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solving into several follicles. Plant villous. 

 Flowers creain color. 0. 



1. P. CALiFOKNicusBenth. Common. Spring. 

 2. Platy stigma Benth. CREAM Curs. 



Sepals 3. Petals 6. Stamens GO; filaments 

 flattened only at the base. Ovary 3-angular, 

 1-celled; placentae 3; stigmas 3. Fruit a cap- 

 sule, 3-angular, 3-valved, co-seeded. 0. Ex- 

 ternal petals yellow, internal cream color. 



1. P. LINEARE Benth. Filaments flat. 

 Common. Spring. 



2. P. CALIFORMCUM Benth. & Hook. Fila- 

 ments terete. San Mateo. Spring. 



3. Dendroinecon Benth. 



Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens GO. Ovary 

 terete, linear with 2 placentae; ovules GO; stigma 

 sessile, 2-lobed. Fruit a capsule 1-celled, 2- 

 valved; seeds on the margin of the valves. 

 Flowers yellow. Leaves rigid, entire. . 



1. D. EIGIDUS Benth. Tamalpais. Wright's 

 Station. Summer. 



4, Eschscholtzia Cham. CALIFORNIA POPPY. 



Calyx and corolla inserted into a turbiuate 

 thalamus. Calyx gamosepalus, circumscissile 

 at base. Petals 4. Stamens oo, adhering to 

 the base of petals; filaments very short; an- 

 thers extrorse. Ovary free, terete, 1-celled, 

 with 2 placentas; stigmas 4. Fruit a capsule. 



