^U^ PITTONIA. 



3. L. JoNESii. G'dia Jonesii, Gray, Syii. Fl. Siippl. 407 

 (1886). More slender than either of the foregoing, the foli- 



age almost capillary: calyx beset with stoiitish stalked glands: 

 corolla only | inch long. 



Colorado Kiver, California, at The Xeedles. 



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'ichotomous; ^flowei 

 iially from fiinnelfi 



Fenzlia, etc., Benth, 



4. L. DiANTHiFLORUS. Fcnzlia dianihiflora, Benth. 13ot. 

 Reg. 1. c. (1833). Gilia dianthijlora, Stead. Norn. (1840): 

 G. dianfJioides, Endl. Fcnzlia spcciosa and concinna, Nutt. 

 PI. Gamb. Branching from the base and the branches decum- 

 bent, or simple and erect, 2 to 6 inches high, more or less 

 pubescent, leaves all simple, narrowly linear: corolla short- 

 fannelforra, 1 inch long or more, lilac with a darker or yel- 

 lowish throat, the ample lobes from denticulate to stroDgly 

 fringe-toothed: filaments inserted near the base of the tube: 

 ovules 12 to 20 in each cell. 



A common and very beautiful plant of southern California, 

 the flowers very fragrant. Probably two or more good species 

 are embraced under this name and too general description. 



5. L. LiNiFLORUs. Gilki limflora, Benth. Bot. Keg. 1. c. 

 A foot high, slender, glabrous: leaf-segments about 3, fili- 

 form : flowers on long and slender pedicels in a loose cy mose 

 panicle: corolla with nearly obsolete tube, the limb rotate, | 

 to 1 inch broad, the obovate entire lobes white marked with 

 7 deep blue veinlets: stamens nearly as long as the corolla- 

 lobes; filaments with a dense pilose ring just above the base, 

 the very short corolla-tube below them pubescent: ovules 6 

 to 8 in each cell: seeds mucilaginous. 



Common on plains and among the lower mountains though- 

 out California; the large blue-streaked white corollas much 

 like those of flax in appearance, beautiful but nearly scentless. 



6. L. PHARXACEoiDEs. Gilia pJiarnaceoides, Benth. I.e.; 



