc. betw. Clear Lake and Bartlett Sprs., at base of Bartlett Mt., n. Lake Co., 

 Eastwood. N. decumhens Eastw., I.e., 29:473 (1902), type loc. Mt. Diablo, Curran. N. tenera 

 Eastw., I.e., 28:153, pi. 18, fig. 19 (1901), type loc. Applegate, Placer Co., Helen Smith. N. hetero- 

 phylla subvar. tenera Brand, I.e. N. heterophylla var. <e« era Nels. & Mcbr., Bot. Gaz. 65:66 (1918). 

 N. flaccida Eastw., Bull. Torr. Club 28:149, pi. 20, fig. 15 (1901), type loc. Pit River, Shasta Co., 

 Brown 261. Fiticella heterophylla Mcbr. var. flaccida Mcbr., I.e. 31. N. heterophylla var. flaccida 

 Brand, I.e.; Jepson, Man. 813 (1925). N. inaequalis Eastw., I.e. 28:149, pl. 20, fig. 16 (1901), 

 type loc. "Russian River," probably in Sonoma Co., T. Brandegee. N. ncmorrnsis Eastw., I.e. 

 28:155, pl. 19, fig. 21 (1901), type loc. South San Francisco, K. Brandegee ; scales narrowly linear 

 or almost obsolete. N. nemorensis var. gracilis Brand, I.e., probably belongs here, at least as to 

 first-cited spm., Drytovni, Amador Co., Hansen 542, although the second-cited spm., Girard sta., 

 Tehachapi Mts., Heller 7718, is N. pulchella var. gracilis Constance. N. heterophylla var. nemo- 

 rensis Jepson, Man. 813 (1925). N. glauca Eastw., I.e. 28:156, pl. 19, fig. 22 (1901), type loc. 

 Big Chico Creek, Butte Co., Bruce 2037. N. nemorensis var. glauca Brand; Engler, Pflzr. 4-''' :57 

 (1913). N. fallax Eastw., I.e. 28:156, pl. 19, fig. 23 (1901), type loc. Big Chico Creek, Bruce 2037 

 in part. N. diversifolia Eastw., I.e., 29:473, pl. 21, fig. 4 (1902), type loc. Mormon Bar, Mariposa 

 Co., J. W. Congdon (not "J. G. Congdon"). 



6. N. pedunculata Dougl. Stems branching from the base, prostrate or trail- 

 ing, sparingly pubescent, 2 to 6 (or 12) inches long; herbage thinly hirsute or hir- 

 sutulous ; leaf -blades broadly oblong in outline, regularly 5 or 7-lobed or -divided, 

 V-i to % (or 11,4) inches long, the lobes commonly entire; petioles mostly short; 

 peduncles shorter than the leaves, sometimes longer, strongly deflexed in age, bury- 



