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8. G. Williainsoiiii, Wats. Bot. Calif, i. 230 (1876) ; Dur. & Hilg. Pac. 

 R. Rep. V. 7. t. 5 (1855), under (ICnotJiera. Erect, sparingly branching, 

 rather slender, 1 ft. high, canescently pnberulent : leaves linear, entire, 

 sessile : calyx villous ; its tube funnelform ; tips of the lobes free in the 

 bud : petals nearly 1 in. long, lilac with yellow base and a deep purple 

 spot in the centre : stigma-lobes oblong, yellow : capsules 6—8 lines long, 

 attenuate from the base upward, bicostate on the sidas, pubenilent. — 

 Sierra Nevada, from Placer Co. to Kern. 



9. a. quadrivuliiera, Spach, Phaner. iv. 389 (1835) ; Dougl. in Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1119 (1827), under (Ilnothera. Very slender, 1—2 ft. high, 

 puberulent : leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, entire or slightly denticu- 

 late : calyx-tube obconic, 2-3 lines long ; petals purplish with a dark 

 spot at summit, 3 6 lines long; stigma-lobes short, purple: capsules 

 5—10 lines long, attenuate at apex, bicostate at the alternate angles. — 

 Common toward the coast everywhere. 



10. G. viiniuea, Spach, Nouv. Ann. Mus. iv. 389 (1835) ; Dougl. in 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2873 (1829), under (Eaothera; Bot, Reg. t. 1220. 

 Steni erect, 1 — 3 ft. high, glabrous : leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, 

 narrowed at base, 1-2 in. long, i^uberulent : calyx-tube 2 — 4 lines long : 

 petals purplish with a dark spot at summit, ,%£ — \}^ in. long ; stamens 

 short, subequal : stigma-lobes linear-oblong, purple : capsules 1 — \}4^ in. 

 long, pubescent, slightly bicostate on the sides. — From the middle parts 

 of the State northward ; the original, from Oregon, said to be " glaucous," 

 but probably rather pale with a minute indument. 



11. Gl. teuella, Wats. 1. c. (1876) : G. CavamllesU, Spach, Phaner. iv. 

 390 (1835). (E. (enella, Cav. Ic. iv. t. 396. f. 2 (1797). Puberulent, slender, 

 erect, % — ^H f*. high ; leaves linear, acute or obtuse, mostly entire, more 

 or less narrowed at base, J^ — 2 in. long : calyx-tube obconic, 1 — 3 lines 

 long : petals 3 — 5 lines, deep purple : stigma-lobes purjjle : capsule 

 linear, attenuate at apex, 8 — 14 lines long, quadrang^^lar, the sides not 

 costate but tlie midvein usually prominent. — Common toward the coast 

 throughout the State. 



■h- •)— Racemes nodding in the bud; calyx-lobes united and turned to one 



side under the open corolla; stigma yellow or white 



(except in n. 12); capsule pedicellate. 



12. Gr, pulclierrima, Greene, Pittonia, ii. 217 (1891). Slender, erect, 

 1 — 3 ft. high, puberulent : leaves linear, acute at each end, nearly entire : 

 calyx-tube very broad and short, almost cyathiform : petals 1)4 in. long, 

 cuneate-obovate, truncate or retuse at the erose summit, lilac and streaked 

 with white veins above, whitish at base, dotted throughout with elongated 

 spots of dark crimson : stamens equal ; filaments lilac ; anthers white : 

 style long ; stigma-lobes purple, obovoid : qapsule linear, 1 in. long, 

 pedicellate, scarcely costate. — Fjom Fort Tejon southward. 



