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sute or somewhat hispid; leaves Hnear-spatulate, at least the lower 

 tapering into a petiole; flowers subsessile in the forks; sepals very 

 narrowly linear, not at all broadened above, 4-5 mm. long; corolla 

 bright purple, about 1 cm. long; capsule oblong, about 3 mm. 

 long, 10-16-seeded. 



Occasional in dry places in the San Gabriel Mountains. Frequent 

 on the desert. 



2. C. stenocarpus (Gray) Heller. Erect, diffusely branched, at 

 length procumbent, the branches 1.5-3 dm. long, leafy, villous- 

 pubescent and somewhat viscid; leaves oblong, the upper with a 

 broad sessile somewhat clasping base, the lower spatulate; flowers 

 sessile or on short pedicels becoming rigid in fruit; corolla funnel- 

 form, somewhat exceeding the linear sepals; capsule cylindric, 6 mm. 

 long, nearly equaling the sepals; seeds very numerous. 



Growing about the borders of ponds. Santa Monica, Davidson; 

 Soldiers Home. 



6. ERIODICTYON Benth. 



Low shrubs or rarely herbaceous, with alternate more 

 or less dentate leaves, and funnelform or campanulate 

 flowers in terminal panicles or scorpioid cymes. Sepals 

 narrow, not dilated above. Filaments more or less ad- 

 nate to the tube of the corolla, little or not at all exserted, 

 sparsely hirsute. Ovary nearly or quite sessile, 2-celled 

 by the meeting of the dilated placentae in the axis. 

 Capsule first loculicidal then septicidal, thus 4-valved; 

 each valve with a short beak or acumination and closed 

 on one side by the adherent dissepiment or half-partition. 



Shrubs. 



Leaves glutinous above. L E. trichocalyx. 



Leaves silvery or canescent on both surfaces. 2. E. crassifolium. 



Heavy-scented herbaceous perennial. 3. E. parryi. 



1. E. trichocalyx Heller. Shrub, commonly 10-20 dm. high; 

 leaves oblong to oblanceolate, tapering below and frequently above, 

 dentate at least above the middle, very glutinous, the areas between 

 the veins on the under side with a close dense felt; calyx 2 mm. 

 long, with linear pubescent lobes; corolla white, tubular-funnelform, 

 5-7 mm. long; stamens and styles included. 



Occasional in the chaparral belt of the San Gabriel Mountains. 

 More common on the dry plains east of our range, as well as in the 

 San Antonio and San Bernardino Mountains, where it extends 

 up to the pine belt. May-August. 



2. E. crassifolium Benth. Shrub, 25-30 dm. high, whitish tomen- 

 tose with a more or less dense coat of short villous hairs, sometimes 

 rusty-colored, branches leafy to the top; leaves oblong or oval, 

 rigid, obtuse, 5-10 cm. long; cymes at length broad; calyx densely 

 villous, the corolla slightly so; corolla somewhat salver-shaped and 

 about twice the length of the calyx. 



