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parvo fere bipartite, lobis oblongis divergentibus ; seminibus inordinate 

 tuberculatis. — Upper Valley of the Sacramento, south of Mount 

 Shasta, Brewer. Lake County, Torrey. Mount Bullion, Mariposa 

 County, Bolander. 



Var. ovalifolium: foliis ovalibus retusis, superioribus emarginatis, 

 ramealibus parvis orbiculatis ; calyce breviore, segmentis oblongis. 

 With Prof. Brewer's specimens from the Upper Sacramento. — Larger 

 leaves about an inch long, including the petiole. Flower 5 or nearly 

 6 lines long ; lower lip, with its very prominent palate and oval lobes, 

 very much larger than the upper. 



Antirrhinum vagans : pilis patentissimis rigidulis interdum glan- 

 dulosis hirsutum, nunc glabratum ; foliis lanceolatis oblongisve, rame- 

 alibus nunc lineai'ibus nunc orbiculatis ; calycis segmentis valde inse- 

 qualibus, postico angusto- seu lato-oblongo obtusissimo 3 - 5-nervi 

 corollfe tubo fequilongo, caeteris linearibus ; corollae purpureas ? sacco 

 amplo, labio superiori bilobo palatum ada?quante ; seminibus inordinate 

 tuberculatis. — Near San Francisco, valley of the Upper Sacramento, 

 and other parts of California, collected by Fremont, Brewer, Bolander, 

 Torrey, Heermann, &c. Also a ver}^ glandular-hirsute form by the 

 late Mr. Bridges. Flowers from 6 to 8 lines long, sometimes much 

 scattered, often rather crowded and racemose or spicate at the upper 

 part of the branches. 



Var. Bolanderi: floribus in axillis valde remotis; foliis superioribus 

 orbiculatis vel subcordatis ; calycis raaxime in^equalis segmento postico 

 late ovali. — In the Redwoods, jNIariii County, Bolander. This vari- 

 able species, and especially the variety here indicated, well shows the 

 cirrhose character of the slender branchlets, which frequently hook or 

 coil with one or two turns around some slender object, the coil thickening 

 and hardening as in analogous cases. 



§ 2. Maurandella. {Maurandice sp. personatfe.) Corolla palato 

 prominente faucem vix ac ne vix claudente. Filamenta sursum vix 

 ampliata. Capsula fere sequalis. Semina fere Antirrhinastri. — Herbse 

 pedunculis petiolisve flexuosis vel cirrhiformibus sjepius scandentes, 

 foliis plerisque alternis. 



* Herbge annuse, pedunculis elongatis tantura scandentes vel erectse, 

 basi pilosje, c^terum glabrae ; foliis integris, petiolis brevibus rectis vel 

 subnullis. 



A. STRiCTUM {Maurandia stricta, Hook. & Arn., Benth.) : caule 

 erecto 1 - 2-pedali ; foliis lanceolatis, floralibus linearibus ; pedunculis 



