(Knothera. UNAC.RACK/K. 227 



Viir. villosa, WalsoM, 1. c. ^loro or loss villous tlirougliont. 

 Viir. minutiflora, Watson. Flowers much reduced, scarcely more than a line, 

 long. — Bot. King Exp, 111. 



Through the interior from the base of the Sierra Nevada eastward to Utah. 



18. (E. Boothii, Dongl. Like the last, but viscidly pubescent : leaves ovate to 

 lanceolate : capsules soniewhat broader : seeds brownish, angled, very minutely 

 tuberculate. — Hook. Y\. i. 213. (E. pygmcBa, Dougl. 1. c. 



Eastward of the Sierra Nevada from S. Oiegoi) to N. W. Nevada. 



19. CB. gauraeflora, Torr. &. (4ray. Often stout, erect, | to 2 feet high, gla- 

 brous or the inilorescen(^e and younger leaves sparingly puberulent ; the bark loose, 

 white, and shining : leaves lanceolate to narrowly oblanceoliit(!, attenuate into the 

 ])etiole, usually denticulate : spike often luany-Uowered, nearly erect : calyx-tube 

 and the obovate petals 1 1 to 3 lines long : capsules attenuate from the base to a 

 narrow beak, 8 to 15 lines long : seeds dark, a line long, angled, — Fl. i. 510. 



From the I^owcr Sacramento to the Colorado Desert and eastward to S. Utah. 

 § 4. Capsule pedicellate, linear or sometnliat clavate, obtuse, not contorted : otherwise 

 as in § 1, Caidescent annuals : tips of the calj/x-lobes sometimes free in the 

 bird. — CllYLlSMiA. 

 -.^ Racemes usually fciv-Jlowered, loose ami with minute bracts : cali/x-tube funnelform : 

 seedx tiarrov'hj oblong, smooth : leaves mostly lyrate or jnnnatifid. 



20. CE, scapoidea, Nutt. Erect, usually branching from near the base, ^ to 1^ 

 feet high, puberulent or nearly glabrous : leaves mostly near the base, with long 

 petioles, lyrately pinnate ; the" terminal leallnt mu(;h the largest, ovate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, cuneate or cordate at base, sinuate-toothed, the pi'ominent veins often 

 darker colored ; lateral leaflets few or many, sometimes wanting, very irregular : 

 raceme at first nodding ; bracts very small or none : calyx-tube a line or two long ; 

 tips not free : petals yellow, 1 or 2 lines long: capsules glabrous, clavate, 4 to 12 

 lines long : jiedicols spreading, 2 to 8 lines long. — Torr. k. (Iray, Fl. i. 50G. 



Var. purpurascens, Watson. Usually stouter : flowers larger and rose-colored 

 or pur])lish, rarely yellow : calyx-tube 2 or 3 lines long : petals 3 or 4 lines long. — 

 Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 595. CE. clamfformis, Torr. ^'. Gray, Pacif R. Rep. ii. 121. 

 (E. cruciformis, Kellogg, Proc. Gali'f. Acad. ii. 227, fig. 71, (E. scapoidea, var. 

 chiM'/orniiH, Wnlrtoi), llol. Kiiip; I'.xp. 109. 



Viir. aurantlaoa, Watson, 1. c. Low: inllorescence piiberiiloiit : flowers of the 

 Hi/,0 of the Inst, but the caly.K-tulm tinged more or h^sa deeply with orange : pntais 

 light roso-color or orange : capside usually puberulent. — (E. clava'formis, T'orrey in 

 Fremont Rep. 314. 



On the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada from Oregon to Mono Lake, W. Wyoming and Utah ; 

 tlie var. nnrantiaca from Southeastern California to Southern Utah. 



21. CE. brevipes, Gray. Like f7s'. scapoidea, but usually stouter, more or less 

 villous with stiff hairs, not puberulent : calyx-tube obconic to funnelform, 1 to 3 

 lines long ; the lobes strongly nerved and their stout ti])s free : ])etals ap))arently 

 pale yellow or whitish, 3 to lines long: capsulns 1 to 3 iuchfs long, 1] linens 

 broad : pedicels 2 to 12 lines long. — Pacif. R. Rep. iv. 87. 



Near t)ie Colorado River and eastward to Southern Utah. 



22. OEj. cardiophylla, Torr. Ganescently hirsuU' witli sliort spreading haii-s: 

 steins leafy, often rather slender, 3 to 10 inches high, simple, eroct or ascending : 

 leaves simple, cordate or ovate, vepandly serrate, long-petioliMl, an inch long or loss: 

 calyx-tube rather narrowly funnelform, 3 to 8 lines long, usually tinged with red ; 

 tii)S of the lobes not free : petals yellow becoming reddish. 3 or 4 lines lone : cap- 

 sule I to 1 inch long : pedicel only 1 to 3 lines long. —Pacif R. Rep. v. 3G0, 



Near the Colorado Kiver, and eastward in ArJTiona. 



