LOASA FAMILY. Loasaceae. - 43s 
A pretty plant, two to four inches high, 
Blue violet d : ‘ 
Viole adiinca var, With slightly hairy leaves and flowers 
léng: pes nearly an inch long, with bright purplish- 
Blue, purple blue or violet petals, more or less veined 
Spring 
with purple, the side petals hairy at base 
inside. This grows near the coast. 
Charming flowers, often growing in 
quantities on open hillsides. The leafy 
Cal., Oreg. 
Johnny Jump-up, 
Yellow Pansy 
Viola stems are from two to six inches high, the 
pedunculata leaves rather dark green and the scentless 
Yellow flowers, about an inch across, have bright 
Spring 
golden petals, with some purple lines at 
the base of the three lower ones, the spur 
and upper petals tinged with brownish-purple on the out- 
side, the two side petals hairy at base inside, and the stigma 
hairy. The Spanish-Californian name is Gallito. There 
is no technical difference between Pansies and Violets. 
LOASA FAMILY. JLoasaceae. 
Not a very large family, all but one natives of America; 
herbs, armed with hooked, stinging or sticky hairs; with- 
out stipules; the flowers perfect, with five sepals and five 
to ten petals; the stamens numerous, with threadlike 
filaments, the outer ones sometimes petal-like, inserted 
with the petals on the throat of the calyx and usualiy 
arranged in clusters opposite the petals; the ovary inferior, 
with a threadlike style; the capsule crowned with the calyx- 
lobes. 
There are many kinds of Mentzelia, all western, often 
with white shining stems and alternate leaves; the calyx 
cylindrical or top-shaped, with five lobes; the petals five 
or ten; the styles three, somewhat united. The barbed 
hairs which clothe the stems and leaves make the plant 
stick to whatever it touches, probably helping to sige 
the seeds, hence the common name Stick-leaf. 
A stout, branching biennial, two to 
eal over three feet tall, with shining white 
Mentzélia 
lesdivdalis stems, almost smooth, long, rather narrow, 
Yellow wavy-toothed leaves and enormous 
Summer, autumn flowers, in clusters of two or three at the 
West, except = ends of the branches and opening only in 
Wash. and Ariz. : ‘ 
bright sunlight. They are from three to 
300 
California 
Blazing Star 

