490. rOLEMONIACE^. Gilin. 



Var. Califomica, (^<iay, 1. c, has corolla 3 lines long, twice the length of the 

 calyx, and llmMt uHcm hiownish : pciliinclcs fmiucntly an inch long. — (J. Jilijies, 

 iJcnth. ri. llaitw. 32."). 



Not iiiKioiimioii ill till! wostiiiii )'iut of till! Slato; and in Novada ami Utah {H'uts(ni), Ixilh 

 llio Biiiallur aiul llio laig. r ll..wciv<l loiiiis ; tliu lattor iimloiiiiiiatiiig. 



4. Gr. Bolanderi, (!niy, 1. c. Very like the preceding: but the lube of the 

 blue or ])ur|)lc-tingod curolla longer and narrower, about etpialling the narrow 

 and cylindraceous calyx-tube, and rather longer than the limb (consisting of the 

 oblong lobes and a very short slightly dilated throat) : filaments inserted just beluw 

 the sinuses : ovules 2 to 5 in each cell. 



Dry liills, Sonoma Co. (/Jofundtr) to Plumas Co., Mrs. Pahifer Ames. Corolla 3 or i lines 

 long : iialuiulci -i to 12 lim;.i long. 



5. Gr. aurea, Nutt. Dill'use, 2 to 4 inches high : divisions of the roughish 

 hisi)i(hdous leaves narrowly linear, a quarter of an inch long : peduncles shorter or 

 little longer than the tlower, corymbose : corolla usually yellow, open and short- 

 funnelform, half an incii or less in diameter; the roundish-obovate lobes about 

 the length of the obconical throat and the short })roper tube : filaments inserted 

 just beneath the sinuses, glabrous: ovules about 10 in each cell. — PI. Oamb. 

 155, t. 22. 



Var. decora, (Way, 1. v.. -. corolla white or i)ale violet, with or without brown- 

 purple in the throat : pedunch's sometimes elongated. 



Santa Barbara to the Mohave, and thence to New Mexico. The variety on Monte Diablo 

 (Brewer), and in the southern part qi the State, Freviont, &c. 



* * * Floiuers mostly short-peduncled terminnting the branches: corolla with fringed- 

 toothed lobes : leaves all ojyposite aiul entire. 



6. G. dianthoides, Endl. An inch to a span high, minutely pubescent or 

 almost glabrous, the stronger jilants fastigiately or dill'usely branched from the base: 

 leaves filiform-linear, obtuse : corolla lilac or pale purple with darker or yellowish 

 throat; the am|)le lobes cuneate-obovate, limbriately or erosely tootheil round the 

 broad summit, longer than the shurt-funnellorm tube : ovules 10 to 20 in each cell. 

 — Atakt. Dot. t. 29; Benth. in DC. I'mdr. x. 314; Hook. Bot. ]\lug. t. -1876. 

 Femlia dianlhlilora, Benth. in Hut. Beg. /'. sjK'ciusa & F. concinna, IS'utt. I'l. 

 Gamb. 157. 



Common from Santa Barbara to San Diego, and on Catalina Island. A charming little plant, 

 with abundance of comparatively largo blossoms ; the corolla less than an inch long. 



§ 2. Corolla salvcr/orm, but the tube shorter than the calyx ; the broad cuiuate-obovatu 

 lubes slightly crenulate, strongly convolute in wstivation : stamens inserted loiv 

 on the tube of the corolla and included in it : ovules many in each cell : capsule 

 narroivly oblong : erect and vay glabrous annuals: leaves opposite and entire 

 or 3 - bdividtd and seemingly whorled. — LlNANTiius, Endl. 



7. Gt. dichotoma, Benth. 1. c. Erect, a span to a foot high, remotely leaved : 

 leaves or their divisions filiform : flowers nearly sessile in the forks or terminating 

 the branches: calyx with cylindrical tube (5 lines long) wholly white-scariou.s 

 exce])t the 5 filiform green ribs, which are continued into acerose-linear lobes : 

 corolla white, large and showy (the lobes from half to nearly a full inch long) : 

 anthei-s linear : seeds globular, with a loose cellular outer coat, unchanged Avhen 

 wet ! — Linanthus dichotornus, Benth., formerly. 



Dry or moist ground, nearly throughout the western part of the State. Tube of the corolla 

 sometimes purplish. 



G. BiGEi.ovii, Gray, 1. c. (Watson, Bot. King Exp. t. 25), wliich occurs from Arizona and 

 Utah to the borders of Texas, is distinguished by its much smaller flowers, the lobes oC the corolla 

 only 2 lines long and hardly oxceiuling the cjdyx, and the oval or oblong seeds have a close coat, 

 developing nnicdage when wetted. 



