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6 (1898). Var. parviplordm C. L. Hitchc, Am. Jour. Bot. 20:420 (1933). Conanthus parvi- 

 florus Greenm., Erythea 7:117 (1S99), type loc. Malheur region, Ore., Cusiclc 1957. 



3. N. stenocarpum Gray. Stems several from the base, diffuse, 3 to 11 inches 

 long, mostly very leafy; herbage hirsute; leaf -blades oblanceolate to linear-oblong, 

 sessile, % to 2 inches long ; flowers in leafy terminal clusters ; calyx-lobes IVi to 

 IV^ times as long as the capsule, divergent at the tips; corolla tubular, 3 to 31/2 lines 

 long, shorter than the calyx to II3 times as long; capsule linear, 3 lines long, the 

 seeds numerous. 



Shores of lakes or ponds, 20 to 500 feet : eismontane Southern California from 

 Los Angeles Co. to San Diego Co. ; southern Colorado Desert. South to Lower 

 California, east to Texas. IMar.-June. 



Locs. — Cismontane S. Cal.: San'telle, near Santa Monica (Zoe 4:165); Anaheim Creek, 

 Orange Co., L. M. Booth 1235; Sweetwater Valley, San Diego Co., Cleveland. Colorado Desert: 

 Diamond Lake, Imperial Co., T. Brandegee. 



Refs. — Nama stenocarpum Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 10:331 (1875), type from Tex., Berlan- 

 dier 1095; Jepson, Man. 832 (1925). Conanthus stenocarpns Hel., Cat. N. Am. PI. 6 (1898). 

 N. huinifusum Brand, Beitrage zur Kennt. der Hydrophyllaceae 9 (1911), type loc. Soldiers Home, 

 SawteUe, Los Angeles Co., Basse. 



4. N. hispidmn Gray var. spathulatum C. L. Hitchc. Stems leafy, few to 

 many from the very leafy base, ascending, 4 to 7 inches high ; herbage hispid ; leaves 

 Yz to IV2 (or 2) inches long, the blades narrow-oblanceolate, gradually narrowed to 

 base, not at all or scarcely petioled; flowers in loose or somewhat dense terminal 

 clusters ; calyx-lobes linear ; corolla purple, 4 to 6 lines long ; styles shorter than the 

 calyx; ovules 20 to 50 to each placenta ; capsule linear. 



Sandy washes or valley floors, -50 to 500 feet : eastern Colorado Desert. East 

 to Texas, south to Mexico. Mar. -Apr. 



Flower note. — The stamen filaments are flattened or obcompressed with the edges standing at 

 right angles to the corolla-tube. The stamens, inserted low on the corolla-tube, are nearly as long 

 as the tube. The styles, though distinct to the base, are lightly connivent nearly to the top, with 

 the tips spreading. The ovary bears a brush of hairs near the top. 



Locs. — Palo Verde Valley, Jepson 5259 (it colonizes extensively the low river flats about 

 Blythe) ; Chuekwalla Bench, Ball 5886. 



Var. revolutum Jepson. Leaves linear, hirsute-hispid, % to % line wide, the margin revo- 

 lute. — Colorado Desert: Kipley, s. of Blythe, Ferris 7188; Fort Yuma, Jepson 11,731; Hayfields, 

 Chuekwalla Valley, Mum 4- Keck 4931; Mecca, Mum 4- Keck 4740; Split Mt., T. Brandegee; 

 Calexico, Davy 7965. 



Eefs. — Nama hispidum Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5:339 (1862), type from Tex., Berlandier 

 2385. Var. spathulatum C. L. Hitchc, Am. Jour. Bot. 20:524 (1933). N. biflora var. spathula- 

 tum Torr., Pac. B. Eep. 7^:17 (1856), type loc. Gila Eiver, Ariz., Antisell. A', hispidum var. 

 coulteri Brand; Engler, Pflzr. 4-":154 (1913) in part; Jepson, Man. 832 (1925) ; not N. coulteri 

 Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8:283 (1870). Var. revolutum Jepson, Man. 832 (1925), type loc. Pilot 

 Knob, Colorado Eiver, J. Grinnell. 



5. N. demissum Gray. Stems prostrate and mat-like, 1 to 6 inches long; herb- 

 age hirsutulous-pubescent ; leaves Y2 to ll^ inches long, linear-oblanceolate, gradu- 

 ally attenuate to a petiole; flowers in terminal clusters ; calyx-lobes narrowly linear ; 

 corolla bright red-purple, 5 to 6 lines long ; filaments unequal and unequally in- 

 serted, their adnate bases with somewhat free margin ; ovary with a brush of hairs 

 at summit; capsule 8 to 14-seeded. 



Sandy desert flats, washes and mesas, -50 to 5000 feet : east side of the Sierra 

 Nevada in Mono and Inyo Cos. ; Sierra Nevada in Kern Co. ; Mohave and Colorado 

 deserts ; Cuyamaca Mts., eastern San Diego Co. South to Lower California, east to 

 Utah and Arizona. Apr. -May. A lowly but showy and frequent plant almost 

 throughout the California deserts. 



Locs. — Mono and Inyo Cos.: Milner Creek, White Mts., Mono Co., Vuran 3239; Bishop (foot- 

 hills w.), jiimedaA'ordi/te; Alabama Hills, Benner 29; Furnace Creek, Funeral Mts., Jepson 6919. 

 Sierra Nevada in Kern Co.: Weldon, Voegelin 83. Mohave Desert: Needles, Buhy I. Warner; 

 Leastalk, Ivanpah Valley, Sumner 4' Grinnell; Newberry (lava sw. of), Newlon 510; Calico Wash, 



