110 KEY AND FLORA 



/. V. praemor'sa Dougl. Stems short, frequently underground, 

 gray pubescent or smooth. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, with the margin 

 sinuate to dentate, tapering to the petiole. Sepals papery, entire or 

 slashed. Petals yellow, generally tinged with brown on the outside. 

 Ovary globular, pubescent. Variable and widely distributed. 



g. V. loba'ta Benth. Stems leafy. Leaves palmately cut into 5-9 nar- 

 row lobes, the central one the longest. (The root leaves are sometimes 

 simple with crenate margins.) Stipules large, leaf-like. Flowers yel- 

 low. Upper petals brownish purple on the outside, the others veined 

 or tinged with purple, the side petals slightly bearded. Throughout 

 California. 



h. V. chrysan'tha Hook. Apparently stemless. Leaves round in 

 outline, twice divided into linear segments. Stipules lance-shaped. 

 Flowers on peduncles as long as or longer than the leaves, bright 

 yellow. Lower petals veined, yellow', the upper brownish purple on 

 the outside ; the side petals not bearded. On low hills from Monte- 

 rey County northward. 



i. V. trinerva'ta Howell. Stemless, smooth. Leaves palmately 3-5- 

 parted with lanceolate, acute divisions ; stipules small, entire, almost 

 free. Upper petals deep blue or violet : lower yellow. Washington. 



j. V. Beckwith'ii T. & G. Stemless, hairy or almost smooth. 

 Leaves orbicular, palmately 3-parted into linear, obtuse divisions. Upper 

 petals deep blue or violet, lower light blue or white, with the base yellow- 

 ish. This is found from northern California in the Sierra Nevada 

 to Oregon, generally on the eastern slope. 



MYRTA'CE^, MYRTLE FAMILY 



EUCALYP'TUS. There are many different species of this 

 genus cultivated in California. The young shoots have oppo- 

 site leaves much broader than the older leaves, which are 

 alternate. The calyx never opens. It is like a lid and falls 

 off. Under this is another very thin lid which answers to 

 the corolla. Then the numerous stamens rise and expand, 

 producing a tassel-like blossom. The fruit is a 3-5-celled 

 capsule imbedded in the receptacle and opening by chinks at 

 the top. The commonest species in cultivation is the Blue 

 Gum, Eucalyptus globulus Labill. 



