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V. EMMENAN'THE, Whispering Bells 



This chiefly differs from Phacelia in the corolla, which is 

 hell-shajoed, tvithe7dng-2)ers{stent, and hecoining papery, yellow 

 or yellowish white, sometimes tinged with pink. 



E. penduliflo'ra Benth. Annual, simple up to the inflorescence 

 or branched diffusely from the base, from a few inches to a foot high. 

 The leaves are divided into numerous short, toothed or sharply cut 

 lobes. The racemes are panicled, with the bell-shaped flowers on 

 slender pedicels that are at first erect, but afterwards droop. This 

 grows in dry places from Lake County to San Diego. 



VI. ERIODIC'TYON, Yerba Santa 



Low-branching erect shrubs. Leaves alternate, dentate, 

 petioled, with the chief nerves pinnate, and the others form- 

 ing a network. Floivers in cymes, coiled at the tips, and 

 generally collected in terminal clusters. Corolla funnel-form, 

 violet, purple, or white, without internal scales. Stamens 

 with fdaments adnate to the tube of the corolla. Styles 2, 

 distinct at the base. Capsule pointed, 2-celled, spjlitting on the 

 back and at the sides into Jf hard, thick half-valves. 



a, E. tomento'sum Benth. The entire plant is white or rusty, 

 with a dense coat of short woolly down. Southern California. 



h. E. glutino'sum Benth. This is rather smooth and viscid, with 

 a balsamic exudation. Throughout the Coast Mountains. 



VII. HESPEROCHFRON 



Dwarf, stemless perennials with e7itire, spatulate, or ohlong 

 leaves. Flowers on .naked, slender peduncles, shorter than 

 the leaves, from the leaf axils. Calyx and corolla with the 

 parts 5-7, the former with linear-lanceolate lobes which are 

 sometimes unequal, the latter rotate or campanulate, white 

 or purplish, with hairy base. Stamens inserted at the base 

 of the corolla with hairy filaments. Ovary cone-shaped, some- 

 what adnate to the calyx, tapering to the rather stout style which 

 is 2-cleft at apex, with small stigmas. Ovary 1-celled. Seeds 

 many. 



