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LINAGES 



2. M. Fremonti, Torr. Similar: calyx globose in fruit, very woolly. 



3. M. splendidum, Kellogg. Tall shrub: flowers in large panicles, rose-red. S. Cal 



4. M. xnarrubioides, D. & H. Low: leaves serrate, thick: calyx-lobes slender. C.Cai 



5. M. Palmeri, Watson. Densely stellate-pubescent: large flowers yellowish. 



6. M. densiflorum, Watson. Hispid bracts very long: calyx-lobes long attenuate. 



7. M. rotundifolium, Gr. Low: petals 6 lines long, a red spot at the base. S. Cal 



8. M. exile, Gr. Pedicels slender: petals obovate, 2 to 5 lines long. S. CaL 



6. SIDA, Linnaeus. 

 1. S. hederacea, Torr. Decumbent: leaves 1 -sided: petals yellowish. 



6. HIBISCUS, Linnaeus. 

 1. Calif ornicua, Kellogg, Flowers axillary, white with purple, large. 



STERCTJLIACEJ!. 



FREMONTIA, Torrey. 

 1. "F. Calif ornica, Torr. Tall shrub: flowers yellow, axillary, apetalous. S. N. 



LINAGES. 



LiINTJM, Linnaeus. 



Styles 2: flowera yellow: leaves opposite, glabrous, oblong . 1 



Styles 3: flower yellow: leaves alternate 8, 3 



Styles 3: flowers white to rose-color: leaves alternate (or whorled in 7). 



Petals with 3-parted or 3-lobed appendage at base .' 5, 6, 7 



Petals 2-toothed at base, scarcely longer than the sepals 8 



Styles 5: flowers large, blue: leaves alternate 9, 10 



1. L. digynum, Gr. .Sepals denticulate, a line long. Near Yosemite Valley. N. Cai. 



2. L. Brewer!, Gr. Glaucous: leaves small, very slender, basal glands large. 



3. L. adenophyllum, Gr. Leaves margined with stipitate glands. Cent. Cal. 



4. L. Calif ornicum, Benth. Glaucous: petals 4 lines long: capsule acute. 



5. L. congestum, Gr. Calyx pubescent: flowers in close clusters. S. F. Bay. 



6. L. spergulinum, Gr. No stipular glands: petals 2-3 lines long. S. F. Bay. 



7. IX drymarioides, Curran. Pubescent: leaves ovate, margins glandular. CL Cal 



8. It. micranthnm, Gr. Flowers minute: capsule exserted. Mts. Cal. 



9. Ij. perenne, Linn. Perennial, glaucous: flowers large, blue. 



10. L.. usatissimum, L. Similar but annual. The common cultivated flax. 



