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7. G. viminea (Dougl.), Spaoli. Glabrous, 1—3 ft. high: leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, entire, narrowed at base, 1 — 2 in. long, puberulent: 

 calyx-tube 2—4 lines long : petals purplish with a dark spot at summit, 

 %—l}£ in. long: stamens short, subequal: stigma-lobes linear-oblong, 

 purple: capsules 1 — 1J£ in. long, pubescent, slightly bicostate on the 

 sides. — From middle parts of the State northward. 



8. G. tenella (Cav.), Wats. Puberulent, slender, erect, %— 1% ft. 

 high; leaves linear, acute or obtuse, mostly entire, more or less narrowed 

 at base, % — 2 in. long: calyx-tube obconic, 1 — 3 lines long: petals 3 — 5 

 lines, deep purple: stigma-lobes purple: capsule linear, attenuate at apex, 

 8—14 lines long, quadrangular, the sides not costate but the midvein 

 usually prominent. — Common. 



■*- ■*- Racemes nodding in the bud; calyx-lobes united and turned to one 

 side under the open corolla; capsule pedicellate. 



9. G. amcena (Lehm.), Lilja. Slender, 1—2 ft. high, puberulent: 

 leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate, entire or denticulate: calyx-tube obconic, 

 2 — 4 lines long: petals 8—15 lines long, white, pink or purple, with a 

 dark purple spot near the base: filaments rather stout; anthers deep crim- 

 son, the vacant upper end white or yellowish: stigma-lobes linear: capsule 

 1 — \% in. long, narrowed at each end; pedicel 2 — 6 lines long. — Along 

 the coast; the typical white-flowered form seldom seen. 



10. G. rubicnnda, Lindl. Near the preceding, but often 4 ft. high: 

 calyx-lube longer, funnelform: petals purple, with an orange spot at base: 

 anthers orange- red, the empty end bright yellow: capsule sessile, scarcely 

 attenuate at apex. — Of more northerly general range than the preceding. 



11. G. hispidnla, Wats. Simple, a few inches high, often 1-flowered: 

 pubescence hispidulous: leaves narrowly linear, 1 — 2 in. long: calyx-tube 

 2 — 3 lines: petals purple, J£ — lin. long: filaments slender: stigma-lobes 

 linear: capsules % — Min. long, attenuate at apex, below abruptly contracted 

 to a short pedicel. — A little known species of the valleys of the Sacra- 

 mento and San Joaquin. 



12. G. biloba (Durand), Wats. Slender, 1—2 ft. high, sparingly 

 branching, nearly glabrous: leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1 — 2 in. 

 long, obscurely denticulate, the lower on long and slender petioles : petals 

 light-purple J£ — % in. long, cuneate-obovate, deeply 2-lobed: capsule 

 puberulent, % — % m - l° n g> attenuate at apex, narrowed at base into a 

 short pedicel.— Plentiful in the Briones Hills of the Mt. Diablo Eange in 

 Contra Costa Co. not far from Martinez; otherwise only in the Sierra. 



5. CLARK I A, Parsh. Erect sparingly branched annuals, with race- 

 mose or spicate purple flowers nodding in the bud. Calyx-tube more or 

 less prolonged above the ovary, deciduous. Petals 4, unguiculate, often 



