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1. N. BIGELOVII Watson. Flowers white. 

 . Buena Vista, Sonoma. Summer. 



Family 2, BORRAGINE.E. 

 Ovary 4-celled, 4-lobed. Cells 1-seeded. 

 Fruit 4 nutlets. Style 1. 



1, Amsinckia Lehm. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver- or funnel- 

 shaped. Limb 5-lobed. Ovary 4-lobed. Style 

 central. Fruit 4 nutlets, attached to a conical 

 disc above its base. 0. Inflorescence circi- 

 nate. Flowers yellow. 



1. A. VEBNICOSA Hook & Arn. Nutlets tri- 

 quetrous, straight, smooth, shining; attached 

 at the lower part of the inner angle. Contra 

 Costa. Spring. 



2. A. TESSELATA Gray. Nutlets testaceous, 

 tessellate, rugose; calyx lobes obtuse; corolla 

 orange-color. Contra Costa. Spring. 



3. A. INTERMEDIA Fisch. & Mey. Nutlets 

 scabrous, convex and carinate on the back; 

 calyx-lobes narrow, acute; corolla tube scarcely 

 exceeding the calyx. Paper Mill Creek. Spring. 



4. A. SPECTABILIS Fisch. & Mey. Nutlets 

 granulate, convex and carinate on the back; 

 calyx lobes linear; corolla orange, tube at 

 least twice the length of the calyx lobes. 

 Contra Costa. Spring. 



