90 LINAGES. Linum. 



pedicels very short : sepals lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate-denticulate, a line long : 

 petals twice longer : capsule globose, obtuse, shorter than the calyx. Proc. Am. 

 Acad. vii. 334. 



Near Yosemite Valley on the Mariposa Trail, Bolander. A rare and very peculiar species. 



* * Leaves alternate, narrowly linear (a half to an inch long} : styles 3 : petals 

 appendaged at base with a tooth on each side and usually a third adnate to the 

 inner face of the claw. 



+- Flowers yellow : pedicels short. 



4. L. Breweri, Gray. Smooth, glaucous, slender, 3 to 8 inches high or more, 

 few-flowered at the summit : leaves linear-setaceous, 6 to 8 lines long ; stipular 

 glands conspicuous: sepals ovate, acute, somewhat glandular on the margin, 1|- lines 

 long : petals more than twice as long, 3-appendaged at base : fruit unknown. 

 Proc. Calif. Acad. i. 202, and Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 521. 



Dry hillsides, Contra Costa Co., at Marsh's Ranch, east of Monte Diablo, Brewer. Flowering 

 in May and June. 



-*- +- Floivers white, rose-colored, or purple : pedicels short and mostly cymose- 



clustered. 



5. L. congestum, Gray. Nearly smooth, excepting the calyx, a foot high, 

 shortly branched above : stipular glands very small : flowers in close terminal clusters : 

 sepals pubescent, lanceolate, acuminate, 1^ lines long, not glandular : petals twice as 

 long, apparently rose or purple, 3-appendaged at base : capsule globose, shorter than 

 the calyx. Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 521. 



Marin Co., Bolander. A well-marked species on account of its clustered flowers and pubescent 

 calyx. 



6. L. Calif ornicum, Benth. Glabrous and glaucous, paniculately branched 

 above, 6 to 18 inches high : stipular glands conspicuous : flowers in small cymes or 

 the lower solitary : sepals ovate-lanceolate, 1^ lines long, acute, slightly glandular- 

 toothed : petals 4 lines long, rose-colored becoming white, 3-appendaged at base : 

 capsule acute, shorter than the calyx. PI. Hartw. 299 ; Gray, 1. c. 



Dry soils in the valleys and on low foot-hills, in early spring, from about San Francisco Bay to 

 Marysville (Bigelow) and southward to San Carlos ; especially common on the eastern slope of the 

 Monte Diablo Range. 



-t- +- +- Flowers white, rose-colored, or purple : pedicels more elongated and mostly 

 solitary : stems diffusely paniculate above. 



7. L. spergulinum, Gray. Glabrous, 6 to 15 inches high : leaves without 

 stipular glands : pedicels 3 to 6 lines long : sepals ovate-oblong, acute, slightly 

 glandular, a line long : petals 2 to 3 lines long, rose-colored or white, 3-appendaged : 

 capsule obtuse, rather exceeding the calyx. Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 333. 



Coast Ranges, &c., Marin and Sonoma counties, Bolander, Kellogg, Miss Monks. 



8. L. micranthum, Gray, 1. c. Somewhat puberulent, 6 to 15 inches high : 

 stipular glands minute or none : pedicels 2 to 4 lines long : sepals lanceolate, acute, 

 a line long, slightly glandular : petals white, a little longer than the sepals, 2-toothed 

 at base : capsule obtuse, exceeding the calyx. 



In the Sierra Nevada, at 3,000 to 5,000 feet altitude: Mount Bullion (Bolander) ; Sierra and 

 Plumas counties, Lemmon, Mrs. Puls-ifer Ames. 



9. L. adenophyllum, Gray. Somewhat pubescent, a foot high : leaves more 

 broadly linear, margined with stipitate glands ; stipular glands minute or none : 

 pedicels 1 to 6 lines long : sepals lanceolate, acute, a line long or more, glandular- 

 serrulate, half as long as the white (yellowish T) petals : capsule rather shorter than 

 the calyx. Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 624. 



Near Clear Lake, Bolander, Kellogg & Harford. 



