LINACEiE 35 



Fremonti, Torr. Similar: calyx globose in fruit, very woolly. 

 Eplendidum, Kellogg. Tall shrub: flowers in large panicles, rose-red, S. Cal. 

 marrubioides, D. & H. Low: leaves serrate, thick: calyx-lobes slender. C.Cal. 

 Pa:ineri, Watson. Densely stellate-pubescent: large flowers yellowish. 

 den--iflorum, Watson. Hispid bracts very long: calyx-lobesiong attenuate. 

 rotundifolium, Gr. Low: petals 6 lines long, a red spot at the base, S. CaL 

 exile, CxT. Pedicels slender: petals obovate, 2 to 5 lines long. S. Cal. 



5. SID A, Linnasus. 

 I. S. hederacea, Torr. Decumbent: leaves 1 -sided: petals yellowish, 



6. HIBISCUS, Liunffius. 

 1 Jalifornicus, Kellogg. Flowers axillary, white with purple, large. 



stercfliacej:. 



FREMONTIA, Torrey. 

 F. Calif ornica, Torr. Tall shrub: flowers yellow, axillary, apetalous. S, N. Mts. 



LINACEiE. 



lilNUM, Linnaeus. 



Styles 2: flowers yellow: leaves opposite, glabrous, oblong 1 



Styles 3: flower yellow: leaves alternate 2, 3 



Styles 3: flowers white to rose-color: leaves alternate (or whorled in 7). 



Petals with 3-parted or 31obcd appendage at base 5, 6. 7 



Petals 2-toothed at base, scarcely longer than the sepals 8 



Styles 5: flowers large, blue: leaves alternate 9, 10 



L. di^ynum, Gr. Sepals denticulate, a line long. Near Yosemite Valley. N. Cal. 



Li. Brevsreri, Gr. Glaucous: leaves small, very slender, basal glands large. 



3. Ii. adenophyllum, Gr. Leaves margined with stipitate glands. Cent. Cal. 



4. L. Californici m, Ceuth. Glaucous: "petals 4 lines long: capsule acute. 

 L. congestum, Gr. Calyx pubescent: flowers in close clusters, S. F. Bay, 

 L. spergulinum, Gr. No stipular glands: petals 2-3 lines long, S. F. Bay, 

 Ii. drymarioides, Curran, Pubescent: leaves ovate, margins glandular. C. Cal. 



S» L. micr in.h'im, Gr. Flowers minute: capsule exserted. Mts. Cal. 



!( L. perenne, Linn. Perennial, glaucous: flowers largo, blue. 



lU. L. usatissimum, L. Similar but annual. The common cultivated flax. 



