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or but little longer than the calyx, which enlarges under the 

 fruit. Style 2-cleft. Capsule 1-celled. 



a. E. membrana'cea Benth. Stems succulent, light-green, smooth 

 except for some stiff bristly hairs that sometimes help support the weak 

 stems. Leaves pinnately divided into 3-9 obtuse, linear divisions 

 with margined petioles. This generally grows in shady and damp 

 places. From middle California to San Diego. 



b. E. chrysanthemifo'lia Benth. Stems much branched. Leaves 

 2 or 3 times divided into small and short divisions. Flowers in loose 

 racemes on short, slender pedicels. From middle California to San 

 Diego. 



IV. PHACE'LIA 



Herbs with simple or compound leaves, and flowers in 

 loosely or closely coiled spikes or racemes. Calyx deeply 

 5-parted, without reflexed lobes. Corolla readily falling, 

 blue, white, or purple (rarely rose-color), from wheel- 

 shaped to funnel-form, with vertical scales attached between 

 the bases of the filaments, sometimes attached to the fila- 

 ments. Pistil with 2-cleft style and 2-celled ovary. Seeds 4 

 to many. 



a. P. circina'ta Jacq. Perennial from a stout root, a foot or 

 two high. Leaves grayish green, hairy, simple, or the lowest compound 

 with 1 or 2 pairs of leaflets. Spikes crowded, conspicuously coiled. 

 Corolla small, whitish or lilac. Stamens conspicuous. This is 

 found in many forms and is widely distributed. 



b. P. divarica'ta Gray. Annual, low, with spreading branches 

 inclined to be prostrate. Leaves oblong on petioles shorter than the 

 blades, simple or with 1 or 2 teeth or lobes at the base. Flowers in 

 loose racemes, corolla bluish purple, f in. in diameter. 



c. P. Menzie'sii Ton. Stems 6-10 in. high, branching above, 

 gray with a close pubescence and rough with stiff hairs. Leaves 

 linear, entire or cleft into, linear lobes. Flowers in spikes or spike- 

 like racemes which are clustered to form close panicles. Corolla 

 violet or white, half inch or more in'* diameter, with long, narrow 

 appendages at base, free from the filaments. Pod shorter than the 

 calyx, with several seeds. From California, in the Sierra Nevada 

 to British Columbia. 



The species are numerous, and many are local ; nearly all 

 are beautiful, with conspicuous flowers. 



