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tube, the limb rotate, 1 to 1.7 cm. broad; filaments with a hairy ring* just 
above the base.—Plains and foothills. 
4. L. filipes Greene. Diffusely branching, 4.8 to 12 cm. high, the 
branches filiform; calyx turbinate; corolla short-funnelform, with limb 
4 to 6 mm. broad.—Sierra foothills. 
5. L. ciliatus (Benth.) Greene. Stems rigid, commonly 9 to 14 cm. 
high; leaves scabrous; corolla deep rose-red. often fading white, 1.2 to 1.8 
cm. long, commonly not exceeding the conspicuously hirsute-ciliate bracts; 
lobes of the corolla about 2 mm. long.—Wooded hills. 
6. L. parviflorus Benth. Simple or branching. 7 to 26 cm. high; al¬ 
most glabrous; bracts scabrous, not ciliate or scarcely so; corolla purple, 
pinkish, pale yellow or whitish. 1.8 to 3.6 cm. long, the lobes 4 to 6 mm. 
long, commonly reddish or brownish outside.—Hill and mountain slopes. 
7. L. androsaceus Benth. Usually simple, 1.6 to 3.6 dm. high, more or 
less finely tomentose; bracts ciliate, otherwise nearly glabrous; corolla 
lilac, lavender, pink or white, 2.4 cm. long, the lobes 6 to 8 mm. long; 
throat commonly dark purple with yellow border.—Hill and mountain 
sides. 
HYDROPHYLLACEAE. PHACELIA FAMILY 
Herbs or shrubs with regular flowers, the parts in 5s except the 1 or 
2-celled superior ovary. Flowers solitary and axillary, or in racemes 
or spikes which are commonly coiled. Styles 2 and distinct, or more or 
less completely united. Fruit a capsule.—About 170 species, mostly in 
temperate N. Am. 
Leaves mainly opposite; herbs. 
Calyx with a reflexed appendage at each sinus : flowers mostly solitary.. 
1. Nemophila. 
Calyx without appendages; flowers in racemes. 2. Ellisia. 
Leaves alternate or basal. 
Style 2-cleft; herbs. 
Corolla blue or white, deciduous.3. Phacelia. 
Corolla yellow, persistent. 4. Emmenanthe. 
Styles 2, distinct; shrubs with thick leaves. 5. Eriodictyon. 
1. NEMOPHILA Nutt. 
Delicate low annuals. Leaves pinnate, all or at least the lowest 
opposite. Flowers mostly solitary on axillary peduncles. Calyx with a 
reflexed appendage in each sinus. Corolla rotate-to broadly campanu- 
late. with 10 internal appendages at base. (Greek nemos, grove, and 
phileo, to love.) 
Stems with prickles ; uppermost flowers clustered ; petioles broadly winged. 
1. N. aurita. 
Stems without prickles ; flowers all solitary and axillary. 
Flowers large ; peduncles 2 to 4 times as long as leaves. 2. N. menziesii. 
Flowers small; peduncles shorter than leaves.3. N. parviflora. 
1. N. aurita Lindl. Climbing Nemophila. Stems weak and suc¬ 
culent, 4-angled, disposed to climb by the reflexed bristles which arm the 
angles; leaves deeply pinnatifid with mostly retrorse lobes, auricled at 
base; leaves above reduced and the flowers thus racemose; corolla dark 
violet, 16 to 22 mm. broad.—Oakland Hills to S. Cal. 
2. N. menziesii FI. & A. Baby Blue Eyes. Diffusely branching, 4.8 
