72 Sierra Cluh Publications. 



HYDROPHYLLACE/E. Baby-Eyes Family. 



KEV TO THE Gd»iERA. 



LEAVES OPPOSITE. 



Annuals. 



stamens not projecting beyond the corolla ; calyx with a reflexed 

 tooth or lobe between the divisions ; corolla saucer-shaped or 

 bell-shaped, with appendages on the inside ; flowers axillary. 

 Nemophila, Baby-Eyes. 



Perennial. 



stamens unequal, inserted low down in the tube of the corolla ; 

 corolla tubular-funnel-form, without appendages within ; flow- 

 ers in cymes Draperia. 



LEAVES ALTERNATE. 



Ovary i-celled, corolla convolute in the bud. 



Hydrophyllum, Water-Leaf, Bears-Cabbage. 

 Ovary 2-celled, corolla imbricated in the bud. . . Phacelia. 



Nemophila maculata Benth. Low, with decumbent stems 

 branching chiefly from the root, soft hairy throughout. Leaves 

 3-5-lobed, wedge-shaped at base and tapering to a broad petiole. 

 Corolla an inch across, sometimes less in starved specimens, white 

 with a purple spot at the top of each division, veined with purple 

 near the base. Stamens with purple anthers and ribbon-like 

 filaments. Millwood. 



Nemophila insignis Dougl. Baby Blue-Eyes. Corolla 

 blue, paler at the center, nearly an inch in diameter. Stamens 

 short, with thread-like filaments and brownish anthers. Mill- 

 wood ; not common. 



Nemophila inconspicua Eastwood. This is a minutely flow- 

 ered species found in the wet meadows. 



Nemophila quercifolia Eastwood. Another minutely flow- 

 ered species with the leaves almost orbicular, lobed. This grows 

 under the conifers near Millwood. 



Nemophila pulchella Eastwood. A small-flowered species 

 with the flowers almost wheel-shaped, bright blue, numerous and 

 conspicuous. Stems weak and branching, often supported by 

 other plants. Near Millwood. 



Draperia systyla Torr. Stems many from woody roots, a 

 foot or less high, leafy, with short branches, clothed with ap- 

 pressed white hairs. Leaves ovate, acute, inch or less long, with 

 petioles generally shorter than the blades. Flowers in 2-3-forked 

 short spikes, crowded, on slender pedicels. Divisions of the calyx 



