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Into 3~7, dentate or incised segments, or these again pinnatifid ; flowers blue or 

 violet, 12-16 mm. broad, in loose racemes, the inflorescence only slightly scorpioid; 

 pedicels 8-20 mm. long, recurved in fruit; calyx- segments linear; appendages of 

 the rotate-campanulate corolla in pairs between the stamens; filaments pilose, 

 exserted. Moist thickets and along streams, Ohio to Mo., south to Ala. April-June. 



4. Phacelia Franklinii (R. Br.) A. Gray. FRANKLIN'S PHACELIA. (I. F. 

 f. 3005.) Annual, villous pubescent; stem 1.5-4.5 dm. high. Leaves 3-8 cm. 

 long, pinnately parted into 7-15 linear or linear-oblong acute segments; flowers 

 blue or nearly white, in scorpioid racemes; calyx-segments linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, longer than the tube of the rotate-campanulate corolla; appendages of the 

 corolla free at the apex; filaments glabrous, or nearly so; styles united nearly to 

 the summit. Ont. and Minn, to Br. Col., Wyo. and Idaho. Summer. 



5. Phacelia dubia (L.) Small. SMALL-FLOWERED PHACELIA. (I. F. f. 

 3006.) Annual, puberulent or glabrate, 1-3 dm. high. Lower and basal leaves 

 petioled, 2-5 cm. long, pinnatifid or pinnately divided into 3-5 obtuse segments 

 or rarely merely dentate, or even entire; flowers light blue or white, racemose; 

 racemes 5- 15 -flowered; corolla rotate-campanulate; anthers slightly exserted; 

 capsule 6- 12-seeded; fruiting pedicels ascending. In moist soil. Penn. to Ga., 

 Kans. and Tex. April- June. [/. parvi flora Pursh.] 



6. Phacelia hirsuta Nutt. HAIRY" PHACELIA. (I. F. f. 3007.) Similar to 

 the preceding but usually stouter, hirsute-pubescent. Leaves pinnatifid into 5-9 

 usually entire segments, or the upper 3-5-lobed, or entire, sessile; racemes rather 

 dense; flowers blue; calyx segments hirsute; corolla rotate-campanulate; ovules 

 3 or 4 on each placenta; stamens scarcely exserted; capsule 4-8-seeded. In dry 

 soil, Va. to Ga,, Kans. and Tex. April-June. 



7. Phacelia Covillei S. Wats. COVILLE'S PHACELIA . (I. F. f. 3008.) 

 Similar to the uvo preceding species, pubescent; branches weak, 1.5-3 dm. long. 

 Leaf-segments 3-7, obtuse; racemes 1-5 -flowered; pedicels filiform, 1-3.5 cm - 

 long; calyx-segments linear; corolla tubular-campanulate, about 6 mm. long and 

 broad; anthers not exserted; capsule 3-4 mm. in diameter; fruiting pedicels 

 recurved. Along the Potomac River above Washington, and in 111. April-May. 



8. Phacelia Purshii Buckl. PURSH'S PHACELIA. (I. F. f. 3009.) Annual, 

 pubescent; stem 1.5-4.5 dm. high. Lower and basal leaves pinnately parted or 

 pinnatifid into 9-15 oblong or lanceolate segments; upper leaves sessile, with fewer 

 segments; racemes strongly i-sided, io-2O-flowered; pedicels 6-25 mm. long; calyx- 

 segments lanceolate or linear-lanceolate; corolla IO-I2 mm. broad, blue or white; 

 filaments slightly exceeding the corolla; ovules 2 on each placenta. In moist woods 

 or thickets, Penn. to Minn., N. Car., Ala. and Mo. April-June. 



9. Phacelia fimbriata Michx. FRINGED OR MOUNTAIN PHACELIA. (I. F. f. 

 3010.) Annual, sparingly pubescent; stems 1.5-5 ^m. l n g- Basal and lower 

 leaves slender- petioled, pinnately divided into 5-9 obtuse segments; upper leaves 

 sessile, their segments acute; clusters loose, 3- 12 -flowered; pedicels 8-30 mm. 

 long; flowers 8-10 mm. broad, white; calyx segments linear to spatulate, obtuse; 

 corolla rotate-campanulate; filaments pilose, about equalling the corolla; ovules 2 

 on each placenta. In woods, mountains of Va. to Ala. May-June. 



5. NAMA L. [HYDROLEA L.] 



Perennial herbs, with alternate entire leaves, sometimes with spines in their 

 axils, and blue clustered flowers. Calyx-segments distinct to the base. Corolla 

 rotate-campanulate, 5-cleft, the lobes imbricated in the bud. Stamens inserted on 

 the base of the corolla; anthers sagittate. Ovary 2-celled (rarely 3-celled); ovules 

 numerous on fleshy adherent placentae; styles 2, rarely 3, distinct to the base; 

 stigma capitellate. Capsule globose or ovoid, septicidally or irregularly dehiscent. 

 [Greek, a stream, referring to the habitat.] About 15 species, natives of warm 

 and tropical regions. Besides the following, another occurs in the southern U. S. 



Leaves lanceolate; flowers mostly in axillary clusters. 



Glabrous, or very nearly so, throughout ; sepals ovate to ovate-lanceolate. 



i. N. affinis. 



Villous, at least above, and on the calyx; sepals lanceolate. 2. N. guadrivalvis. 

 Leaves ovate ; flowers mostly in terminal clusters ; sepals villous. 3. N. ovata. 



