Hydrophyllacecz -Nemophila. 313 



scorpioid cymes of rather small blue or white flowers with 

 bearded stamens. The most familiar genus of this group is 



1. NEM6PHILA. 



Dwarf branching showy annuals. Leaves pinnatifid. Flowers 

 conspicuous, solitary, axillary or extra-axillary, on slender 

 peduncles. Calyx 5-lobed and furnished with reflexed teeth 

 between the lobes, these teeth or appendages enlarging after 

 the flower expands. Corolla rotate or broadly campanulate. 

 Stamens included. Capsule 1- to 4-seeded. This genus is ex- 

 clusively North American, and the species are mostly from 

 California. The name is a compound of v&os, a grove, and 

 <uXEo>, to love, from the natural habitat of some of these 

 plants. 



1. N. insignis (fig. 176), syn. N. Menziesii. A handsome 

 diffuse annual bearing a profusion of sky-blue flowers having a 



Fig. 176. Nemophila insignis. (J nat. size.) 



white eye in the original variety. There is a pure white 

 variety, a blue variety bordered with white, and another with 

 blue streaks on a white ground. 



