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insertion of tlie stamens; but that signifies little; and we 



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accept the genns reluctantly, and but to avoid the only 

 rational alternative, which is that of merging the whole series 



in Phlox. 



LiNANTHUS is, of course, taken up as being the first of those 

 several names that have been applied generically to any of 

 the groups. It will he seen by reference to the place of 

 original publication (Bot. Reg. xix. t. 1622) that it has pre- 

 cedence rather than priority over Lcpiosiplwn and Fenzlia. 



* Dichotomous annuals; leaves opposite^ linear yOVKith linear 



divisions; flowers solitary in the forks^ and at the 



ends; corolla salverform, — Typical LiNANTiius. 



1, L. DicHOTOMUS, Benth., Bot. Reg. xix, under t. 1622 

 (1833). Gilia dichoioma, Benth., DC. Prodr. ix. 314 (1815). 

 Erect, a few inches to a foot high, the nodes few and exceed- 

 ing the leaves, these or their 3 to 5 segments linear-filiform, 

 1 inch long; flowers subsessile: calyx prismatic, scarious 

 except tlie 5 prominent angles w^hich are prolonged into 

 acerose-linear recurved segments: corolla salverform, tube 

 scarcely exserted, limb 1 to If inches broad, white, shaded on 

 the outside with dark chocolate-color: stamens inserted below 

 the middle of the throat, the base of each filament set within 

 a nectariferous groove (as in certain Hydrophyllaceoe); an- 

 thers linear: cells of capsule 20 to 40-seeded: seeds roundish, 

 with a loose arilliform coat, not mucilaginous when moistened. 



Common throughout California, extending eastward into 

 Arizona; the richly phlox-scented flowers appearing from 

 February to May, according to the latitude. . 



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2. L. BiGELOVii. Gilia Bigclovii, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad, 

 viii. 265 (1870). Near the preceding, but smaller, with incon- 

 spicuous corolla, the lobes only 2 lines long and scarcely sur- 

 passing the calyx-teeth: anthers oval: seeds oval or oblong, 

 Avith a close coat, mucilaginous under water. 



From southeastern California eastward to the borders of 

 Texas. 



