. Report of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel . the throat: anthers very short; cells about 6-ovuled.—Slopes of the California Sierras; also found in the Truckee Valley, Nevada,near Glendale, by W. W. Bailey. Plate. NNV. Fig. 1. A plant, of thenatural size. Fig. 2. A flower ; enlarged three diameters. (902.) Cilia1 linifloka, Benth. Gray, I. c, p. 263. Annual, erect or atlength diffuse, 6-18 high, minutely hispidulous-hirsute or usually nearlyglabrous, loosely panicled above; leaves opposite, frequently alternate above,palmately 3-7-parted, the segments i—V long, nearly filif
. Report of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel . the throat: anthers very short; cells about 6-ovuled.—Slopes of the California Sierras; also found in the Truckee Valley, Nevada,near Glendale, by W. W. Bailey. Plate. NNV. Fig. 1. A plant, of thenatural size. Fig. 2. A flower ; enlarged three diameters. (902.) Cilia1 linifloka, Benth. Gray, I. c, p. 263. Annual, erect or atlength diffuse, 6-18 high, minutely hispidulous-hirsute or usually nearlyglabrous, loosely panicled above; leaves opposite, frequently alternate above,palmately 3-7-parted, the segments i—V long, nearly filiform, entire; flowers 1GILIA, Ruiz & Pav. Corolla from sal\ erform or funnelform to campanulate or rotate. Stamensequally inserted in or below the throat or sinuses of the corolla and mostly equal: filaments not declined,naked (rarely pubescent) a1 the base. Ovules sometimes solitary, commonly few or many in each (with few exceptions) developing mucilage or spiricles when wetted.—Herbs, or in a few casessuffruticose; [eaves, Ac. CATALOGUE. 263 scattered, on capillary pedicels 5-15 long; corolla white, 2-3 times exceed-ing the calyx, rotate when fully expanded, 5-parted nearly to the very shoiitube, the lobes obovate, entire, 4-6 long; filaments inserted at the top olthe tube, pubescent at base; anthers oval; ovules 6-8 in each cell.—Califor-nia. Var. pharnaceoides, Gray. Smaller, with the corolla-lobes 2-3* long,sometimes slightly flesh-colored.—To Frasers River and east to the RockyMountains. Iah-Ute Mountains, Nevada, and in the Wahsatch and Uintas;5-7,000 feet altitude; June, July. (903.) Gilia pusilla, Benth. Gray, I. c, p. 2G3. Annual ; stems very slen-der, diffuse, 2-6high, minutely hispid-scabrous or nearly glabrous; leavesopposite or the uppermost alternate, palmately 3-7-parted, the segments fili-form-subulate, 3-5 long; flowers scattered, on capillary pedicels 5-10 long;corolla purplish with a yellow throat or nearly white, short and
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