Fydrophyllacee—Nemophila. S13 
scorpioid cymes of rather small blue or white flowers with 
bearded stamens. The most familiar genus of this group is 
1, NEMOPHILA. 
Dwarf branching showy annuals. Jeaves pinnatifid. Flowers 
conspicuous, solitary, axillary or extra-axillary, on slender 
peduncles. Calyx 5-lobed and furnished with reflexed teeth 
between the lobes, these teeth or appendages enlarging after 
the flower expands. Corolla rotate or broadly campanulate. 
Stamens included. Capsule 1- to 4-seeded. This genus is ex- 
clusively North American, and the species are mostly from 
California. The name is a compound of véuos,a grove, and 
gdidzw, to love, from the natural habitat of some of these 
plants. 
1. NV. insignis (fig. 176), syn. N. Menziésit.—A handsome 
diffuse annual bearing a profusion of sky-blue flowers having a 
Fig. 176. Nemoplila insignis, (4 nat. size.) 
white eye in the original variety. There is a pure white 
variety, a blue variety bordered with white, and another with 
blue streaks on a white ground. 
