i^2^\ ONAORACE/K. ihJnothcru. 



13. m micrantha, lli)rneiimiwi. A very vaiiublo specioa closely roseiiibling 

 the last : llowers very siiiiiU : tlio potivls a lino or two long, not spotted at the base, 

 entire or eiuarginalo or aonioLiiues 3-lobe(l at the summit : capsules 8 to 18 linos 

 Ion", about a line wide, usually much contorted. — Jorr. & Gray, Fl i. 509. 



From tlie Lower Sacraiueuto to San Diogo. Probably a more variety of CE. bijitortu. 



* * Flowers axillary, yellow, often reddish or turning red, mostly very small : calyx- 

 lube obconic, very short. 



+- Capsule elongated, very narroioly linear, obtusely angled, slightly curved : slender 



leafy annuals. 



14. CEj. dentata, Cavanilles. Usually diffusely branched, a span high or less, 

 more or less hirsute with short spreading hairs especially below, the |)ubesceuce 

 above often shorter and somewhat glandular or wanting : leaves linear, sessile, usu- 

 ally narrowed at base, denticulate, ^ to 1^ inches long : petals rounded, entire, 2 to 

 4 lines long, rarely reddening : capsules an inch long or more, less than half a line 

 broad, somewhat attenuate at the summit. — Icon. iv. 67, t. 398 ; Torr. & Gray, 

 Fl. i. 511. 



Var. cruciata, Watson. Petals narrowly obovate to obh)ng, often emarginate, 

 2 lineslong. — Troc. Am. Acad. viii. 594. 



From San Francisco soulliwanl ; also in tlm foot-liilla of the Sienu Nevada : lusa fruniiont than 

 the following. A (Jhiliun Hiiocioa ; purlnipa also Aualndian. 



15. CE. Strigulosa, Torr. & Gray. Like the last: nearly glabrous, the ovary 

 and calyx usually somewhat appressed-puberulent : leaves entire or sparingly dentic- 

 ulate : petals a line or two long, usually reddening : capsules sessile or upon a very 

 short pedicel adnate to the base of the leaf, abruptly obtuse or scarcely attenuate at 

 the summit. — Fl. i. 512. (U. contorta, Hook. Fl. i. 214. CE. parvula, Nutt. in 

 Torr. & Gray, 1. c. 



Var. pubens, Watson, 1. c. Pubescence hirsute and spreading as in (E. dentata, 

 especially below, often somewhat glandular above and shorter. 



From the Columbia River to San Diego, frequent ; the variety also ranging eastward through 

 Northern Nevada to the Wahsatch Mountains. 



^_ +. (japsult shorter, atttuuated upivard from the base: dwarf annuals. 



16. CE. andina, Nutt. Canescently puberulent, only 1 to 3 inches high, 

 branched: leaves linear-.spatulate, entire, attenuate into slender petioles, a half to 

 an inch long : s[)ikes leafy, numy-nowered : petals a line long or less : capsules 3 to 

 6 lines long, obtusely angled, somewhat curved. — Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 512. 



From Oregon and N. W. Nevada to Colorado ; probably in Northeastern California. 



CE. GiTADALUi'iiNsis, Watsou, Proc. Am. Acad. xi. 137, collected by I'alinsr on (iiuidalupe 

 Island, is stouter, with larger oblanceolate leaves, few (lowers, and the capsule oblong-pyramidal, 

 half an inch long, rather acutely angled. 



« * * Flotvers ivhite or rose-culo7-ed, in a nodding .y>ike: calyx-tube shorlfunnclform : 

 capsule narrowly linear, terete or obtusely angled, much contorted: seeds linear- 

 ohlong : annuals. 



17. CB. alySBOides, Hook. & Arn. Slender, canescently puberulent: .sUiuis 

 simple or branching from the base, erect or ascending, 3 to 12 inches high : leaves 

 oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, narrowed into a slender petiole, entire or repand- 

 denticulate, 1 to 2\ inches long ; the floral leaves much smaller but similar : sjjike 

 often many-flowered, becoming elongated : calyx-tube 2 or 3 lines long, equalling 

 the rounded petals : capsules an inch long or less, very slender, not attenuate 

 upward from the base, puberulent : seeds ash colored, very minutely pitted. — Bol. 

 Beechey, 340 ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 339. 



