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Spring Flora of Oklahoma 
funnel-form, salver-form, campanulate, or rotate. Sta¬ 
mens 5, inserted on the tube or base of the corolla, and al¬ 
ternate with its lobes. Ovary superior, 2-celled, or 1 celled 
with 2 placentae. Capsule 1-2 celled. 
Styles united below; ovary 1-celled; leaves mostly lobed 
or dentate. 
Corolla-lobes convolute in the bud; placentae narrow. 
Sinuses of the calyx appendaged. 1. Nemophila 
Calyx much enlarged in fruit, its sinuses not ap¬ 
pendaged. 2. Nyctelea. 
Corolla-lobes imbricated in the bud; placentae narrow. 
3. Phacelia 
Styles distinct to the base; ovary 2-celled; leaves en¬ 
tire. 4. Nama. 
I. NEMOPHILA Nutt. 
Annual, diffuse, pubescent, slender herbs, with alternate 
or opposite, mostly pinnatifid or lobed leaves. Flowers 
white, blue, or variegated, solitary, lateral, or terminal. 
Calyx deeply 5-cleft or 5-parted. Corolla campanulate or 
rotate-campanulate, usually with 10 small appendages with¬ 
in at the base. Ovary 1-celled. Capsule 2-valved. 
1. Nemophila phacelioides Nutt. Babv-Blue-eyes. Foliage hir¬ 
sute, or glabrate in age. Stems branched at the base, the branches 
2'-24' long. Leaves 2'-4' long. Blades pinnately divided, segments 
usually incised. Oalyx bristly. Corolla about 1" broad. Capsules 
globular, 2"-3" broad. 
Prairies. Spring. Caddo County. 
II. NYCTELEA Scop. 
Annual, hirsute or pubescent, branching herbs with op¬ 
posite or alternate, pinnately divided or 1-3-pinnatifid 
leaves, and solitary or racemose, small, white, or bluish 
