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4. S. veitchianum (Hook.) Small. Stems decumbent or ascend- 

 ing, 2-4 dm. long; leaves linear-oblong, lanceolate or ovate, more or 

 less hirsute; calyx hirsute; petals 10-15 mm. long; capsule 2.5-4 cm. 

 long, 1-1.5 mm. wide, attenuate into a long beak. (O. historta 

 veitchiana Hook.) 



Very common in all our valleys in sandy soil. 



5. S. hirtellum (Greene) Small. Stems stoutish, erect, simple 

 or with a few ascending branches from the base, 15-30 cm. high, 

 the herbage purplish, short-hirsute; radical leaves oblanceolate, 

 denticulate; stem leaves ovate, sessile, coarsely toothed and more 

 or less undulate-crisped; petals 4 mm. long or more; capsule hirsute, 

 narrow, attenuate upwards, once or twice coiled. (0. hirtella 

 Greene.) 



Frequent in the foothills and mountains. 



6. S. micranthum (Hornem.) Walp. Stems prostrate or ascend- 

 ing, 1-4 dm. long; leaves all narrowly oblanceolate to linear-oblong, 

 hirsute, 3-5 cm. long, dentate, acutish, somewhat undulate; petals 

 2-4 mm. long, often emarginate; capsule 4-angled, contorted, 

 sparsely hirsute. (0. micrantha Hornem.) 



Frequent on the sand-dunes along the seashore, but not strictly 

 maritime as reported by some, for it is also frequent in sandy soil 

 in all the valleys. 



7. S. contortum (Dougl.) Walp. Slender, erect-spreading, 15- 

 45 cm. high, somewhat pubescent with short appressed or incurved 

 white hairs; leaves about 12 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, acutish, 

 denticulate; subsessile; petals 3 mm. long, turning deep red; anthers 

 roundish, basifixed; capsule about 2 cm. long, sessile, straight or 

 arcuate, scarcely attenuate at apex. (0. strigulosa T. & G.) 



Common in sandy soil in the valleys and foothills toward the 

 coast. 



7a. S. contortum greenei Small. Stems erect, usually simple 

 below, more or less hirsute pubescent and somewhat viscid, other- 

 wise as the type. (O. strigulosa epilohioides Greene.) 



The common form in the interior valleys and foothills. 



8. S. campestre (Greene) Small. Branched from the base, 

 15-30 cm. high and as broad, more or less hirsute-pubescent through- 

 out; leaves linear-lanceolate, 2.5 cm. long, dentate; petals 8-10 mm. 

 long, turning brick-red; anthers linear-oblong, 1.5 mm. long, fixed 

 toward the middle and versatile; pods more than 2.5 cm. long, 

 narrowly linear, slightly incurved with a slender beak. (0. dentata 

 Wats, not Cav.) 



Hills and mountains of San Bernardino County; common in the 

 San Joaquin Valley. 



8a. S. campestre parishii Abrams. Much resembling the type in 

 habit; cinereous throughout with a short appressed pubescence, 

 not at all hirsute; petals about 8 mm. long; pods very slender, often 

 much contorted. 



Plains about San Bernardino, Parish. 



9. S. alyssoides (H. & A.) Small. Erect or with few ascending 



