Limnanthea. (IKRANIACE.K. 95 



or losa ronimonly a.s Piv-rhvcr niid Pin-ifms^, nnil is ri vnliml)lo nnd nutritiouH forngo-plant, re- 

 pwtrd to iin|mit nil oxcnllciit llnvor to milk and butler. 



2. E. moschatmn, T/lIor. Leaves pinnato ; tlio ohlong-ovato leaflets unequally 

 and (loiilily sorrate ; stipules conspicuous: pedicels mostly shorter and stouter: 

 sepals larger, 3 or 4 lines long : odor musky. 



Los Angeles {AntiscU) ; Santa Iftez Valley {Brewer), and northward, as well as southward in 

 Mexico. Doubtless introduced from Europe. 



3. E. Botrys, Bertoloni. Leaves oblong, pinnatifid ; the lobes dentate, obtuse ; 

 stipules small : sepals 4 lines long : beaks of the carpels 2 or 3 inches long. 



Sacramento Valley, E. L. Greene. Introduced from Southeni Europe. 



* « Leaves cordate and lobed. A U native species. 



4. E. macrophyllum. Hook. & Am. Pubescence with more or less of spread- 

 ing glandular hairs especially above : leaves renifonn-cordate, 1 to 3 inches broad : 

 stipules small : peduncles elongated : sepals broad, 5 to 6 lines long : carpels 

 oblong, with the stout beak IJ^ inches long. — Bot. Beechoy, 327 ; Torr. & Gray, 

 Fl. i. 670. 



Coinnion in valleys and on the lower hills west of the Sierra Nevada, from San Diego north- 

 ward to tlio Sacramento Valley. Next to E. ciaUarium this is the most abundant sjiccies. 



5. E. Texanum, Gray. Pubesconco appressed, not glandular : leaves ovate- 

 cordato, smaller and more deeply lobed, usually about an inch long : peduncles 

 shorter : sepals narrower, 3 to 5 lines long : carpels narrow, with the slender beak 

 1^ to 3 inches long. — PI. Lindh. 157 ; Gen. 111. ii. 130, t. 151. 



Colorado bottom (A'cicbrrri/) ; sandy plains near Fort Moliavo {Cnnprr), and eastward to Texas. 



3. LIMNANTHES, R. Brown. 



Flowers regular, the parts in lives : sepals valvate in the bud. Glands 5, alter- 

 nating with the petals. Stamens 10. Style 5-cleft at the apex. Ovary with soli- 

 tary ascending ovules. Carpels distinct, subglobose, at first fleshy, at length hard 

 and rugose, indchiscent, separating from the short axis. — Annual low difi'use 

 herbs, growing near water ; leaves jiinnate, without stipules ; flowers showy, white, 

 yellowish, or rose-colored, solitary on axillary peduncles. The following are the 

 only s])ecies ; possibly not distinct. 



1. L. Douglasii, R. Brown. Glabrous throughout, difTusoly branched from the 

 base, the weak and succulent stems 6 to 18 inches long : leaves pinnate, the leaflets 

 incisely lobed or parted, with linear acute lobes : peduncles at length 2 to 4 inches 

 long : sepals lanceolate, 3 or 4 lines long, half the length of the oblong or oboval«, 

 emarginate or truncate petals: style very slender, 3 or 4 lines long. — Lindl. Bot. 

 Reg. XX, t. 1673; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3554. L. rosea, llartw. ; Benth. PI. Hartw. 

 302. Fl(rrha Dovglasii, Bail). Hist. PI. v. 20, (ig. 50-54. 



Mendocino ("oiiiity to Lns Angeles and the foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada. Tlie stems and 

 foliago are yellowish-green and succulent, the plant sometimes fonniiig dense patches, much fre- 

 quented by bees. Flowers pale-yellow to nearly white, or tinged with rose-color. Caq>els about 

 2 lines in diameter. 



2. L. alba, Ilartweg. Sepals villona : yiotals usually wliitt^ half longer than the 

 calyx: otherwise like the last. — Biuith. PI. Hartw. 301. 



Sacramento Valley and foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada ; usually somewhat smaller than the 

 last, but perhaps only a form of it. 



Fl.cEiiKKA VROSKliriNAfniriKS, ^Villd., has been fouiul in Washington Territorj- and N. Utah, 

 and may 1m5 looked for in Northern California. It is a slender aniuiRl of moist localities, with 

 pinnate leaves and small flowers, the genus distinguished by having the parts of the flower in 

 threes. This is the only sjwcie.s, and is common in the Northern Atlantic States. 



