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| § 1 Dacropuyiium. Gilia § Dactophyllum B. & H. Flowers 
loose or scattered on slender pedicels. Corolla funnelform or 
almost rotate. Stamens inserted in the throat of the corolla: 
anthers oval. 
L. pharnaceoides Greene Pitt. ii; 254. Gilia liniflora var. pharna 
ceoides Gray. Stem slender with diffuse filiform branches, 6-10 inches 
high: leaves palmately 2-5-parted into acerose pubescent segments, 2-6 
lines long; flowers paniculate, on filiform pedicels: calyx campanulate, 2 
lines long; the triangular acute lobes not as long as the tube: corolla almost 
rotate, the broad tube hardly as long as the calyx; the broad lobes obovate, 
rounded at the apex, 2-3 lines long: ovules 6-8 in each cell: capsule shorter 
than the calyx. Dry sandy plains, eastern Oregon and Washington to 
California. 
L. Harknessii Greene |. c. 256. Gilia Harknessii Curran. Stem erect, 
diffusely branched, 3-10 inches high: seed-leaves oblong-linear: leaves di- 
vided to the base into filiform segments, 2-10 lines long: flowers paniculate, 
on filiform pedicels 6-12 lines long: calyx minutely pubescent; its lanceo- 
late lobes as long as the tube: corolla white, 1-2 lines long; the tube but 
little longer than the calyx and about as long as the lobes: capsule oval, 
exceeding the calyx; seeds solitary in the cells, smooth, turgid, oblong, a 
line long. In bare places on the high mountins, Washington to California. 
L. filipes Greene 1. c. Giélia filipes Benth. Stem slender, 2-4 inches 
high, diffusely branched: cotyledon leaves obovate: leaves 2-5 lines long, 
divided to the base into filiform segments: flowers panicled, on capillary 
edicels an inch or more long: calyx campanulate, pubescent; its triangu- 
ar acute lobes ndt longer than the tube: corolla 2-3 lines long, exceeding 
the calyx: ovules 3-5 in each cell: capsule about equalling the calyx. On 
dry plains, eastern Oregon to Nevada and California. 
L. Bolanderi Greene 1. ¢. Gilia Bolanderi Gray. Stem almost fili- 
form, 2-10 inches high, dichotomously branched: cotyledon leaves oblong, 
narrowed below to a broad petioie: leaves 2-5 lines long, divided to the 
base into linear or spatulate segments: flowers on filiform pedicels 1-2 
inches long: calyx cylindraceous, pubescent and glandular; its subulate 
lobes shorter than the tube ; corolla 6 lines long ; the slender tube exceeding 
the calyx, much longer than the funnelform throat and obovate obtuse 
lobes : capsule oblong, shorter than the calyx:seeds 1-5 in each cell. Dry 
plains, Oregon to California. 
§ 2 LeprosipHon Gilia § Leptosiphon Endl. Mostly low or 
slender, with opposite leaves, and small flowers crowded into a 
capitate leafy-bracted cluster. Corolla salverform, with the tube 
mostly filiform and elongated: the very short throat commonly 
more or less cyathiform-dilated. Stamens inserted in the throat 
or orifice ; anthers short. Ovules numerous in each cell. 
* Leaves commonly with smaller ones fascicled in their axils and all 
palmately 5-7-parted into linear segments: filaments slender, exserted 
more or less from the throat of the corolla, but shorter than its entire 
lobes : ovules 6-10 in each cell. 
L. bicolor Greene ]. c. Gilia tenella Benth. Rough-pubescent through- 
out: stem slender, 1-5 inches high, simple or sparingly branched: cotyle- 
don leaves petioled : divisions of the leaves acerose or some of them linear- 
spatulate, 2-6 lines long: tube of the calyx short, cylindraceous; its subu- 
late lobes several times longer : tube of the corolla filiform, 10-12 lines long, 
