Polemoniaceae 313 
(Cantua pungens; Cantua pungens hookeri; Cantua pungens squarrosa; CG. pungens 
hookeri; G. pungens squarrosa.) G, pungens Benth. (Prickly Gilia) 
AA. Herbs. 
B. Leaves opposite, or sometimes a few of the upper ones alternate. 
Leaves entire. 
D. Plant leafless from cotyledons to inflorescence. FE. 
G. nudicaulis Gray (Scapose Gilia) 
DD. Plant with leaves on the stem. 
F. Stem branched from the base. C. FE. (G. humilis glabella; probably 
Microsteris diffusa.) G. humilis Pip. 
EE. Stem simple below. (See Pa) 
CC. Leaves dissected into filiform segments. 
F. Flowers crowded into a head-like leafy cluster; corolla salverform and the 
tube long-filiform (funnelform in CG. nuttallii. ) 
G. Perennial, woody at base. C. E. 
G. nuttallii Gray 
GG. Annual; herbaceous thruout. 
Pi Plant 2:5—7-5 em. highs corolla-tube 20—25 mm. long, much 
longer than the bracts and the calyx. W. 
G. bicolor Pip. 
HH. Plant 5—30 cm. high; corolla-tube 8—12 mm. long, but little 
longer than the bracts and the calyx. U. 
G. ciliata Benth. 
FF. Flowers not in a head-like cluster; corolla funnelform to rotate. 
I. Corolla almost rotate, 8—10 mm. wide. E. 
G. pharnaceoides Benth. 
II. Corolla tubular-funnelform, 3—12 mm. long. 
J. Ovules | in each cell; corolla 2—-4 mm. long; calyx-lobes as long as 
the calyx-tube or longer. C. E. 
G. harknesii Cur. 
JJ. Ovules 3—5 in each cell; corolla 4— 6mm. long; calyx-lobes about 
equaling the calyx-tube. E. 
G. filipes Benth. 
JJJ. Ovules 2—5 in each cell; corolla about 12 mm. long; calyx-lobes 
shorter than calyx-tube. E. 
G. bolanderi Gray 
BB. Leaves alternate, or sometimes a few of the lower ones opposite. 
K. Herbage woolly; flowers pale blue, clustered. 
L. Biennial; flowers many in the head-like clusters. E. 
G. congesta Hook. 
LL. Annual; flowers few in the clusters. 
M. Most of the leaves 3-parted; ovules 4—6 in each cell. E. 
G. filifolia Nutt. 
MM. Most of the leaves entire; ovules 1|—4 in each cell. EF. (Hugelia 
floccosa.) G. floccosa Gray 
KK. Herbage not woolly. 
N. Leaves entire or some of the lower ones 3-parted. 
O. Flowers 10—20 mm. long, pink or red. C. E. (GC. filiformis for 
our region. ) G. capillaris Kell. 
OO. Flowers 5—10 mm. long, pink or purple. 
P. Stem simple below; flowers 8—1I0 mm. long. W.C. E. (G. mi- 
crantha. ) C. gracilis Hook. 
