Lhum. LINACK.i:. 349 



viii. 624; Brew. & Wats. Bot. Calif, i. 90; Trclia.M-. 1. c. 18. — Wcntom Califoniiii, Ijil- 

 ami Meiidociiio (.'omilifs. 



++ ++ Leaves entire, without marginal glaml.x, allernan- e.xccj.i lujnuiiiiicj* at llif wry 

 base : false septa widened below. 



= False septa conii)lete below : flowers yellow or yellowiith. 

 L. Cleveland!, Gree.ne. A sjian to a fcK)t high, glal)nite, n-|K'al<illy diih<H4iiiiou« : 

 leaves oblong, 5 lines long, l-nerved, Hubacute, without htipular glandi* : tiowen. iniiiuic. ou 

 filiform pcdicel-s (sometimes an inch long) : sepals narrow, acnt*-. hparingly ghuidular-iilimti' : 

 petals yellow or pale, a lino long or l.-ss, atoothed. ."J a|.p<-ndag.-l. ih.. nM-.tinn ap|K-ndime 

 oblong, glabrous : capsule ovoid, acute, somewhat long«-r tlian the iM-jMilf.. — Bull Torr. 

 Club, ix. 121 ; Trelease, 1. c. — California, Lake and .Mendocino Countit-.t. 

 = = False septa not reaciiing the a.xis exc.|,t in tin- la.st si»ecies : flowem white. r(J^eatv, 

 or purjdish. 



a. Loosely branched, the flowers slender-jHjdicelled. 

 L. micranthum, Ok.vy. a span to a foot high, of the aspect of the jireceding, glanrouii, 

 soniewliat sofl-jiubescent toward the liiuse of the slender nearly terete bninches, lc*iM-ly 

 dicliotomous : leaves alternate, spatnlate-oblong, .') to 7 lines long, l-nerveil, <d>tusG or sul>- 

 acute, mostly with stipular glands: flowers white or faintly roseate, consideraldv exc*-*-*!!-*! 

 by their slender straight pedicels: sepals ov'ate-lanceolate to oldong, subacute, the inner 

 sparingly glandular-ciliate : petals 1 to occa.sionally 2i lines long, 2-toothcd, mostly unap|>eu- 

 daged : capsule ovoid, acute, about eijual to the sepals. — I'roc. Am. Acad. vii. .3.'W ; Brew. 

 & Wats. Bot. Calif, i. 90; Trelease, I.e. 18. — Oregon to the vicinity of San Francisco, 

 California. 



L. Spergulinum, Gray. Similar to the last and perhaps scarcely separable : loaves linear, 

 5 to 10 lines long, with or without stipular glands: flowers ro.seate, s'tinewhat ntMliting mi 

 filiform pedicels (occ;usionally 7 lines long) : petals 2 to 4 lines long, 2-t<Mithcd, :{-n|i|M-ndag< d, 

 the median appendage ligulate and the latenil sometimes greatly reduced : cap^nle o*oid, 

 acute, nearly twice as long as tlie .sej)als. — I'roc. Am. Acad. vii. 333 ; Brew. & Wats. B<>1. 

 Calif, i. 90; Trelease, 1. c. 19.— Central California. 



b. Often luore corymbose, the short-pedicelled flowers rather doselv clustered at ends of tlie 



t.ranrlics. 



L. Californicum, Bknth. Somewhat taller, glaucous, ghibnite or sparingly pnlK-ruUnt 

 near tiie nodes, loosely dicliotomous, with angled or striate branrhes : leaves linear, 5 to 15 

 lines long, rather obtu.se, with prominent stipular glands: flowers pale or rr)seate : sepals 

 lanceolate, acute, keeleil below, glabrous, rather thick, with pale sparingly glandular-ciliate 

 inner margins : petals 2 to 3 lines long, 3-appendaged, the median ap|Kndage niundisl, 

 hairy: capsule ovoid, .icute, a little shorter than the sepals. — I'l. llartw. 299; (Jniy, 

 Proc. Am. Acad. vi. .521; Brew. & Wats. Bot. Calif, i. 90; Trele:uio, 1. c. —California, 

 Butte and Colusa Counties to the region east of San Franci.^co. When low, leafy, and with 

 rather dense inflorescence, it is the scarcely separable var. <<>NrKini m, (iray in Trele.xHo, 

 1. c, of the San Francisco region, to which jiertains the type of /,. /iifimi, (Jray. I'roc. Calif. 

 Acad. Sci. iii. 102, & I'roc. Am. Acad. vi. .'>21, from the Mt. Diablo Kange, Urttrrr, 1181. 

 the flowers of wliich are described by error as golden. 



L. COngestum, (iitw. From less than a sjtan high to .stout and tall: stem glabrous, glau- 

 cous, striate i)elow, with corymbose angled branches at top : leaves mostly sonu-w hnt pulx'jM'enl, 

 linear-lanceolate, 3 to mostly 10 or l.'i lines long, acute, with stijuilar glands : flowers rt«iK»- 

 pnrple, in glomerate clusters terminating the bninches : sepals ovate-lancj'olate, a<-utp, nm- 

 spicuously pubescent : )»et.als 3 to 4 lines long, 2-tootlied, 3 api>endage.|. the median np|M>n- 

 dage e]ongate<l, somewhat h.iiry : ca|)sule short-ovoid, nearly as l<>ng as the calyx, the falim 

 septa complete near the ba.se. — I'roc. Am. Acad. vi. .'■)2I : Brew. \: Wats. Bot. Calif, i 9t); 

 Trelease, 1. c. 20. — California, in the regiou adjacent to San Francisco. 



