130 EPiLOBiACEa:. 



* * Perennials; leaves mostly opposite ,( except the upper). 



3. E. Franciscannm, Barbey. Very stout, 2 — 4 ft. high, pubescent 

 with soft short glandular hairs: stem reddish, subterete, but with delicate 

 sharp angles running down from the leaf -bases: lower leaves opposite, 

 with short but distinct petiole, blade 2—4 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, 

 rounded at base, serrulate: racemes dense, leafy-bracted, the red-purple 

 or pale flowers appearing somewhat corymbose: petals j>4 in. long or 

 more, deeply emarginale: capsule 2 in. long: seed obovoid-oblong, acutely 

 pointed at base, the hyaline papillae forming close longitudinal lines. — 

 Plentiful in springy places, along streamlets and shores of ponds about 

 San Francisco. June — Dec. 



4. E. Watsonii, Barbey. Size of the preceding, but hot stout, the 

 terete stems with less marked lines, somewhat hoary with a soft pubes- 

 cence: leaves oblong-lanceolate, rather obtuse, denticulate, rounded to 

 short-winged petioles.: fl, not crowded, suberect in the axils of the more 

 reduced and acute upper leaves, rose-red; petals elongated-obcordate: 

 seeds more coarsely granulate-striate. — On Bussian Biver, Sonoma Oo. 



5. E. holosericenm, Trel. Loosely branched, at least the upper 

 leaves and branches canesceni with sub-appressed hairs; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse or sometimes acute, remotely serrulate, attenuate, or 

 abruptly contracted and then cuneately narrowed, to short petioles: 

 fl. small, scattered on the elongated branches, pale: mature capsules on 

 peduncles equalling the floral leaves: seeds short-beaked, very minutely 

 papillose-striate. — Solano Co., along streams. 



6. E. adenocaulon, Hausskn., var. occidental?, Trel. Tall, with 

 paniculate ascending branches and long internodes; branches, inflores- 

 cence and capsules glandular-pubescent; leaves ovate- or triangular- 

 lanceolate, ascending, abruptly rounded to Bhort winged petioles, 

 prominently denticulate, the floral small, acute at both ends: fl. small: 

 capsule slender, short-pedicellate; seed elongated, obovoid, minutely 

 striate. — Common by streams and about springy places. 



7. E. Californicum, Hausskn. Tall, slender, more sparingly branched, 

 glabrous below; pubescence of the buds, pods, etc., of coarse ascending, 

 not glandular hairs : leaves lanceolate, acutish, rather remotely serrulate, 

 short-petiolate : fl. scattered: fruiting peduncles slender, almost equalling 

 the floral leaves; capsules nearly glabrous: seeds almost beakless. — 

 Apparently along the seaboard only, and less common than the last. 



2. ZATJSCHNERIA, Presl. Perennial herbs spreading by subterra- 

 nean shoots. Flowers racemose along the leafy branches, large, scarlet. 

 Calyx-tube globose-inflated just above the ovary, thence becoming 

 narrow-funnelform, 4-lobed, within bearing 8 small scales, 4 erect and 

 4 deflexed. Petals 4, little exceeding the calyx-lobes, obcordate or 



