Borage Family 333 



cially on the calyx ; leaves oblong-obovate or oblanceolate ; spikes 

 leafless ; calyx cleft only to the middle, 3 mm. long in fruit, cir- 

 cumscissile below the middle ; nutlets with dot-like granulations 

 between the rather prominent rugae. 



Frequent on rather moist grassy hillsides about Los Angeles and on mesas 

 in the coast region. 



** Nutlets stipitate. 



3. P. Cooperi Gray. Diffusely branched from the base with 

 slender sparsely-leaved ascending flowering stems, 1.5-3 dm. long, 

 hispidulous; leaves spatulate-linear to oblong-lanceolate ; spikes 

 at length sparsely-flowered, sparingly bracteate or above bract- 

 less; corolla-limb 4-6 mm. broad; nutlets trigonous and reticu- 

 late-rugose, dentate-muriculate on the reticulations. 



Occasional on moist grassy slopes in the coast valleys. 



7. CBYPTANTHE Lehm. 



Mostly low erect branching setose or hispid annual 

 herbs, with narrow alternate entire leaves, and small 

 mostly white flowers, in scorpioid bractless or bracteolate 

 spikes. Calyx 5-parted or 5-cleft, at length deciduous, 

 erect or spreading in fruit. Corolla small, funnelform, 

 usually with 5 scales closing the throat. Stamens in- 

 cluded ; filaments short. Ovary 4-divided ; style short ; 

 stigma capitate. Nutlets erect, rounded on the back, the 

 margins obtuse acute or winged, attached laterally to 

 the conic or elongated receptacle, scar elongated. 



* Nutlets muriculate. 



1. C. muriculata (A. DC.) Greene. Rather stout, branch- 

 ing, rough-hirsute or hispid, 2-4 dm. high, with well-developed 

 rather dense spikes, mostly in 2's and 3's at the ends of the 

 branches; calyx about 3 mm. long, lanceolate; corolla 4-6 mm. 

 long; nutlets 2 mm. long, muricate-papillose and somewhat 

 rugose on the back; ventral groove and its basal bifurcation 

 mostly closed, lateral angles acutish, distinct. 



Frequent in the upper portions of the chaparral belt and in the pine belt 

 of all our mountains. 



