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calyx-tube funnelform, as long as the segments: petals broadly obovate, 

 % in. long or more, crenulate, deep purple: stamens much shorter than 

 the petals: stigma lobes broad and short, dark purple: capsule ovate- 

 oblong, 3^ — S^ in. long, hairy, the sides nearly flat, with a strong 

 midvein. — Dry hills of the Mt. Diablo Range. 



-i— ■*- Tips of the calyx-lobes slightly free in the bud; capsule 2-costate on 

 at least two of the sides; seeds in 1 row in each cell. 



2. G. lepida, Lindl. Branching above, pubescent with short 

 appressed hairs: leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, slightly pubescent: calyx- 

 tube obconical, very short, greatly surpassed by the segments: petals 

 rounded and emarginate at apex; pale purple, with a dark red cuneate 

 spot at summit: stigma purple, cruciform: capsule ovate-oblong, sessile, 

 closely ribbed and sulcate, white-villous. — Mt. Diablo Range. 



3. G. mlcropetala, Greene. Slender, simple, 1 — 3 ft. high, puber- 

 ulent: leaves 1 in. long, narrowly lanceolate, entire, sessile: spike rather 

 short: calyx-tube scarcely 2 lines long; segments 4 lines, the slender 

 elongated tips twisted in the bud: petals linear-lanceolate, only 3 lines 

 long, entire or erose: stigma purple, the lobes broad and short: capsule 

 sessile, % in. long, linear-oblong, abruptly pointed, hirsute, the alternate 

 sides bicostate. — Contra Oosta Co., near Walnut Creek, Martinez, etc. 



4. G. Arnottii, (T. & G.), Walp. Nearly glabrous, slightly glaucous, 

 1 — 2 ft. high, densely flowered at the leafy summit: leaves mostly opposite, 

 except the floral, oblong-lanceolate, obscurely denticulate: calyx-tube 

 short: corolla deep purple: stigma purple, the lobes oval: capsule cylin- 

 drical-conic, bicostate on the sides. — Common in the Sacramento Valley, 



5. G. albescens, Lindl. Rigid, pubescent, the branches very short, 

 crowded at the summit: leaves glabrous, glaucous, lanceolate, entire: 

 fl. sessile, densely crowded among the upper leaves on the short branch- 

 lets: calyx-tube funnelform, as long as the segments: petals obcordate* 

 % in. long, pale purple, with a small darker spot in the centre: stigma- 

 lubes narrow, greenish: capsule oblong, 8-sulcate, acuminate, villous: 

 seeds roundish, scabrous. — Solano Co. and southward. 



* * Flowers in loose spikes or racemes; capsules mostly linear; 

 seeds in 1 row. 



■*- Racemes erect in bud; calyx-lobes distinct and reflexed in flower; 

 capsules sessile. 



6. G. quadrivulnera (Dougl.), Spach. Very slender, 1—2 ft. high, 

 puberulent: leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, entire or slightly denticu- 

 late: calyx-tube obconic, 2—3 lines long: petals purplish with a dark 

 spot at summit, 3 — 6 lines long: siigma-lobes short, purple: capsules 5 — 10 

 lines long, attenuate at apex, bicostate at the alternate angles — Common 

 toward the coast everywhere. 



