PHLOX FAMILY. Polemotiiaceae. 



Evening Snow Exceedingly pretty flowers, with verj 



Lindnthus dichot- slender, brown stems, often branching, 

 omus (Giiia) from two to twelve inches tall, and a few 



White rather inconspicuous, dull green leaves 



Spring ^ rpj ie fl owers are an j nc h or more across 



C/ciliiornici 



with a salver-form corolla, with a lonj 



slender tube, white and beautifully sheeny in texture 

 bordered with dull pink on the outside, showing where th< 

 petals overlapped in the bud; the stamens and pistil noi 

 showing in the throat. They have a strong and unpleasant 

 odor, but the effect of the airy flowers is beautiful, es 

 pecially in the desert, as they sway to and fro in the wine 

 on their slender stalks. They open only in the evening 

 but stay open all night and keep on opening and closinj 

 for several days, getting larger as they grow older. This ii 

 common on open slopes and hills, but is variable and no 

 easily distinguished from similar species. 



A charming little desert plant, abou 

 Yellow Giha , , 1t . , , 



Lindnthus three inches tail, with a very slender 



aureus (Cilia) usually smooth, widely branching sten 

 Yellow and small, pale green leaves, apparently ii 



Spring whorls and cut into very narrow divisions 



quite stiff and tipped with a bristle. Th< 

 flowers are about half an inch across, bright yellow, with ar 

 orange-colored "eye" and tube, orange anthers and i 

 yellow pistil, and they look exceedingly gay and pretty or 

 the pale sand of the desert. 



A very pretty little plant, slightly hairy 

 Lindnthus parvi- i j 



flbrus (Cilia) W1 a slender stem, from three to ter 

 White, pink, lilac inches tall, and clusters of small, stiff 

 Spring dark green leaves. The flowers are aboul 



three-quarters of an inch across, with long 

 threadlike, yellow tubes, sometimes an inch and a hall 

 long, and white, pink, or lilac petals, with an orange 01 

 white "eye" and often brownish on the outside, witli 

 yellow anthers and a conspicuously long, yellow pistil, 

 This is common throughout California, growing in open 

 ground on hills and sea-cliffs. L. parviflorus var. acicularh 

 is similar, but smaller. The flowers are similar, but often 

 have so little white about them that they are yellow in 

 general effect, and are sometimes specked with crimson at 

 the base of the petals. They grow in sandy places 

 southern California. 



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