(Knothem. ONAGRACE^^]. 225 



long : calyx-tul)o 1 to 3 inches long : petals 3 to lines long : capsules ovoid- 

 oblong, narrowed at each end, nearly an incli long, rather acutely angled, sometimes 

 shortly pedicellate: seeds minutely pitted. — Torr. Si (iray, V\. i. 507. 



Var. tarazacifolia, Watson^ Leaves larger, more or less lyrately pinnatilid. — 

 Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 589. 



East of the Siena Nevada in moist meadows, from N. Nevada to Idaho and Utoh ; the variety 

 in riuinns and Sierra counties {Mrs. Ames, Lcw.mon), and near Austin, Nevada, IVatson. 



9. CE. Ovata, Nutt. Reaemhling the last : leaves ovato- to ohlong-lanccolato, 

 entire or denticulate, ciliate with short hairs : calyx-tube 1 to 4 inches long : petals 

 3 to 10 lines long : capsules obtusely angled, strongly torulose, short : seeds ovoid- 

 oblong, few, smooth, a line long. — Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 507. 



Near the coast, from about San Francisco to Monterey. 



10. CE. graciliilora, Hook. & Arn. Canescently villous: root annual: leaves 

 linear, sliort, entire or obscurely denticulate: calyx-tube nearly equalling the leaves, 

 ^ to 1^ inches long : petals obcordate, 3 to 6 lines long, turning greenish : capsule 

 somewliat coriaceous, half an inch long or less, angled at base and 4-winged above 

 the middle; the wings obliquely truncate and hairy: seeds smooth. — Bot. Bcechey, 

 341 ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 338. 



Dry hillsides and valleys near the coast, from the Sacramento Kiver to Monterey. 



§ 3. Calyx-tuhe ohcnni.c or shortly funnelform : stamens somewhat unequal ; anthers 

 oblong : stigma capitate : capsules narrow, sessile, terete or angled, membrana- 

 ceous, often contorted : seeds ascending hi 1 row in each cell. Caulescent an- 

 nuals or biennials: flowers nsnnlbj spicate : the tips of the calyx-lobes not free 

 in the hid. — Spiiverostioma. 



* Flowers axillary, yellorv, often turning greenish, mostly showy : calyx-tube obconic : 

 capsules linear-oblong to linear, sharply A-angled, often much contorted: seeds ovate- 

 oblong : stem leafy throughout or early specimens acaulescent. 



11. CB. cheiranthifolia, Hornemann. Canescently pubescent : stems decumbent 

 or ascending, often 2 feet long or more : leaves thick, oblong or narrowly oblanceo- 

 late, sometimes broadly ovate and cordate, A to 2^ inches long, mostly entire ; the 

 lower ])otiolate, the u])per sessile and often clasping: ovary and calyx villous; calyx- 

 tube a Hue or two long, about half the longtlt of (he pnt/ds : ciiitsulcs stout, linear- 

 oblong, 4 to 8 lines long : soeda oblong-ovnto, comimmsed, smooth, nearly half a 

 lino long. — Lindl. Bot. lieg. t. 1040. OJ. spiralis, Hook. Fl. i. 214. 



Var. suffniticosa, Watson. Woody at base and very le^afy, densely lioary- 

 I)ubescent with short appressed hairs, rarely nearly glabrous : leaves ovate to oblong, 

 mostly small and sessile : flowers larger, the i)etals 4 to 9 lines long. — Proc. Am. 

 Acad. viii. 592. (E. viridescens, Ilook. Fl. i. 214. 



Near the sea on dry drifting sand.s, often abundant, from San Francisco southward ; the variety 

 from Monterey to San Diego. The typical form is said also to be Chilian. 



12. CE. bistorta, Nutt. Somewhat hirsute, the leaves sometimes appressed- 

 pubescent : stems rather stout, decumbent or ascending, a foot or two high : leaves 

 thinner, narrowly lanceolate to ovate, the upper mostly sessile and rounded or cor- 

 date at base, all denticulate or dentate : petals 4 to 7 lines long, usually with a dark 

 brown spot at base : capsule 4 to 9 lines long, a line or more wide, attenuate up- 

 ward : seeds nearly black. — Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 508. 



Var. (i) Veitchiana, Hook. More slender : capsule more elongated and nar- 

 rowed (1 to I .'^ inches long and less than a line broad), attenuate into a narrow 

 beak. — Bot. Mag. t. 5078. 



On snnd-hills near the sen, Snn Diego; the variety from T/os Angeles .southward. Early flower- 

 ing flpecinuMiH are often very sutnll mid nearly or (piilo nen\ilesiTnf, uuieh resembling (K. gracili- 

 flora, from which they are readily distinguished liy the linear ovary. 



