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calyx-tube funnelform, as long as the segments: petals broadly obovate, 

 % in. long or more, crenulate, deep purple : stamens much shorter than 

 the petals: stigma lobes broad and short, dark purple: capsule ovate- 

 oblong, % % in. long, hairy, the sides nearly flat, with a strong 

 midvein. Dry hills of the Mt. Diablo Eange. 



H H Tips of the calyx-lobes slightly free in the bud; capsule 2-costate on 

 at least two of the sides; seeds in 1 row in each cell. 



2. G. lepida, Lindl. Branching above, pubescent with short 

 appressed hairs: leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, slightly pubescent: calyx- 

 tube obconical, very short, greatly surpassed by the segments: petals 

 rounded and emarginate at apex, pale purple, with a dark red cuueate 

 spot at summit: stigma purple, cruciform: capsule ovate-oblong, sessile, 

 closely ribbed and sulcate, white- villous. Mt. Diablo Range. 



3. G. micropetala, Greene. Slender, simple, 13 ft. high, puber- 

 ulent: leaves 1 in. long, narrowly lanceolate, entire, sessile: spike rather 

 short: calyx-tube scarcely 2 lines long; segments 4 lines, the slender 

 elongated tips twisted in the bud: petals linear-lanceolate, only 3 lines 

 long, entire or erose: stigma purple, the lobes broad and short: capsule 

 sessile, % in. long, linear-oblong, abruptly pointed, hirsute, the alternate 

 sides bicostate. Contra Costa Co., near Walnut Creek, Martinez, etc. 



4. G. Arnottii, (T. & G.), Walp. Nearly glabrous, slightly glaucous, 

 1 2 ft. high, densely flowered at the leafy summit: leaves mostly opposite, 

 except the floral, oblong-lanceolate, obscurely denticulate: calyx-tube 

 short: corolla deep purple: stigma purple, the lobes oval: capsule cylin- 

 drical-conic, bicostate on the sides. Common in the Sacramento Valley. 



5. G. albescens, Lindl. Rigid, pubescent, the branches very short, 

 crowded at the summit: leaves glabrous, glaucous, lanceolate, entire: 

 fl. sessile, densely crowded among the upper leaves on the short branch- 

 lets : calyx-tube funnelform, as long as the segments : petals obcordate* 

 Y z in. long, pale purple, with a small darker spot in the centre: stigma- 

 lobes narrow, greenish: capsule oblong, 8-sulcate, acuminate, villous: 

 seeds roundish, scabrous. Solano Co. and southward. 



* * Flowers in loose spikes or racemes; capsules mostly linear; 

 seeds in 1 row. 



J e- Racemes erect in bud; calyx-lobes distinct and rejlexed in flower ; 

 capsules sessile. 



6. G. quadrivulnera (Dougl.), Spach. Very slender, 12 ft. high, 

 puberulent: leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, entire or slightly denticu- 

 late: calyx-tube obconic, 23 lines long: petals purplish with a dark 

 spot at summit, 36 lines long: stigma-lobes short, purple: capsules 5 10 

 lines long, attenuate at apex, bicostate at the alternate angles Common 

 toward the coast everywhere. 



