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equalling or shorter than the leaves. Calyx 5-parted, rarely 6- or 

 7-parted; the lobes linear-lanceolate, occasionally unequal. Co- 

 rolla campanulate or rotate deciduous the stamens inserted on ihe 

 base of its tube. Style 2-cleft at the apex. Disk none. Ovary 

 1-celled : the narrow placentae projecting more or less on incom- 

 plete half-dissepiments : ovules 20 or more on each placenta. 

 Capsule loculicidal, 15-20-seeded. Seeds pretty large with a 

 somewhat fleshy minutely reticulated testa. 



C. nana Baf. 1. c. Hefperochiron Californicus Watson. Leaves num- 

 erous in a rosulate radical tuft, broadly lanceolate, 1-3 inches long, densely 

 tomentose both sides, contracted below to a broad petiole: peduncles slender, 

 shorter than the leaves, pubescent, recurved in fruit: calyx-lobes linear, 8-4 

 lines long, densely pubescent; corolla campanulate, 6-8 lines long, hairy 

 within; its lobes snorter than the tube. On wet banks and springy places, 

 eastern Washington to California and Utah 



C. pnmila Greene Erythea ii, 193. Hesperochiron pumilus Porter. 

 Leaves several from the crown of a short usually branching rootstock, lan- 

 ceolate to spatulate, tapering below to a slender petiole, minutely ciliate, 

 otherwise glabrous: peduncles slender, 1-3 inches long, about equalling 

 the leaves, glabrous: sepals lanceolate, about, 6 lines long, minutely ciliate: 

 corolla white to purple, rotate, often an inch broad; its broad ovate lobes 

 longer than the tube; the tube within and base of the filaments pubescent. 

 In wet places, e i stern Washington to California and Idaho. 



Tribe 3 Namese B. & H. Gen. ii, 826. Leaves simple, alternate 

 or sometimes imperfectly opposite. Corolla imbricated in the bud, 

 not appendaged within. Style 2-parted, the tips or stigmas com- 

 monly thickened or capitate. Ovary completely or incompletely 

 2-celled. Capsule loculicidal; the valves bearing the half dissepi- 

 ments on their middle. Seeds with firm-fleshy albumen. 



8 NAMA L. Gen. n. 317. 



Low herbs or suffrutescent plants of various habits. : ours low 

 annuals with entire leaves and the flowers terminal or lateral or 

 in the forks of the stem. Corolla funnelform or somewhat sal- 

 verform. Filaments and style filiform, more or less included. 

 Stamens commonly unequal and more or less unequally inserted. 

 Ovules numerous on the transverse lameliform placentae which 

 approximate or cohere in the axis of the ovary but separate in 

 the loculicidal dehiscence and are borne on the half-dissepiments 

 or half- valves of the capsule. Capsule membranaceous, the valves 

 and placentae undivided. Seeds usually numerous. 



JS* demissum Gray Proc. Am. Acad. viii, 283. Hirsute-pubescent to 

 hispid: stems diffuse or depressed, 2-4 inches long, dichotomously branched- 

 leaves linear-spatulate, 6-15 lines long, all or most of them tapering into a 

 petiole: flowers subsessile in the forks: sepals linear or setaceous, 4 lines long: 

 corolla purple, narrow-funnelform, about 6 lines long: capsule short-oblong, 

 10-16-seeded: seeds oval or oblong. Diy interior regions, Washington to 

 California, Utah and Arizona. 



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Shrubby plants with alternate pinnately veined and finely re- 



