WATERLEAF FAMILY 701 



olate, becoming 7-8 mm. long, acute, pubescent; corolla bluish white, 7-8 mm. 

 broad. Ellisia Nyc'.elea L. Alluvial soil and shady places: N.J, — N.C. — Colo. 

 — Ida. — ^Alta. Plain — Mont, 



3. EUCRYPTA Nutt. 



Low annual herbs. Leaves membranous, pinnately parted. Flowers per- 

 fect, regular, in geminate or panicled racemes. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. CoroUa 

 almost rotate, bright blue with yellow center, with two plicate, transverse ap- 

 pendages, much higher up than the stamens. Ca}>sule globose, loculicidal. 

 Seeds few or many, cylindraceous or oblong, incurved, tmnsversely rugose and 

 tuberculate, or deeply flavose. 



Seeds cylindric, transversely rugose and tubcrcled. 1. E. micrantha. 



Seeds oblong or oval, deeply favose. 2. E. pinetorum. 



1. E. micrantha (Torr.) Heller. Weak annual; stem branched, 1-2 dm. 

 long, minutely glandular-pilose; leaves thin, pinnately parted into 5-9 obovate 

 or oblong, obtuse lobes; racemes loose; calyx-lobes obovate or broadly spatulate, 

 2.5-3 mm. long; corolla bright blue, with yellowish tube, according to Heller 

 creamy, a little exceeding the sepals; capsule globular, 20-24-secded. Phacelia 

 micrantha Torr, Dry places: N.M. — ^Utah— Calif. Son, Mr-My. 



2. £. pinetorum (M. E. Jones) Rydb, Weak annual; stem erect, branched, 

 5-20 cm. high, glandular-puberulent; lower leaves pinnatifid, with oblong divi- 

 sions, the upper entire or 3-lobed; racemes few-flowered; calyx-lobes lanceolate 

 or ovate, acutish, longer than the white or blue corolla. Phacelia pinetorum M. 

 E. Jones. Pine woods: Utah. Submont, Je. 



3. NEMOPHILA Nutt. Baby-blue-eyes. 



Diffuse annual herbs. Leaves alternate or opposite, pinnately lobed or pinna- 

 tifid. Flowers perfect, solitary on axillary or terminal pedicels. Calyx not ac- 

 crescent, 5-lobed, with a spreading or reflexed linear appendage in each sinus. 

 Corolla campanulate to nearly rotate, with 10 appendages within; lobes convo- 

 lute. Stamens 5, included, with short filaments. Ovarv' 1-celled; styles 2-cleft; 

 ovules 2-12 on each fleshy placenta, which is attached to the top and bottom of 

 the ovary. Capsule two-valved. Seeds usually 1-4. 



Corolla 12-18 mm. long. 1- -^- Kirtleyi. 



CoroUa 2-3 mm. long. 



Appendages of the coroUa present. _ ^ ^ , -** ^ 



Appendages of the corolla narrow, acummate; seeds deeply pitted. _ 

 ^^ 2. A. tnconsptcua. 



Appendages of the corolla broad, cimeate; seeds smooth. 3. N. breviflora. 



Appendages of the corolla wanting. «. A. cxphcata, 



1. N. Kirtleyi Renders. Stem 5-20 cm. high, short-hispid; lower leaves 

 opposite, the upper alternate; blades ovate in outline, irregularly 5-parted; lobes 

 oblong 3-lobed or strongly dentate; appendages of the calj-x ovate, less than one- 

 third the length of the lobes; calyx-lobes lanceolate, in fruit nearly as long as the 

 corolla; corolla with aolet border and white center, greenish-spotted; internal 

 appendages half fan-shaped, lobed and fimbriate; seeds deeply pitted. Loose 

 soil: Ida. — Ore. Son, Jl. 



2. N. inconspicua Renders. Leaves pinnately 5-lobed or 5-parted; blades 

 rounded to ovate in outline; lobes rounded or obtusely triangular; appendages 

 of the calyx ovate, one-fourth as long as the sepals; coroUa equalling the calyx 

 or sUghtly shorter, white, 2.5 mm. long; appendages narrow, acummate or lacini- 

 ate. Loose moist soil: Ida. San, Jl. 



3. N. breviflora A. Gray. Stem branched, diffuse, 1-3 dm. high; leaves 

 often all alternate, pinnately 3-5-parted; divisions oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 entire 6-18 mm. long; appendages of the calyx nearly half as long as the sepals; 

 corolla whitish or tinged with violet, shorter than the calyx; internal appendages 

 cuneate, broad, fimbriate. Rich soil, hillsides, and caiions: Mont.— Colo.— Ore. 

 —B.C. ' Suhtnont. My-Jl. 



4. N, explicata Nels. & Macbr. Stem branching from the base, 7-15 cm. 

 long,* spreading; leaves obovate or orbicular in outline, crenately 3-5-lobed, 1-2 



