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oblong, obtuse or acutisb, witb or witbout stipi^lar glands : sepals ovate- 

 oblong, acutisb, tbe inner sHgbtly glandular-ciliate ; petals wbite, obovate, 

 a line long, not tootbed, destitute of lateral appendages : filaments 

 round-tootbed at base and sligbtly bairy : capsule ovoid, equalling tbe 

 calyx. — In tbe Sierra Nevada from middle California to Oregon. 



10. L. spergiiliiium, Gray, 1. c. Ratber larger tban tbe last, glabrous 

 or witb scattered bairs : leaves linear, obtuse, little narrowed at base, 

 witb or witbout stipular glands : pedicels slender nodding : sepals ovate, 

 glandular-ciliate ; petals wbite or rose-colored, obovate, 2 — 3 lines long, 

 3-appendaged at base : capsule ovoid, acute, exceeding tbe calyx. — Dry 

 woods of tbe Coast Range only ; common in Marin and Sonoma counties. 



11. L. Californicum, Bentb. PL Hartw. 299 (1849). Grlaucous, glabrate 

 or puberulent, 5 — 15 in. bigb, witb angular brancblets : leaves remote, 

 linear, tbe stipular glands prominent : pedicels sbort, erect, not exceed- 

 ing tbe rose-colored flowers, tbese clustered at tbe ends of tbe brancblets ; 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, earinate below, sparingly glandular-ciliate; 

 petals obovate, I3 in. long, twice tbe lengtb of tbe calyx, dilated and 

 3-appendiculate below ; filaments not tootbed : capsule ovoid, acute, 

 little sborter tban tbe calyx, tbe false partitions broad, gradually narrowed 

 upwards. Var. confertum, Gray, in Trel. 1. c. Low, densely leafy, tbe 

 inflorescence coiidensed ; median appendage of petals obovate. — Eastern 

 slope of Mt. Diablo Range, botb nortbward and soutbward ; also about 

 San Francisco ; tbe variety on Mare Island. 



12. L. cougeslum, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 521 (1865). Size of tbe 

 last, glabrous except tbe calyx, tbe brandies sbort and crowded : stipular 

 glands small : fl. rose-purple, in close terminal clusters ; sepals pubescent, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, not glandular ; petals I4' in. long, 2-tootbed, 

 3-appendiculate, tbe median appendage long and bairy : capsule sub- 

 globose, sborter tban tbe calyx. — A rare species, to be sougbt among tbe 

 bills at tbe nortbern base of Mt. Tamalpais. 



Order XV. GERANIACE^. 



De Candolle, Flore Franqaise, iv. 828 (1805). Gerania, Juss. (1789). 



Ours soft-berbaceous plants witb acidulous, ' pungent or aromatic 

 properties, and perfect mostly 5-merous flowers. Sepals and petals 

 distinct, tbe latter deciduous, tbeir insertion, like tbat of tbe 5 — 15 

 stamens, bypogynous. Filaments distinct or sligbtly connate at base ; 

 antbers versatile, 2-celled, debiscing lengtbwise. Carpels as many as the 

 sepals and alternate witb tbem (or fewer), united around a central 

 column, becoming distinct and 1-seeded in maturity, or else forming an 

 elastically debiscent 5— 10-valved many-seeded capsule. 



