Water-leaf Family 323 



at apex ; calyx-lobes narrowly linear with attenuate base nearly 

 equaling the corolla, in fruit 8-12 mm. long and almost 4 times 

 the length of the globose capsule; seeds short-oval, roughish- 

 scrobiculate. 



Very common in the chaparral belt in open grassy places. April-June. 



4. P. distans Benth. Stems much branched, ascending, 3-5 

 dm. high; herbage with scattered hispid hairs and close fine 

 pubescence; leaves pinnately 9-17-divided into linear-oblong 1-2- 

 pinnatifid or cleft divisions; spikes scattered, solitary or gemi- 

 nate; sepals unequal, narrowly obovate to spatulate; corolla 6-8 

 mm. long, rotate-campanulate, usually blue, rarely paler, the 

 lobes rounded ; internal appendages semiovate with free pointed 

 tips ; stamens little or not at all exserted. 



Very common in the plains and foothills. March-May. 



5. P. tanacetifolia Benth. Much resembling the last, but 

 usually stouter, erect, sparsely branching or simple ; leaves simi- 

 lar, larger and less finely dissected; spikes terminating the 

 branches, approximate, 6-9 cm. long; sepals linear, beset with 

 rigid bristles, in fruit little exceeding the oval capsule ; corolla 

 open-campanulate, 6-8 mm. long, lavender, the lobes blunt, not 

 rounded ; internal appendage entirely adnate, the tip rounded. 



Slender specimens of this species were collected on the northern slope of 

 the Santa Monica Mountains, between Cahuenga Pass and Encino, by the 

 author in April, 1901 ; otherwise it is not known within our limits. 



6. P. ciliata Benth. Branched from the base with rather 

 simple ascending branches, 2-4 dm. high, herbage scabrous, 

 otherwise glabrous; leaves pinnately divided, the divisions ob- 

 long, toothed or incised ; spikes rather short, becoming loose in 

 fruit; pedicels short or almost wanting ; calyx-lobes lanceolate to 

 broadly ovate, chartaceous, 7-10 mm. long in fruit, with thick- 

 ened midrib and reticulations, sparsely bristly-ciliate ; corolla 

 blue; stamens shorter or about equaling the corolla; capsule 

 ovate, mucronate, about half the length of the calyx-lobes, which 

 are arched over it; seeds oval, favose. 



Open grassy hills, not common. Hollywood; Capistrano. 



** Ovules mostly numerous. 

 H- Appendages none. 



7. P. viscida (Benth.) Torr. Stem erect, mostly simple, 3-6 

 dm. high, very glandular above ; leaves ovate or obscurely cordate, 



