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short obtuse appendage at each end. — A rare shrub, scarcely known in 

 the wUd state, inhabiting the Sierra Nevada below midway of the State. 

 In cultivatiou at Berkeley tioweriug in May, but perfecting no fruit. 



3. ^^' HIVFJjE A, Torrey. Low diffuse hairy undershrub, with slender 

 stem, slightly petioled leaves, and terminal naked-peduncled clusters of 

 small white Howers. Calyx white like the petals, 5-clett ; tube adnate to 

 lower i^art of the ovary. Petals 5, ovate or oblong, narrowed at base. 

 Stamens usually 10 ; filaments subulate. Ovary 3 — 5-celled, with a single 

 ovule in each cell ; styles distinct ; stigmas introrse. Capsule septicid- 

 ally parting into distinct cartilaginous 1-seeded portions which open 

 ventrally only. Seeds oblong, with a short obtuse appendage at each end. 



1. W. luodesta, Torr. Pac. E. Rep. iv. 90. t. 7 (1857). Stems slender, 

 trailing, 1 ft. long or more : leaves thin, ovate or oval, somewhat toothed 

 or entire, 1 in. long or less : peduncle slender, bearing a close few- 

 flowered cluster : fl. 2 lines broad or less : calyx-tube nearly hemi- 

 spherical : capsule globular ; styles deciduous from it. — Borders of 

 thickets, or in deep woods, through the Coast Range from Monterey 

 northward. The only species ; though a small Fendlera, — F. Vtalieusis 

 (Wats.), Greene — has erroneously been referred to this genus. 



Ordeb XXX. EPILOBIACE/E. 



Ventenat, Tabl. du Reg. Veget. iii. 483 (1799). Onagkari^, Juss. Ann. 

 du Mus. iLi. 315 (1804). Onagrx, Adans. (1763). 



Herbs, often with hard shrubby-looking stems shedding a thin papery 

 outer bark. Leaves simple, usually alternate, entire, toothed or pinna- 

 tifid. Flowers axillary to the leaves, or in merely bracted or naked 

 racemes or spikes, rarely panicled ; usually 4-merous. Calyx-tube partly 

 or wholly adherent to the ovary ; lobes valvate in bud. Petals borne on 

 the throat of the calyx-tube, or at the sinuses of the lobes, convolute in 

 bud. Stamens 2 — 8. Styles single ; stigma capitate or 4-lobed ; ovary 

 2 or 4-celled. Seeds naked or appendaged ; albumen none. 



Hints of the Ceiiera. 



Free portion of the calyx deciduous from the ovary ; 

 Fruit 4-celled, capsular ; 



Seeds comose at apex, --------i, 2 



" not comose. 



Fi. yellow or white, - ... - 3, 4 



" purple or rose-color, ----- 5 — 7 



Fruit indehiscent, ----------- 8, 9 



Calyx-lobes persistent on the ovary, ---------- 10 



1. EPILOBIUM, C. Gesner (Willow-Herb). Tube of calyx little 

 prolonged beyond the ovary ; limb deeply 4-cleft, campaniilate or funnel- 



