292 POLEMONIACEAE. 



Corolla tube long exserted; bracts 



less densely ciliated. 8. L. hicolor. 



Corolla tube but little exceeding the 



densely ciliated bracts. 9. L. ciliatus. 



Perennial, woody at base. 10. L. florihundus. 



1. L. dianthiflorus (Benth.) Greene. Branching from the base, 

 the branches decumbent or simple and erect, 4-12 cm. high, more 

 or less pubescent; leaves all simple, narrowly linear; corolla short- 

 funnelform, 2 cm. long or more, lilac with a darker or yellowish 

 throat, the ample lobes from denticulate to strongly f ringed-toothed; 

 filaments inserted near the base of the tube; ovules 12-20 in each 

 cell. {Gilia dianthoides Endl.) 



Common in sandy soil in the coast and interior valleys. Febru- 

 ary-April. 



2. L. concinnus Milliken. Dichotomously branched annual, 

 10-15 cm. high; stems puberulent, leaves 1 cm. long, the divisions 

 slender; flowers solitary or in clusters of 3-4, very short pedicelled; 

 calyx about 10 mm. long, the lobes subulate, pungent, the tube 

 mainly hyaline; corolla tube proper about 1 mm. long, white, the 

 throat funnelform, about 5 mm. long, yellowish, the lobes obovate, 

 6 mm. long, white with purple veins at the base; stamens included. 



Mt. Finos south to the San Jacinto Mountains; Elysian Fark, 

 according to Milliken. Gilia modesta Hall, not Fhil. 



3. L. lemmoni (Gray) Greene. Stems widely branching, about 

 10-15 cm. high, hirsutely pubescent; leaf-segments linear, 5-6 mm. 

 long; flowers solitary or few in the axils and subsessile, but more 

 densely clustered at the ends of the branches; calyx turbinate- 

 prismatic, strongly 5-costate; lobes acerose-subulate, equaling the 

 throat of the yellowish short-funnelform corolla; capsule many- 

 seeded. {Gilia lemmoni Gray.) 



Open places in the chaparral belt. 



4. L. aureus (Nutt.) Greene. Nearly simple or more commonly 

 diffusely branched, 5-15 cm. high; leaf-segments narrowly linear, 

 6 mm. long, hispidulous; pedicels seldom longer than the flowers; 

 corolla open-funnelform, golden yellow; the lobes rounded obovate, 

 widely spreading, equaling the tube; filaments inserted just below 

 the sinuses, glabrous at base; seeds about 10 in each cell. {Gilia 

 aurea Nutt.) 



Frequent in the interior in dry washes. 



5. L. harknessii (Curran) Greene. Stems very slender, diffusely 

 dichotomously branched, pubescent; pedicels capillary; calyx 3 mm. 

 long, the teeth subulate, barely half as long as the tube, hispid- 

 ciliolate; corolla short-funnelform, little or not at all exceeding the 

 calyx; seeds 3-4 in each cell. 



Occasional on dry hillsides in our interior region. 



6. L. liniflorus (Benth.) Greene. Stems slender, dichotomously 

 branched, about 3 dm. high, glabrous; leaf-segments about 3, fili- 

 form; flowers on long slender pedicels in a loose cymose panicle; 

 corolla with nearly obsolete tube; the limb rotate, 12-24 mm. 



