j^Q^ lIYDROPIIYLLACEiE. Xemophila. 



each lobe ; its very broad internal scales hii-sute on the free edge : seeds globular, 

 nearly smooth, with a very prominent uipple-like caruncle. — Lindl. iu Jour. Hurt. 

 Soc. iii. 319, & Hg. ; I'uxt. Mag. xvi. t. G ; Fl. Serres, v. t. 431. 



Coinmon thn)Uf,'li Uio wostorn luul middlo portioiia of the State. Corolla over an iiicli, but less 

 tliaii 2 iiii;lie.s iii iliamtaor. 



4. N. insignis, Dougl. Leaves pinnately parted into 7 to 9 oblong and some- 

 times 2-3-lol;cd small divisions : corolla bright clear blue; its internal scales short 

 and roundisli, partly free, hirsute with short hairs : seeds oval, somewliAt corrugated 

 or tuberculate. — IJenth. llydrophyll. in Linn. Trans, xvii. 275 ; Bot. J{eg. t. 1713 ; 

 13ot. I^lag. t. 3485. iV. Meuzitsii, var., Hook. & Arn. Bot. Eeechey, 372. 



Coinmou in low or ilaiui) grounds, (lisi)luying its bright Uue flowers IVom the earliest spring. 

 Corolla from over an inch down to little over half that diameter. 



5. N. Menziesii, lluok. & Arn. ymaller than the preceding, and the leaves 

 less divided : corolla from light blue to nearly white, and sprinkled with dark dots 

 or spots, at least towards the centre, or (in cultivation) the spots conlluent into a 

 brownish purple eye ; its scales narrow and wholly uillierent by one edge, the other 

 ed"e densely ciliate : seetls oval or oblong, either even or more or less tuberculate 

 when ripe. — Lot. Beechey, 152 .k 372 (excl. var. ^). N. linljiora, Fischer & Meyer, 

 8ert. Petrop. t. 8. N. pedimculata, Benth. 1. c. ; small-llowered form. N. atomaria, 

 Fischer & Meyer, 1. <■-. ; I'.ot. Leg. t. 1940; Lot. Mag. t. 3774. N. discou/alU, Fl. 

 Serres, ii. t. 75, a cultivated form with large dark eye to the corolla. 



Low or shady grounds, not unconunon. Corolla from half an inch to near an inch in diameter. 



* * * Upper leaves often alternate and the lower opposite, mostli/ longer than the 



pedu7icles, and slender-petioled : flowers small : ovules only 4 : seeds from \ to \ : 



caruncle viostbj deciduous or evanescent. 



0. N. parviflora, Dougl. Blender and weak, or procumbent : leaves jiiunately 

 5-9-partetl or cleft, or sometimes many only 3-5-lobed ; the divisions obovate or 

 oblong, obtuse : corolla light blue or whitish, 3 to 5 lines in diameter, somewhat 

 campanulate, but the lobes longer than the tube, its internal appendages oblong, 

 wholly adherent by one edge, glabrous or nearly so. — Benth. 1. c. iV. parviflora 

 & iV. pedunculata (not of Benth.), Hook. Fl. ii. 79. iV. heterophylla, Fischer & 

 Meyer, 1. c., a rather large-llowered form. 



Low and shady grounds throughout the State, and north to British Columbia : very variable in 

 size and folia-^e Forms with larger and less lobed leaves, all the upper ones alternate, have been 

 mistaken for"v. viicrucal yx, of the southern Atlantic States ; which has minute calyx-appendages, 

 and the smaller corolla destitute of scales within, its lobes shorter than the tube. 



N. BUEViKi.ouA, Cray {N. parviflora, Watson, Bot. King Exp., as to his specimens), oollect.-d 

 in the mountains of Northern Utah by Watson, and in the adjacent Snake Country by Tol- 

 mie mav reach the northeastern borders of the State. It is distinguished from N. parvijiura 

 by the oblong-lanceolate acute and entire divisions of the 3- 5-parted leaves, a much larger calyx 

 in fruit (3 lines long), and horn all by the broadly campanulate corolla bemg decidedly shorter 

 than the calyx, in the manner of Jillisia. The calyx-appendages are conspicuous. In W atson s 

 specimens the leaves are all alternate, in Tolmie's all that are developed are opposite. 



3. ELLISIA, Linn. 



Calyx 5-parted, st(illatcly enlarging and more foliaceons under the fruit, the 

 sinuses destitute of a[.i)endages. Corolla either narrowly or broadly campanulate, 

 mostly short in proportion to the calyx ; the internal appemlagcs at base minute or 

 obsolete ; the lobes in the Californian species usually one outside and one inside in 

 the bud. Stamens and style shorter than the corolla : filaments naked : anthers 

 oval or cordate. "Ovary, capsule, &c., nearly as in the preceding. — North American 

 annuals, ours commonly germinating in autumn and floAvering from early spring, 



