.".•js Boraginaceae 



the areas between the veins on the under side with a close dense 

 felt; calyx 2 nun. long, with linear lobes; corolla white or pale 

 blue tubular-funnelform, 8-12 mm. long; stamens and Btyles 

 included. (E. glutinosum Benth.) 



Occasional in the chaparral belt of the San Gabriel Mountains. Afore 

 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. tomentosum Benth. Shrub, 25-30 dm. high, whitish 

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

 Bometimes 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. 



Frequent in the chaparral belt of the San Gabriel and Santa Ana Moun- 

 tains. April-June. 



3. E. Parryi (Gray) Greene. Stems about 8-18 dm. high, 



woody below ; branches rather simple and erect, hirsute or vil- 

 lous, viscid-glandular and strong-scented; leaves 5 cm. long, 

 1-1.5 cm. broad in the middle, tapering above to an acute apex 

 and below to a very short petiole; the leaves at the base of the 

 branches often much reduced, bullate and the margin strongly 

 revolute; calyx-lobes narrowly linear, about 4 mm. long; corolla 

 tubular-funnelform, about 15 mm. long, blue; stamens included, 

 unequal; ovary oval, about 3 mm. long; seeds 4 or sometimes 

 more. (Nama Parryi Gray.) 



Occasional in the San Gabriel, San Rernardino and Santa Ana Mountains. 

 Occurring in the upper portions of the chaparral belt and in the lower por- 

 tions of the pine belt. June-August. 



Family 82. BORAGINACEAE. Borage Family. 



Herbs or rarely shrubs with mostly alternate exstipu- 

 late entire and pubescent leaves, and perfect regular or 

 nearly so flowers in scorpioid spikes, racemes or cymes 

 or rarely scattered. Calyx o-lobed or 5-parted, usually 

 persistent. Corolla o-lobed, sometimes crested or append- 

 aged in the throat. Stamens inserted in the tube or 

 throat, alternate with the lobes; anthers 2-celled, lon- 

 gitudinally dehiscent. Ovary superior, of 2 2-valved 



