FIGWORT FAMILY 



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47. Castilleja oblongifolia A. Gray. Oblong-leaved Indian Paint-brush. 



Fig. 4891. 



Castilleja oblongifolia A. Gray, Syn. Fl.. N. Amer. 2*: 296. 1878. 



Plant presumably perennial, pubescent, the stem and inflorescence hirsute, the stems 

 ascending, lax, more than 5 dm. long. Leaves oblong, acute, entire ; bracts and calyces presum- 

 ably distally red, the former oblong-ovate and acuminate ; calyx 30-32 mm. long, cleft medianly 

 about half its length, laterally 8-9 mm. into lance-attenuate lobes; corolla 40-45 mm. long, its 

 galea 20-25 mm. long, attenuate, finely pubescent dorsally, its lower lip 2 mm. long, somewhat 

 protuberant, rudimentary. 



Known only from original collection on Cuyamaca Peak of southern San Diego County, California. 



48. Castilleja miniata Dougl. Great Red Indian Faint-brush. Fig. 4892. 



Castilleja miniata Dougl. ex Hook. Fl. Bor. Amcr. 2: 106. 1838. 

 Castilleja pallida var. miniata A. Gray, Amer. Journ. Sci. 84: 335. 1862. 

 Castilleja montana Congdon, Erythea 7: 188. 1900. 

 Castilleja crispula Piper, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 11: 516. 1906. 

 Castilleja miniata var. crispula Nels. & Macbr. Bot. Gaz. 61: 45. 1916. 



Plant perennial, glabrous or sometimes pubescent, the inflorescence villose-pubescent, the 

 stems clustered, several or many, herbaceous throughout, erect, simple or somewhat branched 

 above, 4-8 dm. tall. Leaves narrowly to widely lanceolate, acute, entire or the upper occasionally 

 with a pair of short lobes ; bracts and calyces distally usually scarlet-red or -vermillion, but vary- 

 ing in hue from red to occasionally flame-scarlet and sometimes duller or paler or both ; most or at 

 least the upper bracts with a pair of slender lobes ; calyx 17-25 mm. long, cleft medianly one- 

 half to two-thirds its length, laterally 3-7 mm. into lance-attenuate lobes; corolla 20-35 mm. 

 long, its galea 10-20 mm. long, attenuate to a blunt apex, finely pubescent (distally with gland- 

 lipped hairs) dorsally, with red thin margins, its lower lip 1-2 mm. long, dark green, protuberant- 

 incurved; capsule 10-12 mm. long. 



Sandy or loam soil, meadows, thickets, or openings in coniferous forest. Transition Zone to Hudsonian 

 Zone; British Columbia to southern California, east to Alberta, Montana, and Colorado. T>pe locality: Blue 

 Mountains. May-Sept. 



49. Castilleja elata Piper. Slender Indian Paint-brush. Fig. 4893. 



Castilleja elata Piper, Smiths. Misc. Coll. SO: 201. 1907. 



Plant perennial, glabrous below the glandular-pubescent to -hirsute inflorescence. Stems 

 solitary or few, erect, slender, herbaceous throughout, simple or little-branched, 4-7 dm. tall; 

 leaves usually linear-lanceolate, acute, entire; bracts and calyces distally or wholly dull red- 

 purple or dull red-orange, at least the upper bracts with a pair of lobes; calyx 9-17 mm. long, 

 cleft medianly about half its length, laterally 2-3 mm. into lance-attenuate lobes ; corolla 15-27 

 mm. long, its galea 8-19 mm. long, attenuate, glandular-puberulent dorsally, with purple thin 

 margins, its lower lip 1-2 mm. long, dark green, protuberant-incurved ; capsule 6-8 mm. long. 



Bogs or moist soil, usually on serpentine, Humid Transition Zone; Klamath Mountains, southwestern Oregon 

 and northwestern California. Type locality: Josephine County, Oregon. May-Aug. 



4891 

 4891. Castilleja oblongifolia 



4892 

 4892. Castilleja miniata 



4893 

 4893. Castilleja elata 



