QQ LlNACEJi:. Linum. 



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

 petals twice lojigor : capsulo globose, obtuse, sliortor than the calyx. — J 'roc. Am. 

 Acad. vii. IKM. 



Near Yoseinito Vulloy on tho Muriiiosa Trail, Bolander. A raio and vory peculiar species. 



• Mr Lmvci (((tcriiatc, narrowli/ linear («• hilf to an inch Ion;/): tti/lca W \ juials 

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

 inner face of (Me claw. 



-¥■ Flowers yellow : pedicels short. 



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

 few-llowered 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 lung, 3-appendagud at base : fruit unknown. — 

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



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

 in May and June. 



-H -t- Flowers u'hite, rose-colored, or purple: pedicels short and mostly cymose- 



clustered. 



5. L. congestum, tlray. Kearly smooth, excepting the calyx, a foot high, 

 shortly brauclied above; stipular glands very small : llowers in close terminal clusters : 

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

 long, apparently rose or purple, 3-aj)i)endaged 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. Californicum, r>cnth. Glabrous and glaucous, paniculately branched 

 above, G to 18 inches high : stipular glands conspicuous : llowers 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. — PL Hartw. 2i)9 ; Gray, 1. c. 



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

 Marysville (Bujdow) and southward to San Carlos ; especially common on the eastern bIoi.o of tlie 

 Monte Diablo liange. 



4_ ^_ +. Flowers white, rose-colored, or purple : pedicels more elongated and mostly 

 solitary : stems diffusely paniculate above. 



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

 stipular glands : pedicels 3 to G hues long : sei)als ovate-oblong, acute, slightly 

 glandular, a line long : peta'ls 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 ami Sonoma counties, Bolander, Kellogg, Miss Monks. 



8. L. micranthum, (hay, 1. c. Somewhat puberulent, G to 15 inches high : 

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

 a line long, slightly glandular : jxitals white, a little longer than the sei)als, 2-tuothed 

 at base ; capsule obtuse, exceeding tho calyx. 



In tho Sierra Nevada, at a, 000 to ft.OOO feet altitude: Mount Bullion (Bolander) ; Sierra and 

 Plumas counties, Lcminon, Mrs. I'ulsifer 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, glandidar- 

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

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



l^eaiX Ciiax h^^Q, Bolander, Kellogg k, Har/ord. ■ • ■ : .. . 



