90 LLNACE^E. Linum. 



pedicels very short : sepals lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate-denticulate, a line long : 

 petals twice longer : capsule globose, obtuse, shorter than the calyx. — Proc. Am. 

 Acad. vii. 334. 



Near Yosemite Valley on the Mariposa Trail, Bolander. A rare and very peculiar species. 



-ft -ft Leaves alternate, narrowly linear (a half to an inch long) : styles 3 : petals 

 appendaged at base with a tooth on each side and usually a third adnate to the 

 inner face of the claw. 



+- Flowers yellow : pedicels short. 



4. L. Breweri, Gray. Smooth, glaucous, slender, 3 to 8 inches high or more, 

 few-flowered at the summit : leaves linear-setaceous, 6 to 8 lines long ; stipular 

 glands conspicuous: sepals ovate, acute, somewhat glandular on the margin, 1| lines 

 long : petals more than twice as long, 3-appendaged at base : fruit unknown. — 

 Proc. Calif. Acad. i. 202, and Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 521. 



Dry hillsides, Contra Costa Co. , at Marsh's Ranch, east of Monte Diablo, Brewer. Flowering 

 in May and June. 



-i — s- Flowers white, rose-colored, or purple : pedicels short and mostly cyrnose- 



clustered. 



5. L. congestum, Gray. Nearly smooth, excepting the calyx, a foot high, 

 shortly branched above : stipular glands very small : flowers in close terminal clusters : 

 sepals pubescent, lanceolate, acuminate, 1^- lines long, not glandular : petals twice as 

 long, apparently rose or purple, 3-appendaged at base : capsule globose, shorter than 

 the calyx. — Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 521. 



Marin Co ., Bolander. A well-marked species on account of its clustered flowers and pubescent 

 calyx. 



6. L. Californicum, Benth. Glabrous and glaucous, paniculately branched 

 above, 6 to 18 inches high : stipular glands conspicuous : flowers in small cymes or 

 the lower solitary : sepals ovate-lanceolate, 1 J lines long, acute, slightly glandular- 

 toothed : petals 4 lines long, rose-colored becoming white, 3-appendaged at base : 

 capsule acute, shorter than the calyx. — PL Hartw. 299 ; Gray, 1. c. 



Dry soils in the valleys and on low foot-hills, in early spring, from about San Francisco Bay to 

 Marysville (Bigelow) and southward to San Carlos ; especially common on the eastern slope of the 

 Monte Diablo Range. 



+- +- +- Flowers white, rose-colored, or purple : pedicels more elongated and mostly 

 solitary : stems diffusely paniculate above. 



7. L. spergulinum x Gray. , Glabrous, 6 to 1 5 inches high : leaves without 

 stipular glands : pedicels 3 to 6 lines long : sepals ovate-oblong, acute, slightly 

 glandular, a line long : petals 2 to 3 lines long, rose-colored or white, 3-appendaged : 

 capsule obtuse, rather exceeding the calyx. — Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 333. 



Coast Ranges, &c, Marin and Sonoma counties, Bolander, Kellogg, Miss Monks. 



8. L. micranthum, Gray, 1. c. Somewhat puberulent, 6 to 15 inches high : 

 stipular glands minute or none : pedicels 2 to 4 lines long : sepals lanceolate, acute, 

 a line long, slightly glandular : petals white, a little longer than the sepals, 2-toothed 

 at base : capsule obtuse, exceeding the calyx. 



In the Sierra Nevada, at 3,000 to 5,000 feet altitude: Mount Bullion {Bolander) ; Sierra and 

 Plumas counties, Lern/mon, Mrs. Pulsifer Ames. 



9. L. adenophyllum, Gray. Somewhat pubescent, a foot high : leaves more 

 broadly linear, margined with stipitate glands ; stipular glands minute or none : 

 pedicels 1 to 6 lines long : sepals lanceolate, acute, a line long or more, glandular- 

 serrulate, half as long as the white (yellowish 1) petals : capsule rather shorter than 

 the calyx. — Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 624. 



Near Clear Lake, Bolander, Kellogg & Harford. 



