GILIA FAMILY I93 



3. P. caespitosa subsp. muscoides Brand. Moss-Phlox. 

 Somewhat like P. douglasii but still more compact and moss- 

 like, the stems only 1 or 2 in. high and completely hid- 

 den by the dense foliage. Leaves not *4 m - long. Calyx 

 glandular. Corolla more exserted. — Alpine Zone only, as at 

 Mono Pass and Mt. Dana. 



3. GILIA. 



Annuals and perennials (some low shrubs). Corolla tubu- 

 lar-funnelform or salverform (i. e., with cylindric tube and 

 spreading lobes). Stamens equally or unequally inserted 

 (this best seen by holding a flower up to the light). 



A. Leaves all, or at least the upper, alternate. 

 Flowers salmon-color, mostly in terminal bracted heads. 



Corolla 3 or 4 times as long as calyx 1. G. grandiflora. 



Corolla not twice as long as calyx 2. G. linearis. 



Flowers not salmon-color. 



Corolla inconspicuous; seeds 1 to 3 in each capsule. 



Leaves all sessile and entire 3. G. gracilis. 



Lower leaves petioled, often lobed 4. G. gilioides. 



Corolla showy; seeds 6 to numerous. 



Leaves entire, or palmately parted into entire leaf- 

 like lobes. 



Flowers on slender naked pedicels 5. G. leptalea. 



Flowers sessile among rigid needle-like leaves; 



woody perennial 8. G. pungens. 



Leaves pinnately lobed. 



Flowers pale, in dense heads 6. G. achilleaefolia. 



Flowers red, scattered 7. G. aggregata. 



B. Leaves all opposite or apparently whorled. 



(Delicate erect annuals, except no. 15.) 

 Corolla less than J4 in- long, broadly funnelform, the 

 tube not exserted from the calyx. 



Stem pubescent 9. G. Wipes. 



Stem glabrous 10. G. harknessii. 



Corolla y 2 in. or more long, salverform with narrow 

 tube long-exserted except in no. 14. 

 Stamens exserted from the corolla-tube; flowers in 

 bracted clusters. 

 Flowers a little longer than the bracts. 



Corolla purple; annual 11. G. ciliata. 



Corolla white; perennial 15. G. nuttallii. 



Flowers twice as long as the bracts. 



Corolla nearly glabrous, not 1 in. long 12. G. bicolor. 



Corolla pubescent, 1 in. or more long 13. G. androsacea. 



Stamens included; flowers white, large, in pairs or 



scattered 14. G. dichotoma. 



1. G. grandiflora Gray. Collomia. Stem simple, 1 or 2 

 ft. high, leafy to the top. Leaves sessile, linear or lanceolate, 

 entire. Flowers mostly in a terminal head surrounded by 



