FIGWORT FAMILY 775 



strongly curved, forming an angle of over 50° with calyx; corolla 2-3 times length 

 of calyx, its upper lip erect-spreading. 13. C. sparsiflora. 



Inflorescence glandular-pubescent; calyx-lobes obtuse-rounded to acute, little or no longer than the capsule; 

 seeds few to a cell. 



Capsule 5-6 mm. long, globose-ovoid, the seeds usually 3 to a cell; calyx-lobes ovate, equaling the tube; 

 bracts and upper leaf-blades rounded to base, the blades nearly oblong. 14. C. callosa. 



Capsule 2.5— l(-5) mm. long, ovoid or obovoid, the seed usually 1 to a cell (1—3 in C. Rattanii); calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, longer than the tube; bracts and leaf-blades narrowed to 

 base. 



Fruiting pedicels ascending-spreading or ascending; upper bracts gradually smaller than lower, 

 rarely less than half as long as pedicels. 



Corolla pale violet or whitish, violet-lined, the upper lip ascending and longer than the lower; 

 calyx-lobes exceeding the capsule; leaf -blades and lower bracts oblong or oblanceolate. 



IS. C. Childii. 



Corolla violet or purple, less strongly or not lined, the upper lip strongly upcurved but shorter 

 than the lower; calyx-lobes about equaling or shorter than the capsule. 

 Upper corolla-lip dark violet, at base with lateral ridges that project as knobs over orifice, 

 the lower lip with lowermost as long as the lateral lobes; corolla-throat one and a 

 half to twice as long as wide. 16. C. Greenei. 



Upper corolla-lip paler, yellowish white, at base obscurely or not ridged or knobbed, the 

 lower lip with lowermost shorter than the lateral lobes; corolla-throat no longer than 

 wide. 17. C. Rattanii. 



Fruiting pedicels deflexed-spreading; upper lip of corolla white, the lower blue-violet; upper 

 bracts abruptly smaller than lower, subulate, less than a third as long as the pedicels. 

 Corolla 6-9 mm. long, the lower lip with lowermost shorter than to usually about equaling the 



lateral lobes; capsule usually wider than long. 18. C. Torreyi. 



Corolla 4-5 mm. long, the lower lip with lowermost one-half to two-thirds length of lateral 



lobes; capsule no wider than long. 19. C. IVrightii, 



1. Collinsia concolor Greene. Southern Chinese Houses. Fig. 4734. 



Collinsia concolor Greene, Erythea 3: 49. 1895. 



Collinsia bicolor var. concolor Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 902. 1925. 



Plant 3-6 dm. tall, the stem canescent-puberulent or distally minutely glandular. Leaf- 

 blades lanceolate, obtuse, crenate-dentate to entire, glabrous, 2-5 cm. long, rounded to nearly 

 sessile bases ; inflorescence of clusters of short-pedicelled flowers, its lowest bracts foliose, the 

 middle and upper reduced and linear, each equaled or exceeded by its fascicle of 3-5 flowers ; 

 calyx-tube villose, 2-3 mm. long, the oblong-ovate minutely pubescent lobes 3-4 mm. long ; 

 corolla 10-14 mm. long, basal pouch rounded ; upper lip violet, but proximally white with 

 small maroon spots ; lower lip slightly larger, its lateral lobes violet and loosely pilose on 

 upper surface, its lowermost lobe shorter and distally villose over exposed lower surface; fila- 

 ments all simple; capsule 4 mm. long; seeds 1.5 mm. long, slightly incurved. 



Thin granitic soil. Upper Sonoran Zone; coastal mountains from San Bernardino County, southern Cali- 

 fornia, south to northern Lower California. Type locality: San Diego County, California. April-June. 



2. Collinsia heterophylla Buist. Purple-and-white Chinese Houses. Fig. 4735. 



Collinsia bicolor Benth. Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. II. 1: 480. 1835. Not C. bicolor Raf. 

 Collinsia heterophylla Buist ex R. Graham, Bot. Mag. 65: pi. 3695. 1838. 

 Collinsia hernandezii Elmer, Bot. Gaz. 41: 310. 1906. 



Plant 3-6 dm. tall, the stem slightly puberulent or distally finely glandular-pubescent. Leaf- 

 blades lanceolate, obtuse or obtusish, dentate to nearly entire, glabrous, reaching 2)-6 cm. long, 

 rounded to short ciliate petioles ; inflorescence of clusters of short-pedicelled flowers, its lowest 

 bracts foliose, the middle and upper reduced and linear, each equalled or exceeded by its fascicle 

 of 1, or usually 2, flowers ; calyx-tube pubescent to villose, 2 mm. long, the lanceolate finely 

 pubescent lobes 5-6 mm. long; corolla 15-20 mm. long, basal pouch raised and obtusely rounded; 

 upper lip white or pale bluish, but proximally with many small maroon dots ; lower lip slightly 

 larger, its lateral lobes purple and its lowermost lobe much shorter, paler, and glabrous ; upper 

 pair of filaments each bearing at base an erect awn-like process that projects upward into the 

 nectar-pouch ; capsule 5 mm. long ; seeds 2 mm. long, incurved, round and caplike. 



Sandy or stony soil. Lower and Upper Sonoran, or on the coast Humid Transition Zone; from Mendocino and 

 Butte Counties, northern California, south to northern Lower California. Type locality: mistakenly supposed 

 to be from the Columbia River. March-June. 



3. Collinsia austromontana (Newsom) Pennell. Downy-leaved Chinese Houses, 



Fig. 4736. 



Collinsia bicolor var. austromontana Newsom, Bot. Gaz. 87 : 277. 1929. 



Plant 2-3 dm. tall, the stem finely canescent-puberulent or distally glandular-pubescent. 

 Leaf-blades oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, crenate-dentate, pale and finely pubescent beneath, reaching 

 3-3.5 cm. long, rounded to short ciliate petioles; inflorescence of clusters of short-pedicelled 

 flowers, its lowest bracts foliose, the middle and upper reduced and narrowly oblong, each 

 equalled or exceeded by its subtended fascicle of usually 2 flowers ; calyx-tube pubescent to 

 villose, 2-3 mm. long, the oblong finely pubescent lobes 4-5 mm. long; corolla 12-14 mm. long, 

 basal pouch rounded ; upper lip much shorter than the lower which has widely oblanceolate 

 lateral lobes and its lowermost lobe glabrous and the shortest ; upper filaments with basal 

 spurs 1 mm. or less long. 



In chaparral, Upper Sonoran Zone; San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains, southern California. Type 

 locality: Brown's Flats, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California. May-July. 



