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floralibus e basi lata anguste linearibus obtusis involucratis, corollæ limbi laciniis p a ten tibus
obovatis apiculatis tubo gracili d uplo brevioribus.
H a b . Green River, Snake Country. M r Tolmie,
b. C. gracilis {Benth.) • glanduloso-pubescens, caule valde ramoso, foliis lineari-
oblongis obtusis, calycis segmentis longis subulatis. Benth. l. c. Hook. Fl. B or. Am. 2. p .
7 6— Gilia gracilis. Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 2924.
LEPTODA CTY LON. Hook, et Arn.
Calijx tubuloso-campanulatus, subæqualis, semiquinquefidus, lobis subulatis spinescentibus, sinubus membranaceis.
Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo patente, lobis obovatis obtusis. Stamina intra partem superiorem
tubi inserta, æqualia. Antheræ oblongoe. Stylus cum stigmatibus tubo corollæ duplo brevior. Capsula
sublignosa apice dehiscens, loculis polyspermis, columna centrali crassiuscula.—Frútices/¿amzVes, ramatissimi.
Folia alterna profunde palmatisecta, laciniis subulatis rigidis spinescentibus; alia axülaria,
!, fasciculata. Flores terminales, speciosi, Phlocem simulantes.
1. L . Californicum; folüs patentibus, floribus subcapitatis, corollæ tubo calycem subæquante,
stigmatibus stylo duplo longioribus. (T ab. L X X X IX .)
The corolla is laige. Another species of this genus is Phlox Hoohcri, Dougl. in Hook. Flor. Bor. Am.
2. p. 13. t. 159, which may be distinguished as follows : foliis erectis, floribus subsolitariis, corollæ tubo
calycem superante, stigmatibus stylum æquantibus.
T a b . LXXXIX. Leptodactylon Californicum. Fig. I. Flower-bud and flower ; f g . 2, Corolla 3.
Stamens ; f g . 4. 4. Pistil ; f g . 5. Capsule enclosed in the calyx ; f g . 6. Capsule bursting open, and show-
ing the central receptacle with attached sides ; f g . 7. Seed ; f g . 8. Portion of the receptacle from which the
seeds have been removed ; f g . 9. Leaf :—magnified.
O r d . X L . B O R A G IN EÆ . J u s s .
1. Heliotropium Curassavicum. L in n .— Hook, et A rn . supra, p . 152. Hook. Flor. Bor.
Am. 2. p . 81.
1. Myosotis fa c c id a . Dougl. in Hook. Flor. Bor. Am. 2. p . 82.
Our specimens are more leafy and not so much advanced as those from Columbia ; but they appear to
be the same species. M. versicolor, of the Flor. Bor. Am., with small flowers, seems to be M. vema of
Nutt., and has its calyx oblique ; the larger-flowered specimens are perhaps leferrible to M. fa c c id a .
2. M . muricata; caule erecto stricto foliisque linearibus obtusis ubique piloso-hispidis,
racemis densis bi-trifidis terminalibus ebracteatis, calycibus hispidis, nucibus ovatis obtusiusculis
dense muriculatis.
From six inches to a foot high, erect, straight, rather stout, throwing out numerous lateral leafy branches,
which, in our specimens, are short, from not being sufiiciently developed. Flowers white j limb flat ; segments
as long as the tube. The hairs on the calyx and raceme are yellowish-white.
3. M. fu lv a . Hook, et A m . supra, p. 38 .—Hook, Flor. Bor. Am . 2. p . 83.— Cuming
{Chil.) No. 707. Bridges {Chil.) No. 309.
The flowers are white ; the limb flat and broad ; the segments about the length of the tube. The achenia
are wrinkled, but not always black, and not in the slightest degree hispid or muricated.
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