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olate, becoming 7-8 mm. long, acute, pubescent; corolla bluish white, 7-8 mm. 

 broad. Ellisia Nycielea L. Alluvial soil and shady places: N.J. N.C. Colo. 

 Ida. Alta. Plain Mont. 



3. EUCRYPTA Nutt. 



Low annual herbs. Leaves membranous, pinnately parted. Flowers per- 

 fect, regular, in geminate or panicled racemes. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla 

 almost rotate, bright blue with yellow center, with two plicate, transverse ap- 

 pendages, much higher up than the stamens. Capsule globose, loculicidal. 

 Seeds few or many, cylindraceous or oblong, incurved, transversely rugose and 

 tuberculate, or deeply flavose. 



Seeds cylindric, transversely rugose and tubercled. 1. E. micrantha. 



Seeds oblong or oval, deeply favose. 2. E. pinetorum. 



1. E. micrantha (Torr.) Heller. Weak annual; stem branched, 1-2 dm. 

 long, minutely glandular-pilose; leaves thin, pinnately parted into 5-9 obovate 

 or oblong, obtuse lobes; racemes loose; calyx-lobes obovate or broadly spatulate, 

 2.5-3 mm. long; corolla bright blue, with yellowish tube, according to Heller 

 creamy, a little exceeding the sepals; capsule globular, 20-24-seeded. Pliacelia 

 micrantha Torr. Dry places: N.M. Utah Calif. Son. Mr-My. 



2. E. pinetorum (M. E. Jones) Rydb. Weak annual; stem erect, branched, 

 5^20 cm, high, glandular-puberulent; lower leaves pinnatifid, with oblong divi- 

 sions, the upper entire or 3-lobed; racemes few-flowered; calyx-lobes lanceolate 

 or ovate, acutish, longer than the white or blue corolla. Phacelia pinetorum M. 

 E. Jones. Pine woods: Utah. Submont. Je. 



3. NEMOPHILA Nutt. BABY-BLUE-EYES. 



Diffuse annual herbs. Leaves alternate or opposite, pinnately lobed or pinna- 

 tifid. Flowers perfect, solitary on axillary or terminal pedicels. Calyx not ac- 

 crescent, 5-lobed, with a spreading or reflexed linear appendage in each sinus. 

 Corolla campanulate to nearly rotate, with 10 appendages within; lobes convo- 

 lute. Stamens 5, included, with short filaments. Ovary 1-celled; styles 2-cleft; 

 ovules 2-12 on each fleshy placenta, which is attached to the top and bottom of 

 the ovary. Capsule two-valved. Seeds usually 1-4. 



Corolla 12-18 mm. long. 1. N. Kirtleyi. 



Corolla 23 mm. long. 



Appendages of the corolla present. 



Appendages of the corolla narrow, acuminate; seeds deeply pitted. 



2. N. inconspicua. 



Appendages of the corolla broad, cuneate; seeds smooth. 3. N. breviflora. 



Appendages of the corolla wanting. 4. N. explicata. 



1. N. Kirtleyi Renders. Stem 5-20 cm. 'high, short-hispid; lower leaves 

 opposite, the upper alternate; blades ovate in outline, irregularly 5-parted; lobes 

 oblong, 3-lobed or strongly dentate; appendages of the calyx ovate, less than one- 

 third the length of the lobes; calyx-lobes lanceolate, in fruit nearly as long as the 

 corolla; corolla with violet border and white center, greenish-spotted; internal 

 appendages half fan-shaped, lobed and fimbriate; seeds deeply pitted. Loose 

 soil: Ida. Ore. Son. Jl. 



2. N. inconspicua Renders. Leaves pinnately 5-lobed or 5-parted; blades 

 rounded to ovate in outline; lobes rounded or obtusely triangular; appendages 

 of the calyx ovate, one-fourth as long as the sepals; corolla equalling the calyx 

 or slightly shorter, white, 2.5 mm. long; appendages narrow, acuminate or lacini- 

 ate. Loose moist soil: Ida. Son. Jl. 



3. N. breviflora A.. Gray. Stem branched, diffuse, 1-3 dm. high; leaves 

 often all alternate, pinnately 3-5-parted; divisions oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 entire', 6-18 mm. long; appendages of the calyx nearly half as long as the sepals; 

 corolla whitish or tinged with violet, shorter than the calyx; internal appendages 

 cuneate, broad, fimbriate. Rich soil, hillsides, and canons: Mont. Colo. Ore. 

 B.C. Submont. My-Jl. 



4. N. explicata Nels. & Macbr. Stem branching from the base, 7-15 cm. 

 long, spreading; leaves obovate or orbicular in outline, crenately 3-5-lobed, 1-2 



