WATERLEAF FAMILY. Hydrophyllaceae t 





_, A mountain plant, which in favorable 



Phacelia 



Phacelia sericea situations is exceedingly handsome and 

 Purple conspicuous, about a foot tall, but some- 



Summer times more, with downy, leafy stems, and 



68 *' NeV ' f handsome silky-downy foliage, cut into 



many narrow divisions. The bell-shaped 

 flowers are three-eighths of an inch across, rich purple, 

 with very long, purple filaments and yellow anthers, and 

 are crowded in magnificent clusters, sometimes eight inches 

 long and very feathery. The corolla dries up and remains 

 on the fruit. This has a disagreeable smell and grows at 

 very high altitudes, where it is unusual to find such large 

 showy flowers. In dry unfavorable situations it is often 

 small and pale in color. 



This has very handsome flowers, but 

 Phacelia Pdrryi the P lant is to straggling. The branching, 

 Purple reddish stems are very hairy and rather 



Spring ^ sticky, from one to nearly two feet tall, 



with dull green, hairy leaves, which are 

 harsh but not disagreeable to touch, and the flowers are 

 over three-quarters of an inch across, with a very hairy 

 calyx and a bright purple corolla, with a cream-colored 

 spot, the shape of a horseshoe, at the base of each petal. 

 The filaments are purple and hairy, with cream-colored 

 anthers and the style is white, tipped with purple. This 

 sometimes grows in such quantities as to give a very 

 brilliant color effect and is found from Los Angeles to San 

 Diego. 



. This is from eight inches to two feet 



Phacelia distans hi S h with hairy, soft, dull green leaves and 

 Violet hairy stems, which are usually branching 



Spring and spreading. The flowers are less than 



half an inch across, with a very hairy, 

 sticky calyx, a violet corolla, varying in tint from dull 



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