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eampanulate corolla emarginate or 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4. all 

 fertile. Capsule thin. 2-valved, the valves 2-parted. Placentae remaining 

 united in the axis, the valves of the capsule separating from them. (L. 6. 0. 

 Monnier, 1713-1799, Professor of Botany at Paris.) 



1. M. rotundifolia Michx. Stems succulent, creeping, 10 to 14 in. long, 

 villous-pubescent or almost glabrous ; leaves rotund, sessile, flabellately many- 

 nerved from the base, % in. long; pedicels 1 or 2 in the axils, longer than the 

 white flowers; corolla little irregular.— (Yar. eisenii Jepson. Herpestis eisenii 

 Greene.) 



Aquatic or in muddy situations: San Joaquin Yalley (Stockton to Fresno). 

 Perhaps introduced. 



13. GRATIOLA L. 



Low annual with opposite sessile leaves and axillary 1-flowered peduncles. 

 Calyx of 5 almost distinct nearly equal sepals. Corolla tubular; upper lip 

 entire or bifid, the lower 3-cleft. Anther-bearing stamens 2, posterior; an- 

 terior pair consisting of sterile rudiments or wanting. Stigma dilated or with 

 two flat lobes. Capsule 4-valved, the valves separating from the placenta-bear- 

 ing axis. (Latin gratia, grace or esteem, in reference to its medicinal virtues.) 



1. G. ebracteata Benth. Stems somewhat succulent, ascending, 2 to 3 

 in. high ; herbage obscurely pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, entire, % in. long 

 or less ; peduncles longer than the flowers ; sepals lanceolate, 4 lines long or 

 less, equaling the yellow corolla and surpassing the globular and somewhat 

 4-angled capsule ; sterile stamens wanting or represented by minute rudiments. 



YTet -soil in the north Coast Bange valleys: Xapa; Sonoma Yalley and far 

 northward into Oregon. 



14. ILYSANTHES Baf. 



Small annuals with opposite sessile leaves. Flowers small, axillary, on filiform 

 naked peduncles (or the upper becoming racemose). Calyx of 5, almost distinct 

 sepals. Corolla tubular; upper lip short, erect, 2-cleft ; lower lip larger, spread- 

 ing, 3-cleft. Fertile stamens 2, posterior, inserted low down; anterior stamens 

 sterile, inserted high in the throat, forked, one of the divisions glandular and 

 obtuse, the other acute and sometimes bearing the rudiment of an anther. 

 Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule many-seeded, septicidal or septifragal. (Greek ilus, 

 mud. and anthos, flower, the species a denizen of wet places.) 



1. I. gratioloides Benth. Diffusely branching, 3 or 4 in. high, the stems 

 and branches very slender; herbage glabrous; leaves ovate or oblong, 4 to 8 

 lines long, sparingly denticulate or entire ; peduncles long and slender, several 

 times longer than the flowers, solitary in the axils or subracemose above by the 

 reduction of the subtending leaves to bracts; calyx 1 line long; corolla 3 to 

 4 lines long, bluish. 



Muddy shores of the lower San Joaquin. Aug. -Sept. 



15. SYNTHYRIS Benth. 



Perennial herbs with the rounded petioled leaves in a radical tuft. Flowers 

 racemose. Calyx 4-parted. Corolla with very short tube and 4-lobed rotate- 

 campanulate limb. Stamens 2, inserted close to the upper sinuses, exserted. 

 Anther cells parallel, not confluent. Capsule compressed, loculicidal. (Greek 

 sun. together, and thuris, a little door, referring to the continued adherence 

 of the ha><- of the valves to the placentae.) 



1. S. rotundifolia Gray. Plants 2% to 5 in. high; herbage appressed- 

 Bcabrulose; leaves ovate-cordate, doubly crenate, 2 in. long, shorter than the 



