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4. L. digyiiniii, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 334 (1868). Glabrous, 6 in. 

 high : leaves opposite, oblong, acutish, ^4 — H in. long ; stipiilar glands 

 ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate-denticulate, 1 line long : petals 

 not appendagetl : styles and carpels only 2 or 3. — Near Yosemite Valley, 

 Bolander, and northward in the Sierra Nevada, 



5. L. Breweri, Gray, 1. c. vi. 521 (1865). Slender, 3—12 in. high, 

 glabrous, glaucous, few-flowered : leaves linear-setaceous, 6-8 lines 

 long ; stipular glands conspicuous : sepals 1% lines long, ovate, acute, 

 glandular on the margin : petals spatulate, emarginate, }4 ^^- long, 

 3-appendaged at base : capsule ovoid, acute, about equalling the calyx. — 

 Common on the Mt. Diablo foot-hills ; also found on Lone Mountain, 

 San Francisco, Palmer. 



6. L. Clevelandi, Greene, Bull. Torr. Club, ix. 121 (1882). A foot high 

 or less, diffusely and loosely paniculate : leaves oblong, obtuse or acute, 

 without stipular glands ; fl. minute : sepals narrow, acute, sparingly 

 glandular ciliate ; petals obovate -oblong, constricted toward the base, 

 retuse or emarginate, scarcely exceeding the calyx, the median appendage 

 oblong, glabrous : capsule ovoid, acute, exceeding the calyx, the false 

 septa complete to about the middle, then abruptly narrowed. — Lake Co., 

 Cleveland. 



7. L. adeuophyllum, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 624 (1873). A foot 

 high or less, loosely paniculate above, villous-pubescent or glabrate : 

 leaves broadly linear, subcordate at base, margined with stipitate glands ; 

 stipular glands : sepals 1 line long, lanceolate, acute, glandular- 

 denticulate ; petals obovate-spatulate, mostly emarginate, 2 lines long, 

 3-appendiculate and hairy at base, the median appendage obovate : 

 filaments abruptly dilated and obtusely bidentate at base : capsule 

 ovoid, acute, equalling the calyx, false septa narrow.— Lake Co., Bolander, 

 Kellogg, Mrs. Curran. 



■i— -f— Petals white or pale purplish. 



8. L. dryiiiarioides, Curran, Bull. Calif. Acad. i. 152 (1885). Sparingly 

 villous, 4 — 10 in. high, loosely dichotomous, with long slender internodes : 

 leaves opposite or subverticillate, broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, with 

 crowded marginal glands : fl. rose-colored, very small and remote, on 

 short pedicels ; sepals lanceolate, acute or mucronulate, serrulate and 

 sometimes glanduliferous ; petals ovate, emarginate, 2-toothed and 

 3-appendaged at base : capsule ovoid, acute, equalling the calyx, 6-valved, 

 the false septa incomplete, nari"ow, widening gradually to the base. — 

 Lake Co., near Epperson's, Mrs. Curran. 



9. L. micrauthum, Gray, 1. c. vii. 333 (1868). Puberulent and some- 

 what glaucous, 6—15 in. high, very loosely dichotomous-paniculate, the 

 minute white flowers on almost capillary pedicels ; leaves spatulate- 



