l86 HYDROPHYLLACEAE (WATER-LEAF FAMILY) 



HH. Style i, 2 -cleft at the apex. CONANTHUS (p. 187) 



BB. Acaulescent; leaves all basal; flowers solitary on basal peduncles. 



CAPNOREA (p. 187) 



AA. Shrubs, evergreen, glabrous, 9-15 dm. high; leaves glutinous with a balsamic 

 resin, lanceolate, entire or serrate, 7.5-15 cm. long. E. (Gk. erion = wool, 

 diktyon a net; from the hairy and reticulate- veiny under side of the leaves.) 



Eriodictyon glutinosum (YERBA SANTA) 



EMMENANTHE (WHISPERING BELLS) 



Low, annual. Leaves alternate. Flowers in simple or circinate racemes. 

 Corolla campanulate. Capsule ovoid or oblong, flattish, incompletely 

 2-celled. Seeds 2 to many. (Gk. emmenos = a month, anthos = a flower ; 

 said to be because the corolla is persistent.) 



A. Leaves entire or nearly so; corolla nearly white, without appendages inside. E. 



E. pusilla 

 AA. Leaves deeply lobed or pinnatifid; corolla bright yellow, with 10 appendages 



inside. 



B. Style much longer than the ovary; ovules about n; seeds 8-10; calyx lobes 



linear. E. E. lutea 



BB. Style hardly longer than the ovary; ovules 20-40; seeds 15-20; calyx lobes 



linear-spatulate. E. E. parviflora 



PHACELIA (PHACELIA) 



Leaves alternate. Flowers in somewhat scorpoid clusters, blue or purple 

 or white or yellowish. Corolla tube rotate to tubular. Placentae 2, 

 parietal; style 2-cleft or -parted. Capsule i -celled or nearly 2-celled. 

 Seeds 2 to many. (Gk. fakelos = a fascicle ; referring to the flower 

 bunches.) Species too difficult for beginners. (F. & R. pp. 317-319.) 



NEMOPHILA (GROVE LOVER) 



Leaves opposite or alternate. Calyx with appendage in each sinus, en- 

 larged in fruit. Corolla rotate to tubular. (Gk. nemos = a grove, 

 phileo = I love ; from the shady habitat.) 



A. Corolla rotate, white or light blue, speckled with dark blue; leaves opposite. W. 



N. menziesii 

 AA. Corolla campanulate to tubular, white or bluish, not speckled; leaves opposite 



or alternate. 



B. Leaves mostly opposite; corolla equaling the calyx, white or bluish. 

 C. Corolla bluish, twice as long as the calyx; calyx lobes subulate. W. C. 



N. sepulta 

 CC. Corolla white, less than twice as long as the calyx; calyx lobes lanceolate or 



wider. 



D. Leaves oblong; seeds mostly 6-8. E. N. pedunculata 



DD. Leaves ovate; seeds mostly 4. W. C. E. N. parviflora 



BB. Leaves mostly alternate; corolla shorter than calyx, white. E. N. breviflora 



