502 Rydberg : Studies on the Rocky Mountain Flora 



rounded anther : styles distinct, short, stigmas capitate : capsule 

 5-6 mm. in diameter, acute-globose, about 4-seeded : seeds about 



2.5 mm. long and 2 mm. broad, finely muncate. 



A plant parasitic on willows and other shrubs, at an altitude of 



about 2000 m. 



Colorado : Cucharas Creek, near La Veta, 1900, F K. 



Vreeland, 6jo. 



Wyoming: Dayton, Sheridan Co., 1899, F. Tweedy, 2278. 



v Monarda comata sp. no v. 



Perennial with a horizontal, slender rootstock. Stem obtusely 

 4-angled, 4-6 dm. high, simple, sparingly silky-villous, especially 

 below the nodes and on the upper portion : lower leaves with more 

 or less hairy petioles, which are about 1 cm. long, the upper sub- 

 sessile ;* blades ovate or lance-ovate, more or less cordate at the 

 base, acute or acuminate, serrate with small teeth which are di- 

 rected forward, 4—6 cm. long, sparingly silky-strigose on both 

 sides : bracts green or tinged with purplish, ovate, 1-2 cm. long : 

 calyx about 1 cm. long, minutely puberulent, with a ring of hairs 

 at the base of the teeth, which are subulate, .7 mm. long: corolla 

 red-purple, almost wine-color, densely villose-puberulent, the ex- 

 serted portion about 2 cm. long. 



This is nearest related to M. stricta Wooton, but differs in the 

 long pubescence of the stem, leaves and bracts, shorter calyx-teeth 

 and darker flowers. It grows in meadows among bushes, at an 

 altitude of 2000-2500 m. 



Colorado : Wahatoya Creek, 1900, Rydberg & Vreehnd, 5673 

 (type); Ruxton, 1900, Fred Clements. 



Wyomingensis 



A 



Stems 3-4 dm. high, striate, sparingly puberulent and the upper 

 portion viscid-pubescent: leaves linear, 4-5 cm. long, 4~7 mm * 

 wide, minutely puberulent, more or less distinctly 3-nerved, entire, 

 or the upper 3-lobed : bracts lanceolate to ovate, puberulent and 

 ciliate on the margin and veins tinged with sulphur-yellow, 3" 

 lobed at the apex or the lower entire, middle lobe oblong and 

 rounded at the apex, the lateral ones lanceolate or linear, acute : 

 calyx villose, nearly 2 cm. long and almost equalling the corolla, 

 sulphur-yellow, cleft about half way down, slightly deeper on 

 the lower than on the upper side, lateral cleft 3-4 mm. deep: 

 corolla greenish, tinged and bordered with sulphur-yellow, galea 

 about 6 mm. long, lip about 2 mm.: capsule ovoid, 12-13 mm. long. 



