WATERLEAF FAMILY. Hydrophyliaceae. 
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Phacelia A very handsome kind, though rather 
Phacelia coarse, and hairy and sticky all over, but 
grandiflora with lovely, delicate flowers. The stems 
Lilac are from one to three feet tall and the 
Summer 
eicieteciil dark green leaves are velvety on the upper 
side and hairy on the under. The flowers 
often measure two inches across, with a lilac or mauve 
corolla, shading to white in the center, flecked and streaked 
with brown, blue, or purple, and the stamens have purple 
filaments and pale yellow anthers. This plant is un- 
pleasantly sticky, with a viscid fluid which stains every- 
thing with which it comes in contact, is poisonous to some 
people, and is found from Santa Barbara to San Diego. 
This is a white variety, with pretty, 
Phacélia viscida : : J eo ‘ 
delicate white flowers. Phacelia viscida is 
var. albiflora 
White very much like P. grandiflora, and has 
Spring about the same range, but is not so large 
California 
a pliant, usually about a foot tall, with 
smaller flowers, about an inch across. The corollas are 
blue, with purple or white centers. 
Charming flowers, though the foliage 
Wild Canterbury- i; rather too hairy. The stout, reddish 
bell 
Phacelia stems are hairy, brittle, and loosely 
Whitlavia branching, about a foot tall, and the leaves 
Purple dull green and hairy. The handsome 
Sunuber flowers are in graceful nodding clusters, 
California 
with a bell-shaped corolla, about an inch 
long, a rich shade of bluish-purple, the long conspicuous 
stamens and pistils giving an airy look to the blossoms. 
The filaments are purple and the anthers almost white 
and, as in other Phacelias, when the corolla drops off the 
long forked style remains sticking out of the calyx like a 
thread. This grows in light shade in rich moist soil in the 
hills. 
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