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speciosa, Dougl. Leaves in 4'a aad G's: 2 glands on each coroUa-Iobe, 

 Parryi, Torr. Leaves in 2'8 or 3's: corolla white, glands lunate-oboordato. 

 nitida, Benth. Slender: light blue corolla often greenish spotted, 

 albicaulis, Dougl. Similar but minutely puberulent: glands linear-oblong. 



6. MENYAN THES, Tournefort. 

 trifoliata, Ij. leaves Sfoliolate: flowers racemose: corolla bearded. 

 Cliriata-galli, Mcnz. Leaves reniform: flowers cyraose, crested. 



POLEMONIACEj;. 



Leaves entire, opposite: corolla salverform, rose-purple to white: stamens inserted at 

 unequal heights: perennials 1 



Leaves various; rarely all opposite and entire, then the stamens are inserted at equal 

 heights: corolla from salverform and funnelform to almost rotate 2 



Leaves simply pinnate, alternate; leaflets entire, apex sharp: corolla rotate to funnelform: 

 stamens declined, hairy at base 3 



1. PHLOX, Linnsiis. 



Matted cnshion-like, evergreen: leaves narrow, crowded, 3 to 6 lines long. 



Woolly, in mats 2 to 4 inches high : leaves imbricated, recurved > . . 1 



Not woolly: leaves rigid, hispid-ciliate, sometimes recurved 3 



Not woolly, less densely tufted: leaves narrower, leas rigid 3 



Loosely tufted: leaves linear to ovate, mostly exceeding an inch long. 



Leaves very narrowly linear, style long, slender 4, 6 



Leaves linear to ovate : corolla usually 6 to 10 lines broad 6, 7 



1. P. canescens, T. & G. Corolla white, 6 to 9 lines long, tube exserted. 



2. P. casspitosa, Nutt. Corolla tube a little exceeding the calyx lobes. 

 3 P Douglasii, Hook. Leaves with margius naked or ciliate at base. 



4. P. linearifolia, Gr. Much branched: leaves 1 or 2 inches long a line wide. 



5. P. longifolia, Nutt. Similar but lower and cells mostly 1-ovuled. 



6. P. adsurgeus, Torr. Smooth leaves ovate or narrower: coruUa-tube long. 



7. P. epecioaa, I'ursh. Leaves lanceolate to linear: corolla tube and style ahort. 



3. GILIA, Ruiz & Pavon. 

 * Ltaves oppotUt, at least below, palmately parted into linear or filiform diviiiotu {attire in 



8 and rarely in 10). 

 Diflfasely branching to nearly sinjple stems: corolla nearly rotate to salverform. 



Flowers scattered on filiform pedicels lto8 



Flowers sessile, a few togelln r or solitary O, 10 



