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yellow with 2 small purple dots at base and 3 larger ones toward summit, the subulate erect 

 teeth small, with purple dot at base, about 1 mm. short of the pubescent galea. 



Grassy hillsides, mostly Upper Sonoran Zone; Sierra Nevada foothills from Placer County to Kern County, 

 rare northward to Shasta County, California. Type locality: in mountain pastures of the Sacramento region. 

 April-June. 



10. Orthocarpus attenuatus A. Gray, Narrow-leaved Orthocarpus. Fig. 4832. 



Orthocarpus attenuatus A. Gray, Pacif. R. Rep. 4: 121. 18S7. 



Erect slender stem usually unbranched, 1-3.5 dm. high, the herbage canescent throughout. 

 Leaves very narrowly linear-lanceolate, long-attenuate, the upper ones with a pair of filiform 

 lobes, 2-6 cm. long ; spike narrow but congested, elongated ; bracts gradually becoming broader 

 and shorter than the leaves, 15-20 mm. long, the 3 lobes whitish (sometimes purplish) at very 

 tip ; calyx nearly as long as corolla, the subequal lobes white-tipped ; corolla whitish or some- 

 times purple-tinged, 10-25 mm. long, narrow throughout, the shallow lower lip purple-dotted at 

 least at base and apex, with prominent erect teeth nearly equaling the subulate galea. 



Grassy slopes and flats. Upper Sonoran Zone; Vancouver Island to northern Lower California; also in 

 Chile. Type locality: Corte Madera, Marin County, California. April-May. 



11. Orthocarpus luteus Nutt. Yellow Orthocarpus. Fig. 4833. 



Orthocarpus luteus Nutt. Gen. 2: 57. 1818. 

 Orthocarpus strictus Benth. Scroph. Indicae 13. 1835. 



Stem erect, slender, seldom branched, pilose and glandular-pubescent, 1-4 dm. high. Leaves 

 hispidulous and glandular, linear-lanceolate, attenuate, 1.5-4 cm. long, usually entire, dark 

 green and drying blackish ; spike very narrow, loose below, bracts mostly 3-lobed, the central 

 lobe lance-ovate, the small divergent lateral lobes only half as long; calyx half as long as 

 corolla, the lobes deltoid-lanceolate, subequal; corolla golden yellow, scarcely exserted, 9-12 

 mm. long, glandular-pubescent except on the lower lip, the broad tube gradually expanding into 

 the elongated shallow lower lip which is glabrous within, its soft blunt teeth ciliate, the broad 

 cucullate galea minutely incurved apically, about equaling the lower lip. 



Moist fields and meadows. Arid Transition and Canadian Zones; British Columbia, southward east of the 

 Cascades to Mono and Fresno Counties, California; much commoner through the Rocky Mountains from Sas- 

 katchewan and the Dakotas to New Mexico. Type locality: "On the plains of the Missouri." July-Aug. 



12. Orthocarpus bracteosus Benth. Rosy Orthocarpus. Fig. 4834. 



Orthocarpus bracteosus Benth. Scroph. Indicae 13. 1835. 



Orthocarpus bracteosus var. albus Keck, Proc. Calif. Acad. IV. 16: 554. 1927. 



Stem erect, slender, simple or with appressed branches above, pubescent, somewhat glandular, 

 1-4 dm. high. Leaves linear-lanceolate, attenuate, 2-4 cm. long, the lower entire, the upper with 

 a pair of very narrow lateral lobes ; spike dense, elongated ; bracts closely imbricated, obtuse or 

 rounded at base, 3-cleft, the acuminate lateral lobes narrower, glandular-pubescent, somewhat 

 hispid-ciliate, the uppermost tinged with purple; calyx green, 6-10 mm. long, hidden by the 

 bracts; corolla rose-purple, somewhat exserted, 12-20 mm. long, the tube exceeding the calyx, 

 gradually expanding into an ample puberulent toothless lower lip 5-7 mm. long, the broad 

 pubescent galea scarcely exceeding the lower lip, and with a short inflexed papery beak. 



Moist meadows. Transition Zones; Vancouver Island to Oregon mostly west of the Cascades, thence south- 

 ward to the cast of the Cascades to Plumas County, California. Type locality: Columbia River. June-July. 



13 Orthocarpus tenuifolius (Pursh) Benth. Thin-leaved Orthocarpus. 



Fig. 4835. 



Bartsia tenuifolia Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 429. 1814. 



Orthocarpus tenuifolius Benth. Scroph. Indicae 12. 1835. 



Orthocarpus linearifolius Benth. ex A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 19: 95. 1883. 



Stem erect, slender, simple or with appressed branches above, the herbage densely crisped- 

 puberulent and becoming hispid-hirsute above, 1-3 dm. high. Leaves very narrow, tapering from 

 the base or filiform throughout, the upper with 1 or 2 pairs of divergent filiform lobes; spike 

 dense, cylindric ; bracts closely imbricated, nearly concealing the flowers, chartaceous, 10-20 

 mm. long, the midlobe ovate or broadly oblong, obtuse or semicircular at apex, with a basal pair 

 of divaricate lance-subulate lobes, prominently hispid-ciliate below, purple-tipped; calyx 7-12 

 mm. long; corolla yellow or apically tinged with purple, pubescent at least on the galea, 14-20 

 mm. long, the lower lip rather shallow, exceeded 1 mm. by the sharply hook-ed galea. 



Open woods, meadows and prairies. Arid Transition Zone; southern British Columbia to eastern Oregon, east 

 to Montana. Type locality: "On the banks of Clarck's river." June-Aug. 



14. Orthocarpus barbatus Cotton. Grand Coulee Orthocarpus. Fig. 4836. 



Orthocarpus barbatus Cotton, Bull. Torrey Club 29: 574. 1902. 



Stem erect, simple or with several appressed branches, pilose, 8-25 cm. high. Leaves scabrous- 

 pubescent, entire or deeply 3- to 5-cleft with linear-attenuate lobes, 2^ cm. long ; spike yellowish 

 green, the flowers nearly concealed by the closely imbricated bracts; bracts abruptly different 

 from the leaves, papery, ovate, acute, puberulent, hispid-ciliate, 10-18 mm. long, 5-12 mm. wide, 

 3- or 5-cleft into lance-subulate lobes; calyx 8-9 mm. long; corolla yellow, 10-12 mm. long, the 



