west America, is only one of numerous other examples of 
the great resemblance of the Floras of those two countries. 
Perennial, glabrous, glaucous. Stems erect, about a 
foot high. Leaves linear, acute at each end, spreading, 
without veins... Sepals ovate, acute, 3-veined at the base, 
the inner ones membranous at the edge. Petals pale blue, 
rounded at the apex, entire, three times as large as the 
calyx. 
J. L. 
