WATERLEAF FAMILY. Hydrophyllaceae. 





Phacelia ^ anc ^ some kind, though rather 



Phacelia coarse, and hairy and sticky all over, but 



grandi flora with lovely, delicate flowers. The stems 



Lilac ar e from one to three feet tall and the 



dark S reen leaves are velvety on the upper 

 side and hairy on the under. The flowers 

 often measure two inches across, with a lilac or mauve 

 corolla, shading to white in the center, flecked and streaked 

 with brown, blue, or purple, and the stamens have purple 

 filaments and pale yellow anthers. This plant is un- 

 pleasantly sticky, with a viscid fluid which stains every- 

 thing with which it comes in contact, is poisonous to some 

 people, and is found from Santa Barbara to San Diego. 



This is a white variety, with pretty, 

 Phactlia viscida r -j 



var. albifldra delicate white flowers. Phaceha msctda is 

 White very much like P. grandiflora, and has 



Spring about the same range, but is not so large 



a plant, usually about a foot tall, with 

 smaller flowers, about an inch across. The corollas are 

 blue, with purple or white centers. 



Charming flowers, though the foliage 

 Wild Canterbury- . g rather toQ hairy> The ^^ ^^ 



Phactlia stems are hairy, brittle, and loosely 



Whiilavia branching, about a foot tall, and the leaves 



Purple d u ll green and hairy. The handsome 



Summe flowers are in graceful nodding clusters, 



with a bell-shaped corolla, about an inch 

 long, a rich shade of bluish-purple, the long conspicuous 

 stamens and pistils giving an airy look to the blossoms. 

 The filaments are purple and the anthers almost white 

 and, as in other Phacelias, when the corolla drops off 

 long forked style remains sticking out of the calyx like 

 thread. This grows in light shade in rich moist soil in 

 hills. 



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