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much exceeding the calyx, white with a dark purple spot at the 

 tip of each lobe and rows of purple dots radiating from the 

 center ; scales oblong to oblong-linear, half free, mostly rolled 

 toward the filaments, ciliate, 2 to 3 ^"^ long : style cleft about a 

 third its length, 2 or 3 times as long as the ovary : capsule 

 globular, 3 to lO"'"' in diameter: seeds usually 5 to 12 per cap- 

 sule, globular or slightly elongated, 1.5 to 3 ^"^ long, sparingly 

 pitted, scaly. 



This Nemophila shows three types of leaf and they are not infrequently 

 all found on one plant/ The lowest leaves are deeply pinnate, resembling 

 those of ^V. Men2iesii ; the next are shallowly lobed at the very tip, and have 

 a long cuneate base ; while those at the ends of the branches are often lanceo- 

 late and entire. The second form is the most common and characteristic- 

 Depauperate specimens are not rare. The original collector called the plant 

 Nemop/iila speciosa, but this name was not published with a description. 



Sierra Nevada mountains, mostly between 2,000 and 5,000 feet 

 altitude. 



specimens examined: California : Forbestown, Butte co , E, Brooks : 

 Penn valley, Nevada co., Jepson ; Placer co., Bolander nos, 455 ^ ^^^ 45^^^ 

 Rose springs, El Dorado co,, M. H. Gates; Clinton, Amador zo., Hansen 

 no. 88; Calaveras Big Trees, Brewer no. 2098, Brandegee, Greene; Pine 

 ridge, Fresno co.. Hall Q^ Chandler no, 167 ; Kaweah river basin, /?. Hopping 

 no. 138 ; Mineral King and Coburn mills, Tulare co., Brandegee ; Tulare co., 

 Purpus nos. 1732, 3059, and 5706. 



The type was raised in England from seed collected by Mr. Hartweg on 

 an excursion " along the right bank of the Chuba [Yuba] river to the moun- 

 tains [Sierra Nevada],'* It is probably in the herbarium at the Royal Gai- 

 dens, Kew. 



6. N. HUMiLis Eastwood, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 28: 150- 

 1901. — A^. Congdoni Eastwood, /. c. 151. — In vegetative charac- 

 ters resembling N, maciilata: leaves spatulate, elliptical, or 

 lanceolate in outline, like the middle and upper leaves of that 

 species : peduncles about as long as the leaves : calyx-lobes only 

 2 to 5 """^ long ; the appendages a third as long : corolla open- 

 campanulate, 5 to 10'^'° across, without a purple spot at tip or 

 each lobe, but often with purple dots toward the center; scales 

 from broad, laciniate and often half free to mere hairy lines 

 which are often obscured by a mass of loose hairs at the center 

 of the corolla : style once to twice as long as the ovary. 



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