134 KEY AND FLORA 



a. H. occidenta'le Gray. Stems perennial, 1-2 ft. high, hairy. 

 Leaves broad, pinnately divided ; divisions 7-15, oblong, 1-2 in. 

 long, the apex cut into long, uneven teeth, obtuse. Cymes on long 

 peduncles, densely flowered. Calyx with erect, narrow, lanceolate, 

 obtuse divisions. Corolla pale violet or white. California to 

 Washington. 



b. H. capita'tum Dougl. Bear's Cabbage. Low, from many 

 fleshy roots. Leaves pinnately 5-7-parted or divided, with the 

 divisions 2— 3-lobed or cleft into oblong, mucronate lobes, soft-hairy, 

 broadly ovate in outline, 2-3 in. long. Flow^ers densely clustered 

 in close cymes like heads, on peduncles shorter than the petioles. 

 Calyx clothed with stiff hairs. Corolla dull white or violet. From 

 California, in the mountains at rather high elevations, to Washing- 

 ton. It comes up and blooms very soon after the snow melts. 



n. NEMOTHILA 



Annual herbs, flowering very early, with the leaves pin- 

 nately lobed or divided, the lowest leaves opposite. Flowers 

 solitary, on long peduncles in the axils of the leaves. Calyx 

 5-i3arted, with a reflexed lobe at each sinus, enlarging and 

 covering the fruit. Corolla generally saucer-shaped, the throat 

 within having 10 scales. Style 2-cleft. Capsule 1-celled. 



a. N. auri'ta Lindl. Climbing Nemophila. Stems succulent, 

 long and weak, clinging for support to other plants by means of 

 stiff reflexed bristles. Leaves deeply cut into 5-9 lobes, curved down- 

 wards, dilated at base, and auriculate. Corolla violet, the throat 

 purplish. Southward from San Francisco. 



b. N. macula'ta Benth. Low annuals, growing in the higher 

 Sierras. Corolla ichiie, with a violet spot on each lobe. 



c. N. insig'nis Dougl. Baby-blue-eyes. Low, spreading, grow- 

 ing in sandy places. Corolla clear blue, nearly an inch in diameter. 

 This is the commonest species. 



d. N. atoma'ria Fisch. & Meyer. Low, spreading, growing in w^et 

 places. Corolla white, dotted ivith dark purple. 



e. N. interme'dia Bioletti. Taller than the last two, growing 

 amid the brush. Corolla light blue, with lines and dots radiating to 

 the center. 



m. ELLIS'IA 



Leaves once or twice divided. Flowers small and white. 

 Calyx without the reflexed lobes. Corolla generally shorter, 



