PHLOX FAMILY. Polemoniace&e. 



There are many kinds of Linanthus; low, slender 

 annuals, with opposite, palmately-divided leaves and thus 

 differing from Gilia, the divisions narrow or threadlike, 

 looking almost like whorls in some kinds, or rarely toothless, 

 occasionally some of the upper leaves alternate; the flowers 

 scattered, or in terminal, roundish clusters; the calyx-tube 

 thin and dry between the ribs or angles, the teeth equal ; the 

 corolla more or less wheel-shaped, funnel-form, or salver- 

 form; the stamens equally inserted on the corolla; the 

 seeds few or many, developing mucilage when moistened. 

 The Greek name means "flax flower." 



A queer little plant, only about two 



Lindmhus . , ,. , ',. , 



Pdrryae (Gilia) inches m g h Wlth almost no stem, very 

 White small, stiff leaves, and several large, 



Spring pretty flowers, with cream-white corollas, 



California about an inch across, with five crests in 



the throat, and the tube tinged with purple on the outside. 

 They are exceedingly fragile and diaphanous in texture 

 and form little white tufts, which look very odd and attrac- 

 tive, sprinkled over the sand in the Mohave Desert. 



This has slender, purplish, rather hairy 

 Lindnthus brevi- . * . ' 



culus (Gil a) stems, from six to eight inches tall, stiff, 



Pink, violet dull green, hairy leaves, tipped with bris- 



Spring ties, and flowers over half an inch across, 



California with stic ^ y> hairy ca iy xe s. The slender 



corolla-tubes are half an inch long, with delicate rose-pink or 

 violet petals, white anthers, and a whitish pistil. This looks 

 very pretty growing on the bare sand of the Mohave Desert. 

 This is very pretty, with a stiff, slender, 



Lindnthus an- , . , . . P Jt . 



drosaceus (Gilia) nair y branching stem, irom three inches to 

 Lilac, pink, or a foot tall, with stiffish, dull green leaves, 

 white apparently in whorls and cut into very nar- 



Spring, summer row Divisions, with bristlesor hairs along the 

 California //** , 1f 



margins. I he flowers are over half an inch 



across, with a long threadlike tube, and are usually bright 

 lilac but sometimes pink or white, with a yellow, white, or 

 almost black "eye," orange-colored anthers and a long, 

 yellow pistil. The flower-cluster is mixed with many bracts 

 and the stems often branch very symmetrically, with 

 clusters at the tips. This is common on dry hillsides, 

 growing in the grass, and often makes bright patches of 

 color. There are several named varieties. 



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