FIGWORT FAMILY 797 



4. A. bicolor (A. Nels.) Rydb. Stem 2-5 dm. high, softly pilose and glandu- 

 lar-viscid; leaves usually entire, narrowly linear or 3-5-divided, softly pilose and 

 viscid; bracts usually 3-cleft with linear divisions; calyx usually more or less 

 scarious, purplish, villous; upper division about 1 cm. long, 2-ribbed and 2-lobed 

 at the apex; lower division oblong, 3-ribbed; corolla purplish, nearly 15 mm. 

 long; galea about 4 mm. long; lip about 3 mm. long. Cordylanthus bicolor A. Nels. 

 Low grounds and hillsides: Nev. Ida. Submont. Jl-S. 



5. A. canescens (A. Gray) Greene. Stem strict, branched, villous or glab- 

 rous below, densely villous above; leaves entire, linear-lanceolate, 1-3 cm. long, 

 more or less villous; bracts lanceolate, 1.5-2 cm. long, softly-villous, 1-3-ribbed; 

 upper division of the calyx 15-20 mm. long, softly villous, with 2 principal ribs; 

 corolla nearly 2 cm. long, puberulent; galea about 7 mm. long; lip nearly as long. 

 Saline soil : Calif . Utah. Son. Jl-Au. 



6. A. Kingii (S. Wats.) Greene. Stem erect, branched, 1-3 dm. high, more 

 or less glandular-pubescent; leaves 3-cleft, 3-4 cm. long, with narrowly linear 

 divisions; bracts 3-5-cleft, clasping; upper division of the calyx lanceolate, 

 2-3-toothed at the apex, about 2 cm. long; corolla 1.5-2 cm. long, purple, pubes- 

 cent; galea 8-10 mm. long, little exceeding the 3-toothed lip. C. Kingii S. Wats. 

 Limestone ridges: Nev. sw Colo. Son. Submont. Jl. 



23. EUPHRASIA (Tourn.) L. EYEBRIGHT. 



Low herbs, parasitic on other plants. Leaves opposite, dentate or incised. 

 Flowers perfect, small, in terminal leafy spikes. Calyx 4-cleft, or rareh' 5-cleft 

 and with one lobe smaller than the other 4. Corolla very irregular, 2-lipped; 

 upper lip 2-lobed, the margins recurved; lower lip much larger, 3-lobed, spread- 

 ing. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending under the upper lip; anther-sacs equal, 

 parallel. Capsule oblong, loculicidal. Seeds many, oblong, longitudinally 

 ribbed. 



Bracts with acute or obtuse teeth. 



Teeth of the bracts obtuse; corolla 5-6 mm. long; inflorescence capitate. 



1. E. mollis. 

 Teeth of the bracts acute; corolla 4.5-5.5 mm. long; inflorescence becoming spicate. 



2. E. disjuncta. 

 Bracts with subulate or bristle-tipped teeth. 3. E. hudsonica. 



1. E. mollis (Ledeb.) Wettstein. Stem 4-10 cm. high, mostly simple; leaves 

 8-15 mm. long, ovate, coarsely crenate-dentate, densely pubescent; spike head- 

 like when young, at last with 1-3 lower bracts remote; calyx densely pilose; 

 corolla 5-6^mm. long, like that of the next species but deeper purple. Grassy 

 banks: Alaska Yukon Mont. B.C.; e Siberia. Subarctic. Au. 



2. E. disjuncta Fern. & Wieg. Stem slender, 6-30 cm. high, branched 

 below, puberulent; leaves ovate or orbicular, 8-18 mm. long, crenate-dentate; 

 spike interrupted, at last 5-25 cm. long; bracts large, coarsely dentate; corolla 

 4-5.5 mm. long, with a yellow eye; upper lip purple, the lower white, with purple 

 lines. Open places: Lab. Me. Alta. Alaska. Subarctic. Je-S. 



3. E. hudsonica Fern. & Wieg. Stem 5-20 cm. high, pubescent, simple 

 or branched below; leaves oblong, 10-15 mm. long, sparingly pubescent, with 

 few acute teeth; spike elongate, at last 5-15 cm. long; bracts oblong, 7-15 mm. 

 long; corolla 5.5-6 mm. long, whitish, with pale violet lines. Grassy places: 

 Hudson Bay Alta. Mack. Subarctic. Au. 



24. ELEPHANTELLA Rydb. LITTLE RED ELEPHANT, ELEPHANT'S 



HEAD, ELEPHANT FLOWER. 



Perennial herbs, with rootstocks, blackening in drying. Leaves alternate, 

 pinnately divided, with toothed segments. Flowers perfect, in terminal spikes. 

 Calyx obliquely campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped; upper lip strongly 

 arcuate, produced into a long filiform upcurved beak, enclosing the long style; 

 lower lip 3-lobed. the lateral lobes reflexed. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending 

 under the upper lip; anthers approximate in pairs; sacs transverse, parallel. 

 Capsule compressed, beaked, loculicidal. 



