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few cilia, the : shorter ones paar apically and with short, recurved, horn-like processes; capsule 
ong, subulate, and meget ear the base, the walls papery, easily ruptured; ovary 
i ~celled seeds shining, without aca ines. 
t meadows and pers of nond gy tenets and Canadian Zones; northeastern Washington and north- 
ern Pike se neage o Mendocino, Stani mes: and Plumas Counties, California, and Elko County, Nevada. Type 
locality; “plai the Co emabin near Wallavciiah river.” Jun -Aug 
Down ngia pe ns ES. brachypétala (Gandoger) McV adel, aan Torrey Club 19#: 55, 1941. (Down- 
ingta racks title beer fed Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 65: ae. 1918.) Flowers generally smaller ; corolla 5-9 mm, 
long; filament-tube 3—4 sty Mle: anther-tube 2-2.5 mm. long. Southern Washington and adjacen t Idaho south 
Wake. bs omeane Mountains to northeastern California Type locality: Falcon Valley, Klickitat County, 
Washin 
6. PORTERELLA Torr. in Porter, Hayden Geol. Rep. Montana 1871: 488. 1872. 
Slender annuals with nner or linear-subulate leaves. Flowers on slender, axil- 
lary, inverted pedicels. Calyx-tube united to the wholly inferior ovary, the lobes narrow 
Corolla-tube entire, not cleft dorsally, th limb oaee with the peg lip 2-cleft and the 
lower 3-lobed and s a ing. Fila and ant onnate, the anthers shorter 
than the others. whos a2. celle : cy a seeded ‘sale Sf wt Seeds numerous, 
smooth and apic [Name in honor of Thomas C. Porter, one of the authors of the 
glow of Colorado “Tervitor ry. 
western North America. 
1. Porterella carnésula (Hook. & Arn.) Torr. Porterella. Fig. 5125. 
Lobelia carnosula Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey 362. 1838. 
—— oo =. in Porter, Hayden Geol. Rep. Montana 1871: 488. 1872. 
Lau a@ carnosu enth, ex A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: 444, 1876. 
sei pe cn — Bull. Torrey Club 27: 270. 
Stems simple or sometimes branching below, somew hat eae erect, “4 3 dm. high, glabrous. 
Eiades dithecctits to linear-subulate, 5-20 mm. long; flowers mple terminal raceme, ebrac- 
teolate; pedicels slender, the howe ieauitty exce eeding the folisccous Whets © calyx-lobes linear, 
obtuse, 3-7 mm. long, di . bout 8-10 mm. lon 
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rowly funnelform, the tube equaling the bag lower lip deeply 3-lobed, the lob 
aon with a long yellow area at base; upper lip 2-lobed, the lobes with acuminate upturned tips; 
stamens completely united, minutely futeed Sblcally. the somewhat curved tip of the anther- tube 
barely phanried: capsule obconic, 5-7 mm. lon ng: 
Muddy f ds and pools, Arid asuitie and Canadian Zones, Idaho and ton ay cae Wyoming 
southwest to Se che Cuocede Bonetaine of Song Fs = ee’ fiom Stay <i oe ( — County), California, and 
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th to Utah and northern Arizona. Type locality: “‘Blackfoot River, Snake Country.”’ (Southeastern Idaho.) 
June—Aug. 
7. LOBELIA [Plumier] L. Sp. Pl. 929. 1753. 
Herbs, or some tropical species shrubs, with alternate leaves and spicate, racemose, 
or paniculate, leafy-bracted flowers. Calyx adnate to the ovary, turbinate, hemispheric, 
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5123. Downingia yina 5124. Downingia elegans 5125. Porterella carnosula 
