Synthyrh. SCROPIIULARIACE^. 571 



1. I. gratioloides, Honth. Diirnsoly liranchiii,^', about a span h'v^h : leaves 

 ovate or ublcng, spaiiiigly toothed or entire : podiincles mostly twice the length of 

 the leaves, divergent in t'riiit: corolla violet or purple, 3 or 4 lines long. — Capraria 

 gratioloides, Linn. 



Wet places, in the Sierra Nevada {Lcmvion) : tlicnce to Oregon and through the Atlantic 

 States ; also in S. America. Occurs on the coast of France, but probably a casual introduction. 



13. LIMOSELLA, Linn. Munwoitr. 



Calyx cnrtipannlato, H-toothod. Corolla bctwoon rotate ai\d eanipaniilato, 5-cloft, 

 nearly regtdar. Stamens 4, nearly equal : anthers coufluently 1-celled. Style short, 

 club-shaped: stigma thickish. Capsule globose, many-seeded, 2-valved ; the edges 

 of the valves separating from the delicate or evanescent partition : the thick placenta 

 left in the axis. — Diminutive and glabrous annuals, rooting and creeping in mud, 

 especially when saline; with narrow entire fleshy leaves, in clusters around the 

 simple 1-llowcrcd podunclos or scapes, and nt the end of tho runners, or when scat- 

 tered alternate. Flowers small : corolla white or purplish. 



1. L. aquatica, Linn. An inch to a span high : petioles longer and in water 

 much longer than the linear or spatulate-oblong or oval blade, and longer than the 

 peduncles. 



Along the sea-shore, also in and beyond the Sierra Nevada, in brackish mud or sand, or in 

 apparently fresh water ; thence to the Rocky Mountains. Common in the Ohl World. In 

 our broadest-lcavod form (Sierra Valley, Lc.mmmi), the blade is two thirds of an inch long and 

 one third wide, in the narrower and smaller less than a line wide. L. icnnifoUn, Nutt., wiiich 

 takes its place in tho Atlantic States and in the southern hemisphere, has fleshy petioles with 

 no distinct blade. 



14. SYNTHYRIS, Benth. 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla campanulate, Avith 4 slightly spreading more or less 

 unequal lobes, or sometimes divided irregularly, sometimes wholly wanting. Sta- 

 mens 2, inserted on the upper side of the throat (rarely a lower pair inserted near 

 tho base of tho corolla on tho lower sido) : anthora 2-collpd ; tho cells parallel and 

 distinct. Stylo slender : stigma small, undivided. Capsulo flattened, obtuse or 

 emarginate, loculicidal; the valves cohering below by the partition to tho central 

 many-seeded placenta. — Perennial herbs (all North American, and chiefly west- 

 ern), with alternate and crenate leaves, the radical roundish or cordate, and a spike 

 or raceme of small purplish or greenish flowers, terminating a leafy stem or a naked 

 scape. 



L S. reniformis, I'enth. Slightly hairy or glabrous : loaves all radical, round- 

 reniform, thin : scape when in blossom hardly surpassing the leaves (3 to 8 inches 

 high), bearing a short and loose raceme of several flowers: corolla "blue," about 

 twice tho length of the calyx. — DC. Prodr. x. 454. Wulfenia reniformis, Benth. 

 Scroph. Ind.; Hook. Fl. ii. t. 171. 



Var. cordata : a form with rather coriaceous and smaller leaves ; the blade an 

 inch long and ovate-cordate : probably growing in a more exposed situation. 



Tho spocioa occurs in tho woods of Oregon. This variety, on gravelly hillsides, Red Mountain, 

 Mondocino Co., Kellogg. 



8. nunnA, Ronth. 1. c. (Oumvmidrn rvhrn, Tlook. 1. c. lOn, t. 172), belongs to Oregon, hut 

 may inhabit tho northern part of tho State, it is stouter and coiuser, imbcscent wlicn yonnp, 

 has ovate or oblong thickish leaves, those of the flowering stem several and sessiln, tho flowers m 

 a donso spike and destitute of corolla. The other species are more eastern. 



