Horkelia. 



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16. HORKELIA, Cham, k Sdilccl.t. 

 Calyx oampanulate. Petals obovato to linear, often unguiculate, white or pink 

 Stamens 10 (20 in II. jmrimrascens), in two rows; Hlan>ents more or less dilated 

 and deltoid or subulate (often scarcely at all so in //. trulentaU,), those opposite to 

 the sepa s broadest. Carpels few to many : styles nearly terminal, iilifurm or thick- 

 ened at base : ovules suspended. Akenes fixed by the middle to the nearly naked 

 receptacle. Otherwise as /V;^.«^e7/a. - Herbaceous Californian perennials- loaves 

 pninate with several pairs of toothed or cleft leaflets, the u,,per ones confluent- 

 flowers cymose, mostly crowded. - Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 528; Watson Bot' 

 King Exjx 447. ' * 



* Styles very short, thickened at base: hractlels narrow. 

 1. H. fusca, Lindl. Glandular-pubescent: stems ^ to 1^ feet high: leaflets 6 to 

 8p n-s, cuneate-obong to -ovate, incisely toothed or lobed,\ half-inch to an inch 

 ong: cymes usually dense ; bracts short : calyx about 2^ linos long: petals c no 

 ate-oblong, 2 ines long. - JJot. Reg. t. 1997. //. parvijLa, Nutt.;^'lWr TgL 

 1872, t 71 L ' """'^^ cuneate-obovate. II. cajntata, Kegel, Gartenfl.' 



srrI;i:-^^^Lt^ "' ''"'"^ '"'^'^ '"^"' '''''' ^^'^' = '^'^^^ 

 Sien:Trnty" Z—" ''''^''' '™" ''^^^'"^*^ ^"^"^^ "°^^^-^^» *« ^-g- ; the variety in 



lon^; .^*n n^f*^*^' ^'!'-"; ^'''^ '""^'*'' = ^''^^'^' "^^^" ^■•'"'^'' •■ ^^''-^cts broad and as 

 ong as the llowers, which are somewhat larger; petals 3 lines long: styles witt 

 the thick base less cellular and firmer. — ]}ot. Ke<'. under t 1 997 



form "rlhe kst!""'" '" ''""^'"'' ''^"^ ^" ^''^'"^^^ ^^'^'^J' ^'>' ^--^'"'- '^t is perhaps but a 



* * Styles long and filiform, about equalling the stamens. 



-J- Bractlets nearly as broad as the calyx-lobes. 



3. H. Californica, Cham, c^^ Schlocht. Glandular-pubescent, the ralvx often 

 .omewhatvillous with coarse hairs: stems a foot high or n.ore : eaflef s^allv 5 

 to 10 pairs, cunoate-obovate to -oblong, toothed above, 3 to 8 lines lon-r flowers 

 usually crowded in the cymes, those in the forks on long pedioeir; bracts h^rt 



ttZ Fm'"43V'"}>'^'""^ Tf^l. 'I' '^T'^'^ l-tals.i^Linn.;,tt6;t;rr: 

 A. ^ray, 11. i. 434. //. cuneata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. under t. 1997, a form with cune- 



f9rr7;ifp'iVtt ='r '-'-■ '^'"^'^ -""^"^- "- ^-^^^- 



«f J^f ^^^C^f'/'^'^^y- Canescent throughout with a dense silky pubescence • a 

 stout form, with leaflets sometimes li inches long. -Proc. Am. Acih vi 529 ' 



Coi^JS:. SE-! 1c^:^n^. '-'"^ "^^ ^"""^^^^ *« ^- ^-»-- = ^'- variety in Alameda 



■«- ■(- Bractlets much narroiver than the calyx-lobes. 



++ Leaflets deeply incised or lobed. 



4. H. COngesta, Hook. Villous with scattered stifl" sproadin^r hair^ clandular- 



pnberulent above: Btems slender, a span or two high: leaflets 5^ 8 T.ahri^^^^^^a^^ 



in a rShr?:!'"""'^ ?" 1^'""' ' '? ' ^'"^'^ ^«"- ^^*''-'- --VVpavLd: blowers 

 LV l^ 1 1 l"^.?' ^'•'^f^ v^i-y short : calyx aI>out 2 lines long, shorter than 

 the rounded limb of the petals. -Bot. JSIag. t. 2880; Torr. & Gray.ll i. 434 

 Oregon (Douglas, Hall) ■ perhaps in Northern California. 



