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[No. 5361 cont. Filaments adnate to but in relief on tube, the filaments at mouth thus approximate about style and leaving a pin-hole-like entrance between each filament.] No. 5375. Mirabilis laevis. See p. 91. Calyx white, its 5 lobes broadly notched with divergent lobes. Stamens 5. Style & stigma one! Ovary superior, 1-celled. Invol. cup narrow, 5-toothed. Woody at base, 12 to 18 in. high. Infrequent but not rare. Wish-bone Bush (Miss Bragg). No. 5376. Thamnosma montana. Spreading bush 1 to 1 1/2 ft. h. Not infrequent. [No. 5395. Grayia polygalioides. Thorny shrub 2 to 3 ft. h. See p. 50.]
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No. 5377. Chorizanthe brevicornu Calyx white, minute, its lobes oblong. Cont. p. 55, 65. No. 5378. Phacelia hallii Brand. = P. fremontii Torr. No. 5379. Calyptridium monandrum Nutt. [Very abundant about San Bernardino.] No. 5380. [Psilactis Coulteri] Comp No. 5381. Encelia eriocephala Gray. 1 1/2 to 2 ft. h. Rays bright yellow. No. 5382. Eriogonum inflatum. Annual or perennial!!! Outer per.-segs. broadly lanceolate, the scarious border almost none. Inner per. segs ovate, attenuate at apex, membranous with a green midvein. All segs. yellowish, canescent on back. Det. O.K. acc. S.G.S.
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