214 EPILOBIACE^. 



11. (E. heterantha, Nutt. Joum. Pbilad. Acad. vii. 22 (1834). Jnssixa 

 acaulis, Pursh, Fl. i. 304 (1814). Grlabrous : leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate, entire or slightly repand-denticulate, 6 in. long : 

 calyx -tube 1 — 3 in. long : petals };£ — K^ in. long: capsules ovoid-oblong, 

 narrowed at each end, nearly 1 in. long, rather acutely angled : seeds 

 minutely pitted. Var. taraxacifolia, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xiii. 589 

 (1873). Leaves larger, more or less lyrately pinnatifld. — In moist moun- 

 tain meadows of the Sierra Nevada, chiefly on the eastward slope. 



12. (E. ovata, Nutt. T, & G. Fl. i. 507 (1840). Sparingly pubescent : 

 leaves mostly oblong-lanceolate, entire or denticulate, often somewhat 

 undulate, 3 — 8 in. long : calyx- tube 1 — 4 in. long : petals % — ^£ in. long: 

 capsules subterranean, chartaceous, 1 in. long, tapering above, scarcely 

 dehiscent : seeds ovoid-oblong, smooth. — Very common in open grounds, 

 from Marin and Solano Counties to San Luis Obispo ; only the very 

 earliest leaves ovate. Feb. — Apr. 



•i— -t— Annual; calyx-lube deciduous; capsules ivinged. 



13. (E. ^aciliflora, H. & A. Bot. Beech. 341 (1840) ; Hook. Ic. t. 338. 

 Herbage green and pilose : leaves linear, entire or obscurely denticitlate : 

 calyx-tube not longer than the leaves ; segments short : petals 3 — 5 lines 

 long, obcordate, turning gi'eenish : capsule hard-coriaceous, }^ in. long or 

 less, angled at base, 4- winged above, the wings obliquely truncate and 

 hairy ; seeds smooth. — Hillsides and plains of the interior from Butte 

 Co. to Monterey. 



* * * Caulescent annuals (rarely more enduring); calyx-tuhe obconic or 

 shori-funnelform; stigma capitate; capsides sessile, mostly contorted; 

 seeds in 1 row. — Genus Sph^ebostigma, F. & M. 

 -1— Maritime plants, with short primary axis (this Jiowerless after the early 

 months) bearing crowded elongated narrow leaves, and radiating decum- 

 bent or prostrate shrubby-looJcing /towering branches with broader 

 shorter foliage; capsules angular, sessile, contorted. 

 ++ Flowers yellow, turning greenish. 



14. (E. Tirescens, Hook.,Fl. i. 214 (1833): (2J. cheiranthifolia, var. 

 suffraticosa, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 592 (1873). Silvery-canescent 

 with a short and dense appressed pubescence, also apparently slightly 

 viscid : assurgent branches 1 — 2 ft. long, stoutish, purplish, appressed- 

 pubescent : leaves from spatulate- and linear-oblong to ovate-cordate, 

 usually entire, 1 in. long or more : petals 6 — 8 lines long : anthers 

 linear-oblong, fixed below the middle, recurved or somewhat contorted in 

 age : capsule pubescent, rather slender, attenuate at apex. — From Mon- 

 terey to San Diego. 



15. (E. nitida, Greene, Pittonia, i. 70 (1887). The decumbent branches 

 % — 1 foot long, very rigid : leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, glabrous 



