ZAUSCHNERIA Presl 
Calyx superus deciduus, tubo infundibuliformi, cum ovario articulato, 
colorato, basi supra ovarium globoso-ventricoso, limbo quadripartite 
Petala quattuor, summo tubo inserta. Antherae lineares, dorso affixae. 
Ovarium lineare tetragonum. Stylus sfiliformis. Stigma capitatum, 
quadrilobum. Capsula linearis tetragona quadrivalvus unilocularis poly- 
sperma. Semina oblonga papposa. 
Suffrutices decumbentes ramisissnni tomento tenui canescentes. Rami 
oppositi. Folia opposita angusta. Racemi terminales simplices. Flores 
sesailes, coccinei. In herbaris Banksiana servatum. 
Z. Californica Tab. LI1. Habitat in California ad Monte Rey. 
Tube of the calyx funnelform and deeply colored above the ovary, with 
a small, frequently globose, base and a four-lobed limb, deciduous, ap- 
pendaged within with eight small scales, four erect and four deflexed. 
Petals four, inserted on the throat of the calyx, obcordate or two-cleft, 
scarlet. Stamens eight exserted; the filaments opposite to the petals 
shorter; anthers linear-oblong, attached by the middle. Ovary four- 
celled; style long and exserted; stigma capitate or peltate, four-lobed. 
Capsule linear, obtusely four-angled, four-valved, and imperfectly four- 
celled, many seeded. Seeds oblong with a tuft of hairs at the apex. — 
Low decumbent perennial, somewhat woody at base; leaves sessile (the 
lower opposite); the large scarlet Fuchsia-like flowers in a loose spike. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES 
Canescent with a dense white tomentum, hairs (under a lens) short 
and curly. 
Lateral veins not evident. 
Leaves narrowly linear 2-3 mm. wide. 
Calyx divisions T / 2 as long as tube Californica 1 
Calyx divisions % as long as tube cana 3 
Leaves lanceolate-oblong tapering to both ends, flowers small and 
Leaves linear-lanceolate to linear-oblong microphylia 2 
slender argentea 18 
Lateral veins edivent. 
Leaves lanceolate to ovate, herbage rough-tomentose. tomentella 9 
Leaves ovate to broadly oblong, silvery silky. veluntina 8 
Foliage green, more or less villous and glandular. 
Lateral veins not evident. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, somewhat falcate; capsules glabrous, 
surpassing bracts. villosa 4 
Leaves lanceolate to oblong^lanceolate ; capsules glandular- 
puberulent Eastwoodae 5 
Lateral veins evident. 
Leaves lanceolate to ovate or elliptical; capsules fusiform, latifolia 6 
Leaves cordately clasping at base, mucronate and involute at 
apex; capsules sessile and tapering at the apex. elegans 13 
Leaves cuneate to a sessile base, uncinately mucronate at apex; 
capsules pedicellate, narrowed but little at apex. Garretti 10 
Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic-oblanceolate, acute at each end. 
crassifolia 14 
Leaves broadly ovate; plant slimy-viscid. viscosa 7 
Leaves lanceolate; flowers small and slender; capsule densely 
glandular. glandulosa IS 
Leaves ovate, acuminate, pilose; capsules long-beaked. Hallii 16 
Leaves lanceolate; flowers tubular, slender. pulchella 17 
Foliage pallid; leaves mostly glabrous except on veins and margins; 
lateral veins evident. 
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