PHACELIA FAMILY. 437 



spatulate, nearly or quite 6 lines long, twice or thrice the length of 

 the capsule, hirsute or hispid with Jong spreading haii^, espeoially 

 toward the base; corolla dull white (?), narrowly funnelform, 2J to 

 3 lines long; capsule ovate, acute or muoronate, 6 to 16-seeded; seeds 

 scrohiculate. 



Mt. Hamilton; near the summit of Mt. Diablo; Mariposa Co., ace. 

 to Brandegee; the only reported stations. 



3. P. divaricata (Benth.) Gray. Diffusely branched from the 

 base, the branches 3 to 10 in. long or more; herbage both pubes- 

 cent and hirsute; leaves from ovate to broadly oblong, 1 to 2 in. 

 long, equaling or exceeding the petioles, entire or rarely with a pair 

 of supplementary lobes at summit of the petiole; pedicels about a 

 line long; sepals in fruit linear, 4 to 6J lines long, sparsely hispid- 

 ciliate, with somewhat thickened margins and prominent midnerve 

 and cross-veins; corolla blue, broadly open-campanulate, 6 to 9 lines 

 broad; style 2-cleft at apex; seeds 7 to 10, somewhat pitted. 



Common on open hillsides in' the Coast Banges of middle Califor- 

 nia: 3It. Diablo, Breirer, McLean; Oakland Hills, Sefchell, Davy: 

 Crystal Springs, BoLamler; Sausalito, Kellogg and Harford; Mt. 

 Tamalpais. Mar.-Apr. 



4. P. suaveolens Greene. Branched at the base, the branches 

 erect or ascending, 12 to 15 in. high; herbage pubescent and glandu- 

 lar, very sweet-scented; leaves elliptic to oblong, coarsely and some- 

 times doubly toothed, 1 to 2 in. long, on petioles nearly as long; 

 racemes solitary or in pairs, dense; sepals spatulate, entire, in fruit 

 much exceeding the capsules; corolla pale blue, 3 lines broad, the 

 tube yellowish, 4 lines long, devoid of scales or crests; stamens un- 

 equal and unequally coherent with tube; capsule 12 to 16-seeded; 

 seed oval, the coat pitted like a honeycomb. 



INorth Coast Kanges, uncommon: Jit. Tamalpais, Jejixoii, 1891; 

 Petrified Forest, Sonoma Co., Greene, 1888; Vaca Mountains, Plaft, 

 1898. June. Closely allied to the southern P. brachyloba Gray, 

 ace. to Mrs. K. Brandegee. 



5. P. ciliata Benth. Branched from the base with rather simple 

 ascending branches, 9 to 14 in. high; herbage scabrous, otherwise 

 glabrous; leaves pinnately divided, the divisions oblong, toothed or 

 incised; spikes in terminal clusters or geminate or solitary; sepals in 

 fruit oblong to broadly ovate, chartaceous, 3 to 4 lines long, with 

 thickened margins and prominent midrib and reticulations, sparsely 

 bristly-eiliate; corolla blue; capsule ovate, mucronate; sepals in fmit 

 twice as long, arched over the capsule, their tips meeting; seeds 

 broadly oblong, over 1 line long, the surface with regular or honey- 

 comb-like pits. 



Plains and valleys: Willows; Solano Co.; Antioch and southward; 

 abundant on grain farms near Newark, imparting a blue color to the 

 fields, the odor very noticeable, Miss Crocker; Belmont. Apr.-May. 



6. P. ramosissima Dougl. Perennial (?), somewhat diffuse; 

 herbage somewhat glandular; hispid throughout and soft-pubescent 



