1 86 HYDROPHYLLACEAE (WATER-LEAF FAMILY) 



HH. Style i, 2-cleft at the apex. CONANTHTTS (p. 187) 



BB. Acaulescent; leaves all basal; flowers solitary on basal peduncles. 



CAPNOREA (p. 187) 

 AA. Shrubs, evergreen, glabrous, g-15 dm. high; leaves glutinous with a balsamic 

 resin, lanceolate, entire or serrate, 7.S-15 cm. long. E. — (Gk. erion = wool, 

 diklyon = a net; from the hairy and reticulate-veiny under side of the leaves.) 



Eriodictyon glutinosum ^yerba Santa) 



EMMENANTHE (Whispering Bells) 



Low, annual. Leaves alternate. Flowers in simple or circinate racemes. 

 Corolla campanulate. Capsule ovoid or oblong, flattish, incompletely 

 2-celled. Seeds 2 to many. — (Gk. emmenos = a month, anthos = a flower ; 

 said to be because the corolla is persistent.) 



A. Leaves entire or nearly so; corolla nearly white, without appendages inside. E. 



E. pusilla 



AA. Leaves deeply lobed or pinuatifid; corolla bright yellow, with 10 appendages 



inside. 



B. Style much longer than the ovary; ovules about 11; seeds 8-10; calyx lobes 



linear. E. E. lutea 



BB. Style hardly longer than the ovary; ovules 20-40; seeds 15-20; calyx lobes 



linear-spatulate. E. E. panriflora 



PHACELIA (Phacelia) 



Leaves alternate. Flowers in somewhat scorpoid clusters, blue or purple 

 or white or yellowish. Corolla tube rotate to tubular. Placentae 2, 

 parietal; style 2-cleft or -parted. Capsule i-celled or nearly 2-celled. 

 Seeds 2 to many. — (Gk. fakelos = a fascicle ; referring to the flower 

 bunches.) Species too difficult for beginners. (F. & R. pp. 317-319.) 



NEMOPHILA (Grove Lover) 



Leaves opposite or alternate. Calyx with appendage in each sinus, en- 

 larged in fruit. CoroUa rotate to tubular. — (Gk. nemos = a grove, 

 phileo = I love; from the shady habitat.) 



A. Corolla rotate, white or light blue, speckled with dark blue; leaves opposite. W. 



N. menziesll 

 AA. Corolla campanulate to tubular, white or bluish, not speckled; leaves opposite 

 or alternate. 

 B. Leaves mostly opposite; corolla equaling the calyx, white or bluish. 

 C. Corolla bluish, twice as long as the calyx; calyx lobes subulate. W. C. 



N. sepulta 



CC. Corolla white, less than twice as long as the calyx; calyx lobes lanceolate or 



wider. 



D. Leaves oblong; seeds mostly 6-8. E. N. pedunculata 



DD. Leaves ovate; seeds mostly 4. W. C. E. N. parviflora 



BB. Leaves mostly alternate; corolla shorter than calyx, white. E. N. breviflora 



