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22. (E. Boothii, Dougl.; Hook. Fl. i. 2] 3 (1833). Stouter than the last, 

 villous aud viscid : leaves ovate to lanceolate ; capsules broader : seeds 

 brownish, anjjled, very minutely tuberculate. — From near Mono Lake, 

 Chesnui & fhrtr, northward, on the eastward slope of the Sierra only. 



23. (E. decorticaiis, Greene. H. & A. Bot. Beech. 343 (1840), under 

 Gaura. (E. gaurxjiora, T. & G. Fl. i. 510 (1840). Erect, stout, i^^-2 ft 

 high, glandular-puberulent above ; the bark white, loose, exfoliating : 

 leaves lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, attenuate into a petiole, 

 denticulate : spike many-flowered, elongated, and often also crowded : 

 calyx-tube narrowly funuelform, equalling the petals : petals I4 in. long, 

 white or pink : capsules 8 — 15 lines long, stoutish below, narrowed 

 above to a slender beak : seeds dark, 1 line long, angled. — From the 

 valley of the Sacramento to Monterey Co. and far southward. 



24. (E. Xevadeiisls, Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. ii. 224. f. 70 (1863) ; 

 Curran, Bull. Calif. Acad. i. 137. Lower and relatively stouter than the 

 last, the spike short, crowded and erect : leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 irregularly repand-dentate, the blade decurrent upon the petiole and 

 even to the stem, which is wing-angled : bracts of the inflorescence 

 petiolate : calyx-tube very narrowly funnelform, nearly equalling the 

 ovary : petals ovate or obovate, short-unguiculate : anthers oblong, 

 versatile : capsule stout, tapering from base to apex, quadrangular, tor- 

 tuous : seeds oblong. — Western Nevada, and doubtless within our borders. 

 * * * * Caulescent, annuals; leaves mostly radical; stigmas capitate; 



capsules pedicellate, linear or clavale, obtuse, not contorted. — 

 Genus Chylismia, Nutt. 



25. (E. soapoidea, T. & G. Fl. i. 506 (1840). Erect, simple, or branching 

 from the base, ^—2 ft. high, glabrous or puberulent : leaves lyrate-pin- 

 nate or undivided, petiolate : bracts of the nodding raceme small or : 

 calyx-tube funnelform, 1—2 lines long : petals longer, obovate, entire, 

 yellow (sometimes purplish) : capsules glabrous, }4~1 in. long, on 

 spreading pedicels of % in.— From Mono Lake northward, along our 

 eastern borders. 



***** Paniculate branching annuals, without radical leases; calyx- 

 tube nearly obsolete; stigmas capitate; capsules sessile, elongated, 

 linear, refracted. — Genus Eulobus, Nutt. 



26. (E. leptocarpa, Greene, Pittonia, i. 302 (1889). Eulobus Cali- 

 fornicus, Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. i. 515(1840). Erect, with somewhat virgately 

 panicled branches, 2-5 ft. high ; glabrous, glaucescent : leaves linear, 

 1—2 in. long, sinuately pinnatitid or coarsely and divaricately toothed : 

 calyx-tube less than % line long : petals 4 — 5 lines long, yellow, turning 

 red : stamens unequal, the shorter with globose, the longer with oblong 

 anthers : capsules 3—4 in. long, deflexed : seeds smooth, ovate-oblong, 



