PHLOX FAMILY. Polemoniaceae. 



stems, two or three inches high, and numbers of pretty 

 flowers, half an inch across, deep bright blue, with a little 

 yellow in the center; the stamens, with bright yellow 

 anthers, projecting from the throat. This bravely opens 

 its bright blue eyes in the desert wastes of the Petrified 

 Forest. 



A little desert plant, about three inches 

 Downy Gilia 



Cilia floccosa tall more or leSS down y a11 over . the Upper 



Blue leaves and buds covered with soft white 



Spring down and the lower leaves dark green 



Southwest and stiff> t ipp e d w ith a bristle. The tiny 



flowers have a blue corolla, varying from sky-blue to 

 almost white, with a yellow throat and white stamens, and 

 although they are too small to be conspicuous, the effect 

 of the bits of blue on the desert sand is exceedingly pretty. 



This resembles Alpine Phlox in general 

 G m ^ effect, but the corolla is funnel-form in- 



Gilia p&ngens stead of salver-form, for the lobes do not 

 White spread so abruptly. The many stems are 



Summer woodv below, a few inches high, and 



California , . , 1 7, 



crowded with leaves, which are dull green, 



stiff, and cut into needle-like divisions, which look like 

 single leaves, about half an inch long. The flowers are 

 pretty and fragrant, half an inch across, white or pale pink, 

 often with purplish streaks on the outside, with rounded 

 lobes, the edge of each overlapping the next, and yellow 

 anthers, not projecting from the throat of the corolla, 

 This forms loose mats on rocky ledges, at high altitudes. 



Cilia mullicaulis A rather P rett y little P lant ' ab ut ei S ht 

 Lilac inches tall, with several slender, slightly 



Spring hairy stems and leaves cut into very 



California narrow divisions. The little flowers are 



pale lilac, quite delicate and pretty, though not conspicu- 

 ous, and form clusters at the tips of the branches. This 

 sometimes grows in quantities in the hills of southern 

 California and is variable. 



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