FIGWORT FAMILY 819 



divided into several divaricate filiform divisions, the herbage usually purplish ; spike lax below, 

 more congested and flat-topped above, the corollas well exserted ; bracts divided into 4-10 hnear 

 divisions, exceeding the 5-8 mm. long calyx ; corolla 10-25 mm. long, the long slender densely 

 pubescent tube much exserted from the calyx, the lower lip abrupt, purplish at base of throat, 

 the much inflated sacs light yellow, 3-4 mm. deep, the purplish teeth inconspicuous ; galea purple- 

 black, slightly curved, somewhat exceeding the lower lip, subulate. 



Valley floors and open slopes, Sonoran Zones; California, very common through the Great Valley from 

 Shasta County to northern Kern County and at low elevations from Mendocino County to San Benito County; 

 rare southward to San Diego County. Type locality: California. March-May. 



Orthocarpus erianthus var. gratiosus Jepson & Tracy, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 941. 1925. Lower lip of 

 corolla with middle lobe yellow, 2 lateral lobes white, purple band prominent around throat. At or near the coast. 

 Humid Transition Zone; Curry County, Oregon, to northern Mendocino County, California, lype locality: 

 Eureka. 



Orthocarpus erianthus var. roseus A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1 : 578. 1876. {Triphysaria versicolor Fisch. & 

 Mey Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 2: 52. 1836; Orthocarpus versicolor Greene, Man. Bay Reg. 283. 1894; C. 

 erianthus var. inopinus Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 941. 1925.) Lower lip of corolla rose-pink or white turning 

 rose-pink, 4-5 mm. deep. The common form along the coast from Mendocino County to San Francisco, rare 

 southward to coastal San Luis Obispo County. Type locality: Noyo, Mendocino County. 



Orthocarpus erianthus var. micrSnthus (A. Gray) Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif, 941 1925. (Orthocarpus 

 Bidwelliae var. micranthus A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed. 2. 2^: 453. 1886; O. micranthus Greene ex He ler, 

 Muhlenbergia 2: 251. 1906.) Herbage often more strongly anthocyanous; corolla 8-15 mm. long, the yellow 

 lower lip only 1-2 mm. deep; stamens often free from the galea. Plains from Mgnposa County to Kern County; 

 also in San Benito and Monterey Counties. Type locality: plains of Fresno County. 



20. Orthocarpus faucibarbatus A. Gray. Smooth Orthocarpus. Fig. 4842. 



Orthocarpus faucibarbatus A. Gray, Pacif. R. Rep. 4: 121. 1857. 



Orthocarpus erianthus var. laevis A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed. 2. 2^: 4S3. 1886. 



Stem simple or corymbosely branched, stramineous, glabrous up to the puberulent inflores- 

 cence, 1-5 dm. high. Leaves 2-8 cm. long, linear-lanceolate, pinnately divided into filiform lobes ; 

 spike 'elongated, the corollas well exserted; bracts gradually differing from the leaves; corolla 

 12-22 mm. long, the very slender tube much exceeding the calyx, the abruptly inflated lower lip 

 2-4 mm. deep, pale sulphur yellow with a row of purple dots on each margin, bearded withm, its 

 teeth less than 1 mm. long ; galea yellowish. 



Valleys away from the immediate coast. Upper Sonoran Zone; California, from Mendocino County to San 

 Francisco Bay. Type locality: Corte Madera, Marin County. April-May. 



Orthocarpus faucibarbatus subsp. albidus Keck, Madrono 5: 164. 1940. Lower lip of the corolla white 

 fading rose, with a greenish yellow spot at the base of each tooth. Along the immediate coast from Lane County, 

 Oregon, to Monterey County, California. Type locality: 3 miles south of the mouth of Russian River, Sonoma 

 County, California. May-June. 



21. Orthocarpus pusillus Benth. Dwarf Orthocarpus. Fig. 4843. 



Orthocarpus pusillus Benth. Scroph. Indicae 12. 1835. 



Orthocarpus densiusculus Gandoger, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 66: 218. 1919. 



Stem slender, with weak ascending branches from the base, 5-25 cm. high, the herbage his- 

 pidulous throughout and with a purplish cast. Leaves 1-3 cm. long, hnear, the upper pmnatifid 

 with filiform divisions ; spike racemose, extending almost to base of plant ; bracts 5-12 mm. long, 

 once or twice pinnatifid with filiform revolute lobes, exceeding the corolla ; calyx 5-7 mm. long, 

 subequally 4-lobed; corolla 4-6 mm. long, dull brownish purple, sparingly hispidulous or glabrous, 

 the slender tube abruptly swelling into the trisaccate lower jip 1 mm. long and barely 1 mm. 

 deep, the broad galea minutely uncinate and exceeding lower lip 0.5-1 mm. 



Grassy fields at low elevations, Upper Sonoran and Humid Transition Zones; British Coluinbia southward 

 west of the Cascades to San Luis Obispo County, California, and rare in the Great Valley of California from 

 Butte County to Stanislaus County. Type locality: California. April-May. 



22. Orthocarpus floribundus Benth. San Francisco Orthocarpus. Fig. 4844. 



Orthocarpus floribundus Benth. Scroph. Indicae 12. 1835. 



Stem openly corymbosely branching throughout, stramineous, glabrous to sparsely hispidu- 

 lous 1-3 dm. high. Leaves 1-4 cm. long, pinnatifid above with many filiform divisions ; spike 

 compact, short, the corollas exserted ; bracts gradually differing from the leaves, the filiform 

 lobes revolute, scabrid ; corolla 9-12 mm. long, cream-colored, the slender glabrous tube exceed- 

 ing the calyx, the abruptly inflated lower lip with 3 divergent spreading oblong sacs 2 mm. 

 deep, pilose within, microscopically papillose without, the small erect teeth ciliolate ; galea hyaline 

 except for the midrib, broad, obtuse, slightly reflexed; stamens exserted from the galea and 

 the open throat, the anthers recoiled. 



Humid Transition Zone; a narrow endemic limited to Point Reyes Peninsula, Mann County and San 

 Francisco Peninsula as far south as San Mateo, San Mateo County, California. Type locality: probably San 

 Francisco. April-May. 



30. CASTILLEJA Mutis ex L. f . Suppl. Syst. Veg. 47. 1781. 



Erect perennial or annual herbs, with alternate leaves and (in ours) spike-like racemes 

 of yellow-, purple-, or red-bracted flowers. Bracteoles none. Calyx of 4 lobes (the upper- 

 most lost), or seemingly of 2 lobes (by fusion of those on each side). Corolla (in ours) 

 greenish, 2-lipped, the upper lip galeate (its petals united to apex), the lower lip shorter 

 and often rudimentary. Stamens 4, didynamous, the anther-cells unequally placed. Capsule 



