I98 PHACELIA FAMILY 



Leaves mostly alternate, the only opposite-leaved 

 species being delicate annuals with leaves 



not J4 in. wide 4. Phacelia. 



Flowers solitary on naked stems, the leaves being 



all basal ( and entire) 5. Hesperochiron. 



Styles 2, distinct to base; shrubby plants 6. Eriodictyon. 



1. HYDROPHYLLUM. Waterleaf. 



1. H. occidentale Gray. Stems 1 or 2 ft. high, from a per- 

 ennial base, rough-hairy. Leaves alternate, 6 to 12 in. long 

 including petiole, with 7 to 15 oblong and mostly cleft lobes. 

 Flowers in head-like clusters on peduncles mostly longer than 

 the leaves. Corolla bluish, bell-shaped, nearly l / 2 in. long. 

 Stamens and style long-exserted. Ovary 1-celled, 1 to 

 4-seeded. 



This Waterleaf has been found near Wawona and at 

 Crockers but is common only farther north. It scarcely dif- 

 fers from some Phacelias, save in the ovary, but may usually 

 be known by the larger, apparently compound leaves. H. 

 capitatum Dougl., of the northern Sierra Nevada, is a smaller 

 plant with peduncles much shorter than the leaves. 



2. NEMOPHILA. 



Low annuals with at least the lower leaves opposite. 

 Flowers in racemes (not coiled) or solitary. Calyx with a 

 reflexed appendage from between each pair of teeth. Stamens 

 not exserted. Style 2-cleft. Capsule 1-celled. 



Flowers large, Y& to V/ 2 in. across. 



Corolla white, each lobe with a purple spot at tip 1. N. maculata. 



Corolla bluish 2. N. mensiesii. 



Flowers small, }& in. or less across. 



Leaves all opposite, wedge-shaped, shallowly lobed or 



entire 3. N. hutnilis. 



Leaves often alternate above, the lower ones deeply lobed. 4. N. exilis. 



1. N. maculata Benth. Spotted Nemophila. Stems spread- 

 ing, 3 to 12 in. long. Leaves all opposite, Y\ to 2 in. long, 

 deeply and often doubly lobed or the upper ones entire, taper- 

 ing to the base. Pedicels slightly surpassing the leaves. Cor- 

 olla }i to \ l / 2 in. across, white, purple-dotted and usually with 

 a purple spot at tip of each lobe. — Common in meadows along 

 the Hog Ranch Road and in the foothills. In the var. concolor 

 Brand, the corolla-lobes lack the purple spot. 



2. N. menziesii H. & A. Baby-blue-eyes. Stems 4 to 12 in. 

 long. Leaves mostly opposite, ^ to 3 in. long, deeply divided 

 into 5 to 9 ovate or roundish often lobed divisions. Pedicels 

 much surpassing the leaves. Corolla l / 2 to 1 in. across, blue, 



