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or branchlets. Corolla salver-shaped, the throat some- 

 what funnelform. Filaments short, attached equally in 

 or below the throat; anthers short, included. Capsule 

 many-seeded. Seeds not mucilaginous. 



1. L. calif ornicum glandiilosum (Eastw.) Abrams. Shrubby, 

 6-12 dm. high, the branches and very crowded leaves tomentose- 

 pubescent and more or less glandular, leaf-segments narrowly linear, 

 about 1.5 cm. long; corolla rose color or lilac, its limb 2-4 cm. in 

 diameter, with broadly wedge-obovate lobes, their margins often 

 minutely erose; ovules 20 or more in each cell. (Cilia calif ornica 

 glandulosa Easteo.) 



Frequent in the chaparral belt. March-June. 



5. LINANTHUS Benth. 



Mostly low or slender annuals, with leaves opposite, 

 or the upper rarely alternate, palmately divided to the 

 base into narrowly linear or filiform divisions (appear- 

 ing as if in whorls in some species), rarely entire. Flow- 

 ers scattered or in terminal capitate clusters. Calyx- 

 tube scarious between the ribs or angles, its teeth equal. 

 Corolla varying from salver-shaped to subrotate. Sta- 

 mens equally inserted on the corolla. Capsule with 

 few-many seeds in each cell. 



Annuals. 



Corolla funnelform, scattered or few- 

 flowered clusters. 

 Leaves entire; corolla-lobes fringed. 1. L. dianthiflorus. 



Leaves palmately lobed or divided; 

 corolla-lobes entire. 

 Flowers subsessile. 



Flowers not yellow; calyx about 



10 mm. long. 2. L. concinnus. 



Flowers yellow; calyx about 5 mm. 



long. 3. L. lemmoni. 



Flowers on slender pedicels. 



Pedicels a little longer to twice 



as long as the yellow flowers. 4. L. aurea. 

 Pedicels several times longer 

 than the flowers. 

 Filaments glabrous; corolla 



little exceeding the calyx. 5. L. harknessii. 

 Filaments pilose; corolla much 



exceeding the calyx. 6. L. liniflorus. 



Corolla funnelform, the slender tube much 

 exserted; flowers in bracted heads. 

 Corolla about 10 mm. broad. 7. L. parviflorus. 



Corolla about 5 mm. broad. 



