856 SCROPHULARIACEAE 



Leaves narrowly linear or filiform, the obtuse tips callose-thickened ; inflorescence a 1-3- 

 flowered head-like cluster subtended by several 3-lobed outer bracts (the segments often 

 usually involute), the flowering bract and calyx distally or wholly dull violet-purple, ending in 

 callose, often dark or blackish tips; flowering bract usually 13-15 mm. long, narrowly oblong, 

 rounded, entire or nearly so; calyx usually 13-15 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, acute and 

 slightly bifid; corolla 13-16 mm. long, its throat dorsally dark red or brown, ventrally 

 greenish yellow, its galea proximally reddish brown, distally pale greenish yellow, at apex 

 slightly brownish, distally medianly finely pubescent, laterally with pale membranous margins, 

 its lower lip horizontally widened and hollowed so as to embrace much of galea, greenish 

 yellow, with 5 maroon lines, externally pubescent, internally glabrous, the margin of the shallow 

 lobes incurved ; stamens 4, the anthers alike and the filaments all bearded ; capsule 7 mm. long. 



Gravelly soil, mostly on serpentine. Transition Zones; Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon and 

 northwestern California, north on eastern slope of Cascade Mountains to Deschutes County, Oregon. Type 

 locality: near Waldo, Josephine County, Oregon. July-Aug. 



20. Cordylanthus pallescens Pennell. Pallid Bird's-beak. Fig. 4935. 



Cordylanthtis pallescens Pennell, Proc. Acad. Phila. 99: 197. 1947. 



Plants 3-6 dm. tall, with many ascending branches, finely pubescent with spreading hairs 

 of which only some on the stem below the inflorescence are gland-tipped. Leaves numerous on 

 lower part of plant, distally small and remote, linear and tending to involute, obtuse ; inflores- 

 cence a 1-3-flowered cluster, subtended by several 3-lobed outer bracts, the segments flat 

 and widened distally to rounded apices, the flowering bract and calyx greenish yellow, with 

 dark vinaceous tips; flowering bract 13-17 mm. long, oblong, rounded or minutely 3-toothed 

 at apex ; calyx 14-18 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, slightly bifid with purple-brown tips ; 

 corolla 12-13 mm. long, its throat laterally garnet-brown, dorsally paler, ventrally yellowish 

 white; its galea white, minutely pubescent dorsally, the rounded hardened yellowish apex fitting 

 into concavity of lower lip, the lateral membranous margin white ; its lower lip horizontally 

 widened and hollowed so as to embrace much of galea, externally pubescent, internally glabrous, 

 the margins of the shallow lobes incurved; stamens 4, the anthers alike and the filaments all 

 bearded ; capsule 7 mm. long. 



Gravelly andesitic soil, Arid Transition Zone; western base of Mount Shasta, northern California. Type 

 locality: Mount Shasta City, Siskiyou County, California. July-Aug. 



Cordylanthus capillari* Pennell, Notulae Naturae No. 223.1. 1950. Plants glabrous, branched. Stems and 

 leaves filiform; clusters 1-flowered, subtended by several 3-lobed outer bracts, the flowering bract and calyx equal, 

 15-16 mm. long; corolla 13-14 mm. long, the throat garnet-brown, galea pale, lower lip externally pubescent, 

 internally glabrous; stamens and anthers all alike, the filaments all bearded. Alkaline soil, San Joaquin Valley. 

 Seen only from Volta, Merced County, California, the type locality. June-Aug. 



2L Cordylanthus pilosus A. Gray. Hairy Bird's-beak. Fig. 4936. 



Cordylanthus pilosus A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 7: 382. 1868. 

 Adenostegia pilosa Greene, Pittonia 2: 180. 1891. 



Plants 5-8 dm. tall, with many ascending branches, the herbage hirsute with glandless 

 hairs and also pubescent with shorter gland-tipped hairs. Leaves linear, entire, obtuse ; inflores- 

 cence a cluster of usually 2 or 3 flowers, subtended by 1 or 2 outer bracts which are enlarged 

 and callosely truncate or angled at apex ; flowering bract purplish, lance-oblong, obtuse or 

 mucronately rounded; calyx 17-19 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, distally slightly bidentate; 

 corolla 14-15 mm. long (not seen fresh), its throat about equally wide sagittally and horizon- 

 tally, its galea dorsally glabrescent, with minutely pubescent dark decurved beak, laterally with 

 pale membranous margins ; its lower lip slightly pouched, externally minutely pubescent, 

 internally glabrous, the margin of the shallow lobes incurved; stamens 4, the anthers nearly 

 alike and the filaments all bearded ; capsule 8 mm. long. 



Open hillsides. Upper Sonoran Zone; counties around San Francisco Bay, California. Type locality: 

 Oakland Hills, California. July-Sept. 



22. Cordylanthus diffusus Pennell. Diffuse Bird's-beak. Fig. 4937. 



Cordylanthus diffusus Pennell, Proc. Acad. Phila. 99: 197. 1947. 



Plants 4-8 dm. tall, with many widely ascending-spreading slender branches, canescent- 

 pubescent with fine hairs, the stems with fine gland-bearing hairs below the inflorescences or 

 else the plants glabrous throughout. Leaves linear or narrowly linear, entire, obtuse ; inflores- 

 cence a cluster of 1-3 flowers, subtended by a few outer bracts which are enlarged and usually 

 eccentrically angled at apex, the flowering bract and calyx ciliate-pubescent ; flowering bract 

 14-15 mm. long, brownish but with 5 green ribs, lance-oblong, obtuse or rounded; calyx 15-16 

 mm. long, green, 5-ribbed, narrowly lanceolate, distally bidentate; corolla 13-14 mm. long, 

 yellowish, its throat horizontally widened, white, its galea dorsally glabrescent, pale yellow 

 with vinaceous flecking proximally. with glabrous decurved beak and with pale membranous 

 lateral margins, its lower lip slightly pouched, externally minutely pubescent distally and 

 laterally, internally glabrous, the margins of the shallow lobes incurved; stamens 4, the anthers 

 nearly alike and the filaments all bearded ; capsule 7 mm. long. 



Onen soil or among bushes, especially on serpentine, Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones; Coast Ranges 

 from Trinity County to Lake County, California. Type locality: 7 miles south of Middletown, Lake County, 

 California. July-Sept. 



