132 KEY AND FLORA 



The corolla lobes are fringe-toothed. This is common in southern 

 California, and is one of the prettiest spring annuals. 



i. G. Califor'nica Benth. Shrubby, 2 or 8 ft. high, with rigid 

 branches. Leaves with spiny divisions, widely spreading, clustered. 

 Corolla rose-color, fading to lilac, salver-form, with the border an 

 inch or more in diameter, the lobes often shortly fringed on the 

 margin. This is common in southern California, chiefly on dry 

 hills. It is very showy, with its numerous flowers, like those of 

 phlox, in dense clusters terminating the branches. 



/. G. aggrega'ta Spreng. SCARLET GILIA, WILD CYPRESS. 

 Stems erect, simple or branched, viscid. Leaves compound, with 

 narrow, linear leaflets. Flowers in a close panicle. Corolla salver- 

 form, nearly 1 in. long, scarlet, pink or white, extremely variable in 

 color. This grows in the mountains or near streams on the plains. 

 Summer. 



CONVOLVULA'CE.^. MORNING-GLORY FAMILY 



Twining or trailing herbs, with alternate leaves, and flowers 

 solitary or few, on peduncles in the axils of the leaves. Calyx 

 of distinct sepals. Stamens alternating with the parts of the 

 corolla. Ovary 2 or 3 celled, with a pair of ovules in each 

 cell. Capsule globular, containing 1-4 seeds. 



I. CONVOI/VULUS, Morning-glory 



Corolla open funnel-form, with, the border 5-angled. Sta- 

 mens inserted within the tube. Style slender. Stigmas 2. 

 Capsule 2-celled and generally 4-seeded, with dehiscent septi- 

 fragal dehiscence (the valves separate from the partition). 

 Cotyledons folded and crumpled in the seed with some 

 en'dosperm. 



a. C. Soldanel'la L. SEASIDE MORNING-GLORY. Low and trail- 

 ing herbs, with stem and leaves fleshy. Leaves kidney-shaped, on long 

 petioles. Bracts of the peduncle close to the calyx, thin in texture. 

 Corolla pink or purple, an inch or more in length. Pod becoming 

 1-celled. This grows on sandy beaches. 



b. C. villo'sus Gray. Stems trailing. Leaves hastate. Bracts 

 narrow, close under the calyx. Corolla cream-color, an inch long. 

 The entire plant is covered with a close, soft, velvety, white down. 

 Throughout California, but not very common. 



