riTTONIA. 



Acad. Yiii. 263 (1870). Slender as the three foregoing, differ- 

 ing from them all in a narrowly cylindraceous calyx antl sal- 

 vorform corolla, the tube of which equals the calyx, the rotate 

 limb being purplish and about 3 lines wide: seeds 2 to 5 in 

 each cell. 



Plains and lower mountains of central and northern Cali- 

 fornia. 



11. L. AMBiGUUS. Gilia amhtgua, Eattan, Bot. Gaz. xi. 

 339 (1886). Stouter than the last; corolla much larger (I 

 inch long) and not strictly salverform, the slender tube little 

 exserted, the obconical dark purple throat about as long as 

 the rotate-spreading purplish lobes: seeds 2 in each cell. 



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12. L. BELLU8. Gilia hcUa, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. xs. 301 

 (18S5); Syu. Fl. Suppl. 407. Slender but ratlier wiry, 2 to 

 4 inches high, the branches glabrous, jEioriferous near the 

 summit: leares only 2 or 3 lines long, villous at base: flowers 

 nearly or quite sessile in the forks and upper axils: calyx- 

 lobes strongly carinate, and hyaline-margined: corolla rotate- 

 campanulate, the tube yellow, throat purple-spotted, lioib I 

 inch broad, violet: filaments hairy at base: cells of capsule 

 several-seeded. 



Northern part of the Lower Californian Peninsula. 



13. L. Parky^. Gilia Parry a^, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 

 xii. 7G (187G); Syn. PL ii. 137. Dwarf, pubescent, rather 

 compact, and the flowers, all except the earliest, rather 

 crowded, the whole plant | to 2 inches high: leaves 5 to 7- 

 parted, the acerose segments 2 or 3 lines long: calyx deeply 

 cleft, the lobes lanceolate-subulate, the very short tube obconi- 

 cal: corolla white, lilac or yellowish, with very short tube, 

 obconical throat, and obovate, entire or arose spreading lobes, 



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scale-like emarginate or obcordate appendage: capsule many- 

 seeded: seeds angular, not mucilaginous. 

 From Kern Co., Calif., southward. 



