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§ 1 Dactophyllum. Gilia § Dactophyllum B. & H. Flowers 

 loose or scattered on slender pedicels. Corolla funnelform or 

 almost rotate. Stamens inserted in the throat of the corolla : 

 anthers oval. 



L. pharnaceoides Greene Pitt, ii; 254. Gilia liniflora var. pharna 

 ceoides Gray. Stem slender with diffuse filiform branches, 6-10 inches 

 high : leaves palmately 2-5-parted into acerose pubescent segments, 2-6 

 lines long; flowers paniculate, on filiform pedicels: calyx campanulate, 2 

 lines long; the triangular acute lobes not as long as the tube : corolla almost 

 rotate, the broad tube hardly as long as the calyx; the broad lobes obovate, 

 rounded at the apex, 2-3 lines long : ovules 6-8 in each cell : capsule shorter 

 than the calyx. Dry sandy plains, eastern Oregon and Washington to 

 California. 



L. Harknessii Greene 1. c. 256. Gilia Harknessii Curran. Stem erect, 

 diffusely branched, 3-10 inches high: seed-leaves oblong-linear: leaves di- 

 vided to the base into filiform segments, 2-10 lines long : flowers paniculate, 

 on filiform pedicels 6-12 lines long: calyx minutely pubescent; its lanceo- 

 late lobes as long as the tube: corolla white, 1-2 lines long; the tube but 

 little longer than the calyx and about as long as the lobes: capsule oval, 

 exceeding the calyx; seeds solitary in the cells, smooth, turgid, oblong, a 

 line long. In bare places on the high mountins, Washington to California. 



L. filipes Greene 1. c. Gilia filipes Benth. Stem slender, 2-4 inches 

 high, diffusely branched : cotyledon leaves obovate : leaves 2-5 lines long, 

 divided to the base into filiform segments: flowers panicled, on capillary 

 pedicels an inch or more long: calyx campanulate, pubescent; its triangu- 

 lar acute lobes not longer than the tube: corolla 2-3 lines long, exceeding 

 the calyx: ovules 3-5 in each cell : capsule about equalling the calyx. On 

 dry plains, eastern Oregon to Nevada and California. 



L. Bolanderi Greene 1. c. Gilia Bolanderi Gray. Stem almost fili- 

 form, 2-10 inches high, dichotomously branched: cotyledon leaves oblong, 

 narrowed below to a broad petiole : leaves 2-5 lines long, divided to the 

 base into linear or spatulate segments : flowers on filiform pedicels 1-2 

 inches long: calyx cylindraceous, pubescent and glandular; its subulate 

 lobes shorter than the tube ; corolla b lines long ; the slender tube exceeding 

 the calyx, much longer than the funnelform throat and obovate obtuse 

 lobes : capsule oblong, shorter than the calyx :seeds 1-5 in each cell. Dry 

 plains, Oregon to California. 



§ 2 Leptosiphon Gilia § Leptosiphon Endl. Mostly low or 

 slender, with opposite leaves, and small flowers crowded into a 

 capitate leafy -bracted cluster. Corolla salverform, with the tube 

 mostly filiform and elongated: the very short throat commonly 

 more or less cyathiform-dilated. Stamens inserted in the throat 

 or orifice ; anthers short. Ovules numerous in each cell. 



* Leaves commonly with smaller ones fascicled in their axils and all 

 palmately 5-7-parted into linear segments : filaments slender, exserted 

 more or less from the throat of the corolla, but shorter than its entire 

 lobes : ovules 6-10 in each cell. 



L. Mcolor Greene 1. c. Gilia tenella Benth. Rough-pubescent through- 

 out: stem slender, 1-S inches high, simple or sparingly branched: cotyle- 

 don leaves petioled : divisions of the leaves acerose or some of them linear- 

 spatulate, 2-6 lines long: tube of the calyx short, cylindraceous; its subu- 

 late lobes several times longer : tube of the corolla filiform, 10-12 lines long, 



