Water-leaf Family 321 



base; scales rather broad, ciliate; seeds usually 12, corrugate- 

 roughened. 



Frequent on sandy or dry plains and foothills throughout our range. The 

 rather persistent cotyledons are usually spatulate. March-April. 



4. N. integrifolia (Parish). Stems usually much branched, 

 rather weak and spreading, somewhat densely pubescent through- 

 out with spreading hairs, the petioles nearly ciliate ; leaves 2-3- 

 toothed or pinnatifid, seldom entire; peduncles slender and 

 usually exceeding the leaves ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute and 

 mucronulate; corolla usually less than 1 cm. broad, rotate-cam- 

 panulate to nearly rotate, pale blue or nearly white, with darker 

 veinlets, hairy toward the base; scales linear, the upper half 

 usually free, hairy; seeds usually 8-12, corrugate-roughened, 

 sometimes minutely so, globose. (N. Menziesii integrifolia Parish . ) 



Rather common in the chaparral belt in all the hills and valleys, especi- 

 ally away from the coast. April-May. 



2. EUCRYPTA Nutt. 



Erect paniculately branched viscid annuals, with 

 small racemose flowers. Calyx 5-parted, the sinuses 

 naked. Corolla small, tubular-campanulate, without 

 appendages. Capsule globose, 1-celled, with 2 dilated 

 placentae lining the pericarp, 2-valved, 8-seeded, 2 seeds 

 remaining in each valve between the pericarp and the 

 placentae after dehiscence. Seeds corrugated or smooth. 



1. E. chrysanthemifolia (Benth.) Greene. Stems rather 

 slender, widely branching, 3-9 dm. high; leaves ample, 2-3-pin- 

 natifid ; racemes short and close, scarcely surpassing the leaves ; 

 calyx-lobes ovate, acutish; corolla white or bluish, scarcely sur- 

 passing the calyx-lobes; free seeds oblong-oval, corrugated, the 

 concealed ones flattened, smooth. (Ellisia chrysanthemifolia 

 Benth.) 



Common in the chaparral belt and in the open foothills. March-May. 



3. PHACELIA Juss. 



Annual rarely perennial mostly hirsute or hispid 

 herbs, or rarely suffrutescent, with entire or variously 

 lobed or dissected leaves, and often showy flowers in 



