QQ LINAGES. Linum. 



pedicels very short : sepals lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate-denticulate, a line long : 

 petals twice longer : capsule globose, obtuse, shorter than the calyx. — Proc. Am. 

 Acad. vii. 334. 



Near Yosemite Valley on tlie Mariposa TraU, Bolcmder. A rare and very peculiar species. 

 * * Leaves alternate, narrowly linear [a half to an inch long) : styles 3 : petals 



appendaged at base with a tooth on each side and usucdly a third adnate to the 



inner face of the claw. 



-i- Flowers yellow : pedicels short. 



4_ L. Breweri, Gray. Smootli, glaucous, slender, 3 to 8 inches high or more, 

 few-flowered at the summit : leaves linear-setaceous, 6 to 8 lines long ; stipular 

 glands conspicuous: sepals ovate, acute, somewhat glandular on the margin, U lines 

 lonc^ • petals more than twice as long, 3-appendaged at base : fruit unknown. — 

 Pro^'c. Calif Acad. i. 202, and Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 521. 



Dry hillsides, Contra Costa Co., at Marsh's Ranch, east of Monte Diablo, Brnccr. Flowering 

 in May and June. 



4- -H Flowers white, rose-colored, or 2Jurple : lyedicels short and mostly cymose- 



clustered. 



5 L COngestum, Gray. K"early smooth, excepting the calyx, a foot high, 

 shortly branched above : stipular glands very small : flowers in close terminal clusters : 

 sepals pubescent, lanceolate, acuminate, H lines long, not glandular : petals twice as 

 long, apparently rose or purple, 3-appendaged at base : capsule globose, shorter than 

 the^calyx. — Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 521. 



Marin Co., Bolandcr. A well-marked species on account of its clustered flowers and pubescent 

 calyx. 



6 L Californicum, Benth. Glabrous and glaucous, paniculately branched 

 above, G to 18 inches high : stipular glands conspicuous : flowers in small cymes or 

 the lower solitary: sepals ovate-lanceolate, U Hues long, acute, slightly glandular- 

 toothed : petals 4 lines long, rose-colored becoming white, 3-appendaged at base : 

 capsule acute, shorter than the calyx. — PL Hartw. 299 ; Gray, 1. c. 



Dry soils in the valleys and on low foot-hills, in early spring, from about San Francisco Bay to 

 lASJJSi!{Bigdo^v) and southward to San Carios ; especially common on the eastern slope of the 

 Monte Diablo Range. 



^_ ^_ ^_ Floioers tohite, rose-colored, or purple : 2^edicels more elongated and mostly 

 solitary : stems diffusely paniculate above. 



7 L sperguHnum, Gray. Glabrous, 6 to 15 inches high : leaves without 

 stipular glands: pedicels 3 to 6 hnes long: sepals ovate-oblong, acute, slightly 

 glandular, a line long : petals 2 to 3 hnes long, rose-cx.lored or white 3-appendaged : 

 capsule obtuse, rather exceeding the calyx. — Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 333. 



Coast Ranges, &c., Marin and Sonoma counties. Bolmdcr, Kellogg, Miss Monks. 



8 L micranthum, Gray, 1. c. Somewhat puberulent, 6 to 15 inches high : 

 stipular' glands minute or none : pedicels 2 to 4 lines long : sepa s lanceolate acute 

 a line long, slightly glandular : petals white, a little longer than the sepals, 2-toothed 

 at base : capsule obtuse, exceeding the calyx. 



In the Sierra Nevada, at 3,000 to 5,000 feet altitude: Mount Bullion {Bolandcr) ; Sierra and 

 Plumas counties, Lcmvwii, Mrs. Pulsifer Ames. 



9 L adenophyllum, Gray. Somewhat pubescent, a fo-^t high : leaves more 

 broadly linear, margined with stipitate glands; stipular glands minute or none: 

 pedicels 1 to 6 line^ long: sepals lanceolate, acute, a line long or more glandular- 

 serrulate, half as long as the white (yellowish?) petals : capsule rather shorter than 

 the calyx. — Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 624. 



Near Clear Lake, Bolandcr, Kellogg k Harford. 



