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2. H. occidentale Watsoni Gray. (H. Watsoni (Gray) Rydb.) 

 Leaves longer than those of H, capitatum, pinnately parted or 

 divided into 7-15 divisions* sparingly hispid. Cyme few-flow- 

 ered, open. Flowers purplish -blue. In rich soil in light shade. 

 June. 



3. NEMOPHILA. 



Weak and slender-stemmed annuals. Leaves more or less 

 pinnate; opposite or the uppermost alternate. Flowers soli- 

 tary or 2-3 in a raceme. Calyx with a reflexed appendage at 

 each sinus; enlarging in fruit. Corolla wheel-shaped to broadly 

 bell-shaped; longer than calyx and the stamens; with 10 ap- 

 pendages on the inside and at the base; with or without disk. 



1. N. parvlflora Dougl. Stems trailing or procumbent. 

 Leaves pinnately parted or 3-5-lobed. Corolla white or bluish- 

 white, the tube shorter than the lobe. Filaments borne on 

 the very base of the corolla. Seeds 1-4, often deeply pitted. 

 In rich soil in shady places along streams. 



4. PHACEJLIA. 



Herbs with simple alternate leaves. Flowers often showy, 

 in racemes or raceme-like scorpioid cymes. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Corolla 5-lobed; open bell-shaped. Stamens often exserted; 

 filaments slender. Ovary imperfectly 2-celled, its walls bear- 

 ing 2 narrow parietal placentae; style 2-cleft. 



1. P. linearis (Pursh) Holzinger. (P. Menziesii Torr.) An- 

 nual; stem 6-12 inches high; hispid or rough-hairy; at 

 length branched. Leaves mostly sessile, narrowly to broadly 

 lanceolate; entire or some of them deeply 5-cleft. Racemes 

 thyrsoid-paniculate. Flowers showy; proterandrous; from 

 violet to blue or rarely white. Corolla appendaged; petals a 

 half again as long as sepals, and about as long as stamens. 

 Ovules several on each placenta. Dry ground, often under 

 sage-brush. May-June. Locally called "Johnny-jump-up." 



BORAGINACE-ffi. Borage Family. 



Chiefly rough-hairy herbs with alternate, entire and 

 exstipulate leaves. Flowers usually regular. Calyx 

 5-parted, usually persistent. Corolla of 5 united 

 petals ; sometimes crested or appendaged in the throat. 

 Stamens 5, epipetalous and alternate with the corolla- 

 lobes. Ovary "superior"; usually deeply 4-lobed, in 



