318 Polemoniaceae 



filaments with a dense pilose ring near the base ; ovules 6-8 in 

 each cell. (Oilia liniflorus Benth.) 



Frequent on plains and foothills nearly throughout the state, but known 

 within our limits only on low hills near Trabuco Canyon, Santa Ana Moun- 

 tains. ' *"> 



3. L. pusillus (Benth.) Greene. Stems very slender, diffusely 

 dichotomously branched, pubescent ; pedicels capillary; calyx 3 

 mm. long, the teeth subulate, barely half as long as the tube, 

 hispid-ciliolate ; corolla short-funnelform, little or not at all 

 exceeding the calyx; seeds 3-4 in each cell. (Gilia pusillus 

 Benth.) 



Occasional on dry hillsides in our interior region. 



4. !L. aureus (Nutt.) Greene. Nearly simple or more commonly 

 diffusely branched, 5-15 cm. high ; leaf-segments narrowly linear, 

 6 mm. long, hispidulous ; pedicels seldom longer than the flowers ; 

 corolla open-funnelform, golden yellow; the lobes rounded obo- 

 vate, widely spreading, equaling the tube; filaments inserted 

 just below the sinuses, glabrous at base ; seeds about 10 in each 

 cell. (Gilia aurea Nutt.) 



Frequent in the interior in dry washes. 



5. tt. Lemmoni (Gray) Greene. Stems widely branching, 

 about 10-15 cm. high, hirsutely pubescent; leaf-segments linear, 

 5-6 mm. long; flowers solitary or few in the axils and subsessile, 

 but more densely clustered at the ends of the branches ; calyx 

 turbinate-prismatic, strongly 5-costate; lobes acerose-subulate, 

 equaling the throat of the yellowish short-funnelform corolla; 

 capsule many-seeded. (Gilia Lemmoni Gray.) 



Open places in the chaparral belt. 



** Corolla salver-shaped, the tube long-exserted. 



6. L. parviflorus (Benth.) Greene. Stems slender, branched 

 from the base, 8-15 cm. high; leaf-segments linear or narrowly 

 oblanceolate ; corolla-tube very slender, 18-25 mm. long; throat 

 yellow; lobes oval, 4-6 mm. long, mostly pale yellow or nearly 

 white, tinged with red or brown on the outside ; style and fila- 

 ments half or more than half as long as the corolla-limb. (Lepto- 

 siphon parviflorus Benth. ; Gilia micrantha Steud.) 



Common on the plains and foothills throughout our range in sandy soil. 

 March-April. 



