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Phacelia hktrrophyixa Piirsli, P\. Am. Sept. 1 : 140. 1814. 

 No. 8080, collected in sandy ground along the railroad at 

 Gazelle, Siskiyou county, June 20, the plants perhaps introduced. 

 The type came from "dry hills on the banks of the Kooskoo.sky," 

 or Clearwater river, Idaho. 



PhaceLIA linearis (Pursh) Holzinger, Cont. U. vS. Nat. Herb. 

 3: 242. 1895. 



HydropJiylliim lineare Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 134. 1814. 



Eutoca Menziesii R. Br.; Richards. Bot. App. 764. pL 2j. 

 f. i-s. 1823. 



Eutoca heterophylla Torr. Stansbury's Rep. 393. 1852. 



Phacelia Menziesii Torr.; Wats. Bot. King Rep. 252. 1871. 



No. 8089, collected June 22, near Igerna, Siskiyou county, 

 on sandy banks along the railroad. The species is widely dis- 

 tributed over the western part of the United States. The flow- 

 ers are pale purple. Lewis collected the type "on the banks of 

 the Missouri." 



Phacelia davidsonii Gray, Proc. Am. x\cad. 10: 324. 1875. 

 No. 7585, collected April 5, on the sandy plain at Oil City, 

 Kern county, where it is abundant, as it is all about Baker.sfield 

 in similar situations. It is a small depressed plant with laven- 

 der flowers, somewhat resembling P. Douglasii. The type was 

 collected somewhere in Kern county. 



Phacelia ciliata Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 17: 280. 1837. 



No. 7784, collected April 28, on the high ridge west of 

 McKittrick, Kern county, in open gravelly spots, the plants low 

 and wide spreading. The elevation is about 3000 feet, a some- 

 what high altitude for this species. The type was ''from Cali- 

 fornia. Mr. Douglas." 



Phacelia fremontii Torr. Ives Rep. 21. i860. 



No. 7687, collected April 14, at Randsburg, Kern county, 

 on gravelly hills. It is abundant on the desert, where it was 

 collected by Fremont. The flowers are deep violet-purple with 

 vellovv throat. 



