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peduncles; calyx two to three lines long, in flower, mainly herba- 

 ceous, hyaline spaces very narrow, lobes shorter than the tube, 

 triangular-subulate; corolla tubular-funnelform, bright blue to 

 purple, twice the calyx, lobes only one line long, not spreading; 

 stamens and style included; capsule about equalling the calyx 

 tube, many-seeded. 



Islands off the coast of California and Lower California. 

 Guadalupe Island, F. Franceschi, winters of 1892 and 1893. 



19. Gilia peduncularis Eastwood in herb. 



Closely related to G. nmlticaulis but much more slender and 

 lower, usually much branched, glabrous below; inflorescence a 

 loose panicle, slightly pubescent, flowers solitary on slender 

 pedicels varying from three lines to six inches; calyx lobes 

 slender, subulate, as long as the tube; corolla broad-funnel- 

 form, blue with white tube, little exceeding the calyx; stamens 

 included. 



Dutard's Ranch and Olano Creek, near the boundary 

 between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Cos. Alice 

 Eastwood, the former the type. Santa Margarita. 



20. Gilia multicaulis Benth. G. achilleaefolia Lindl. 



Annual, four inches to three feet high, branching profusely 

 from the base or simple, puberulent, especially the inflorescence, 

 which is also glandular; leaves once or twice pinnatifid, an inch 

 or two long at the base, cauline leaves sometimes large, usually 

 becoming small and simple, all soft and lax; inflorescence of 

 small terminal clusters, never a compact head, sometimes single- 

 flowered; pedicels usually evident, especially in fruit; calyx two 

 to three and one-half lines long in flower, mainly herbaceous, 

 cylindrical lobes equalling or shorter than the tube, ere'ct, finally 

 growing to exceed the capsule in length but distended and finally 

 splitting at the sinuses; corolla three to seven lines long, twice 

 or thrice the calyx, open-funnelform to salverform, tube in- 

 cluded, throat and lobes broad, dark blue or purple; stamens 

 inserted in the throat, equalling or shorter than the lobes; 

 stigmas exserted; capsule oblong, many-seeded. 



In the foothills throughout western California. (Plate 4.) 



