PHLOX FAMILY. Polemoniaceae. 





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 



Linanthus , '.' - 1 , 



Pdrryae (Gilia) incn es high, with 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 ic 



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

 They are exceedingly fragile and diaphanous in textun 

 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 hairj 



Linanthus or em- . . . , . .. , ,, , .-. 



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 st i c k y> h a j ry calyxes. The slende: 



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

 violet petals, white anthers, and a whitish pistil. This look: 

 very pretty growing on the bare sand of the Mohave Desert 

 This is very pretty, with a stiff, slender 



Linanthus an- , . ,. ., . , 



drosaceus (Gilia) haii y> branching stem, from three inches 

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

 white apparently in whorls and cut into very nar 



Spring, summer row di v i s i ons>w ithbristlesor hairs along th< 

 margins. The flowers are over half an incl 

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

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

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

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

 and the stems often branch very symmetrically, wit) 

 clusters at the tips. This is common on dry hillsides 

 growing in the grass, and often makes bright patches o 

 color. There are several named varieties. 

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