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leaves usually ample, commonly toothed, with evident lateral veins; 
capsule 20-25 lines long; seeds mostly broadly obovoid, short-beaked, 
sharply papillate in rather distinct longitudinal lines. 
_ = Large flowered for the group, with rather deep violet petals 3-5 
lines long, hairs within calyx-tube well developed: leaves mainly op- 
posite; 1-2 inches long. 
He Franciscanum Barbey. Bot. Cal. i, 220. A span to mostly a foot °,, 
or igh, the larger forms much branched; subcanescent or more or } 
less pilose above; leaves elliptical-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate ; obtuseyy* ie 
with rather numerous and prominent serrations; rounded to the very( \ 4 
short and broad petioles: flowers at first crowded scarcely exceeding the © P 
somewhat reduced leaves, clustered at the end of branches; seeds broad, 
very hyaline-papillate. Oregon to California and Nevada. 
= = Petals 2-3 lines long, pale to mostly rather deep rose-colored; 
leaves for the most part attenuate, rather broad often purple in 
autumn. 
E. coloratum: Muhl. Glabrate below, the rather numerous panicled 
branches canescent.with incurved hairs, at least. along the decurrent lines , 
and more or less glandular towards the end: leaves 2-6 inches long, lanceo- 
late to oblong-lanceolate, acute, deeply and irregularly serrulate, mostly 
gradually narrowed to conspicuous slender petioles, glabrous except the 
uppermost, rugose veiny: flowers very numerous more or less nodding; 
petals 1-2 lines long, rosy: fruiting peduncles slender mostly short: 
seeds beakless, strongly papillate; coma at length cinnamon-colored, at 
least at base. Oregon and Eastern States. 
E. adenocaulon Hausskn.1|.c. 119. Habit of the preceding; inflorescence 
and capsule very glandular-pubescent, with few if any incurved hairs; leaves 
2 inches long or more; frequently erect, elliptical to mostly ovate-lanceo- 
late, obtuse, only slightly serrulate or denticulate, abruptly rounded to 
short winged petioles, rather pale green and glossy, glabrous except the 
uppermost which are gradually reduced and seldom as rugose as in H. 
coloratum; flowers very numerous, more or less nodding, two lines long, 
rosy; seeds obovoid, abruptly short-beaked ; coma white. Oregon to New 
Brunswick, Pennsylvania, Utah and California. 
Var. occidentale Trel. l.c. 95. Remotely leafy, especially the mostly 
strict glandular branches; leaves more triangular-lanceolate ; 2 inches long 
on the main stem, prominently denticulate. Brit. Columbia to Central 
California. . 
Var.(?) perplexans Trel. |. c.96. Slender, subsimple or with few ascend- 
ing remotely leafy branches; less glandular, the inflorescence sometimes 
-.canescent with incurved hairs: leaves scarcely 2 inches long, divergent, 
lanceolate, rather obtuse, the upper acutely tapering to slender sometimes 
elongated petioles. Yellowstone Park to Uregon and California. 
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+ + + Producing globose or ovoid sessile or sub-sessile subter- 
ranean winter bulblets with fleshy scales: seeds papillate and more or 
_ less beaked. 
.+ Leaves mostly broad and ample or of medium size and with evi- 
dent lateral veins; stems with more or less prominent lines decurrent 
from some of the nodes. 
E. delicatum Trel.1.c. 98. Slender stemmed, glabrous except for the 
crisp-hairy lines above and slightly as, or glandular inflorescence : 
leaves as much as 38 lines long, mostly very divergent, chiefly ovate-lance- 
olate and obtuse, undulately low-denticulate, rounded to the very short 
narrow base or cuneate and somewhat petioled, thin and pale: flowers 
