\ \ Q A. Brand. — Hydrophyllaceae. 



f. 2. macrantha (Parish) Brand. — P. Davidsonii var. macrantha Parish! in 

 Erythea VI. (1898) 90. — P. nemophiloides Greene in Piltonia V. («902) 23 [forma 

 capsulis bispermis]. 



Kern County: Tejon-Paß (Pringle). San Luis Obispo County: Goviata Paß (Lem- 

 mon). San Antonio Mountains (Hall n. 1431). San Bernardino Mountains (Parish 

 n. 842; Hall n. 7664). 



77. P. Knightii A. Nelson! in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XXVIII. (1901) 229; Coulier 

 et Nelson, New Man. (190 1) 408. — Annua^simplex vel a basi dichotomo-ramosa, tenuis, 

 humillima, dense et breviter glandulosa. Folia longiuscule petiolala, orbicularia vel fere 

 triangularia, obtusa, basi truncata, integerrima, cum petiolo 10 — 1 6 mm longa. Cin- 

 cinni pauciflori, capiluliformes, brevissimi, floribus subsessilibus; sepala 4 mm longa, 

 linearia; corolla campanulata, 5 — 6 mm longa, tubo luteolo, limbo purpureo; stamina 

 parcc et minutissime ciliata corolla sesquibreviora; squamae semilanceolatae, a stamini- 

 bus remotae; Stylus calyce paulo brevior, apice breviter bifidus; ovula 6 ad quamque 

 placentam. Capsula (immalura) ovoideo-globosa longiludine calycis; semina (immalura) 

 oblonga, reticulata. 



Wyoming: Bush Banch, Sweetwaler County, auf Lehmhügeln, blüht sofort nach 

 der Schneeschmelze (Nelson n. 7118; 10. Juni 1900 entdeckt von W. C. Knight; 

 Herb. Laramie). Infolge ihrer winzigen Kleinheit wohl öfter übersehen. 



78. P. divaricata (Benlh.) A. Gray! in Proc. Amer. Acad. X. (1875) 325, Syn. 

 Fl. IL I. (1878) 168; Jepson, Fl. W. Middle California (1901) 437; Heller in Muhlen- 

 bergia II. (1907) 312, I.e. III. (1907) 71. — Eutoca divaricata Benth.! in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. XVII. (1834) 278; Lindl. Bot. Beg. XXI. (1835) t. 1784; Hook. Bot. Magaz. 

 LXV. (1839) t. 3706; A. DC. in DC. Prodr. IX. (1845) 293. — Eutoca mexicana 

 Hort, ex C. A. Mey. in Fisch, et Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Pelropol. II. (1835) 74. — 

 Eutoca Wrangeliana Fisch, et Mey.! 1. c. 37; Sweet, Brit. Fl. Garden 2. ser. IV. (1838) 

 t. 362 [forma robusta]. — Eutoca divaricata Benth. var. Wrangeliana A. DC. in DC. 

 Prodr. IX. (1845)2 93. — Annua, pubescens, a basi divaricato-ramosa, caulibus denim- 

 bentibus vel ascendentibus, 7 — 30 cm longis. Folia integerrima, raro triloba, longe 

 petiolata, oblonga vel obovala, basi euneata; suprema subsessilia. Cincinni densiflori, 

 fruetiferi valde clongati, pedicellis calyce fruetifero multo brevioribus; sepala lanceolalo- 

 acula, uninervia, hirsuta, 4 mm longa; corolla campanulata, cocrulea vel violacea, 8 — 

 16 mm longa, dense ciliata; stamina parce barbata corollam subaequantia; squamae 

 tenuissimae membranaceae, semiorbiculares, glabrao; Stylus dense ciliatus multo longior 

 quam ovarium longe et dense pilosum; Ovula 5 — 20 ad quamque placentam. Capsula 

 calyce fruetifero 10 mm longo subduplo brevior; semina rubro-brunnea, reticulata; 

 embryo viridescens 1,25 mm longus, cotyledonibus ovalibus radicula sublongioribus. 



Mittelkalifornicn: Hügel, Wegränder, Ufer; häufig in der Nähe der San Fran- 

 cisco-Bai. Marin County: Mount Tamalpais (Baker n. 3238) und sonst. Contra Costa 

 County: Mount Diablo (Chandler n. 968), Fish Banch (Jepson). Alameda County 

 (z. B. Kellogg u. Harford n. 800). Santa Clara Counly; Hügel westlich von Los 

 Gatos (Heller n. 8429). San Mateo County (z. B. Eimer n. 4481, als »P. circinnati- 

 formis*). — Blüht vom März bis zum Juni. 



79. P. pulchella A. Gray! in Proc. Amer. Acad. X. (1875) 326, Syn. Fl. IL 1. 

 (1878) 168; Coville in Contrib. U. St. Nat. Herb. IV. (1893) 160. — Annua, a basi 

 divaricato-ramosa, 3 — 12 cm alta, ubique dense glanduloso-viseida. Folia obovala vel 

 orbicularia, inferiora longe petiolata, integerrima, superiora breviter petiolala et saepius 

 crenato-dentata. Cincinni laxiflori, pedicellis fruclifcris infimis saepius calyce multo 

 longioribus; sepala oblongo-spathulata, 3 — 5 mm longa; corolla pulchre purpurea, basi 

 lutea, anguste campanulata, 8 — 9 mm longa: stamina corolla sesquibreviora; squamae 

 anguslissime lineares; Stylus ovario multo longior, inferne ciliatus; ovula 7 — 10 ad 

 quamque placentam. Capsula oblonga calyce fruetifero vix aueto paulo brevior; semina 

 brunnea, ovoideä, minute reticulata; embryo 0,3 — 0,5 mm longus. 



Zerfallt in 2 Formen. 



