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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 decidudéts the stamens inserted on the 
base ofitstube. Style 2-cleft at theapex. 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 4 
somewhat fleshy minutely reticulated testa. | 
C. nana Raf. 1. c, Hesperochiron 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, 3-4 
lines long, densely pubescent; corolla campanulate, 6-8 lines long, hairy 
within; its lobes shorter than the tube. On wet banks and springy places, 
eastern Washington to California and Utah 
C. pumila 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. eistern Washington to California and Idaho. 
Tribe 3 Namex B. & H. Gen. vi, 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 placentze 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. 
N. 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 ovalor oblong. Dry interior revions, Washington to 
California, Utah and Arizona. 
9 ERIODICTYON Benth. Bot. Sulph. 35— 
Shrubby plants with alternate pinnately veined and finely re- 
