188 ERYTHEA. 



varying to oblong or ovate-lanceolate, veiny. Flowers short- 

 pedicellate, in the forks and axillary along the branches. Calyx 

 ovoid, strongly plicate-angled in the manner of M. subsecundus, 

 somewhat oblique, with acutely triangular, nearly equal teeth. 

 Corolla 1 in. long, with a slender, deeply crimson or purple tube, 

 hardly any throat, with an abruptly and widely expanded, whitish 

 or pale pink limb. Capsule oblong-linear, loosely invested by, and 

 not longer than the inflated, plicate-angled calyx. 



This is nearest in structure to M. subsecundus Gray, but differs 

 in its substantially erect growth, larger, paler, and parti-colored 

 more showy flowers. Among the chemisal in the lower foot-hills, 

 May, June. 



Castilleia montana. Perennial. Plant with a short, harsh, 

 not hirsute pubescence, varying to nearly glabrous. Stem slender, 

 leafy, strictly erect, 2 to 4 ft. high, simple or with a few, divari- 

 cately spreading, slender, strict branches, the stem and branches 

 terminating in short, dense spikes in flower 1 to 2 in. long, but 

 which lengthen in fruit to 3 to 4 in. Leaves 1 to 1^ in. long, 

 oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, entire, thin, 

 strictly sessile. Flowers all sessile, bright red, showy. Calyx 

 deeper cleft before than behind, with two oblong divisions each 

 deeply parted into two long, linear-subulate lobes. Bracts similarly 

 lobed. Corolla very slender, arcuate, 1 to 1^ in. long, the upper 

 lip as long as the tube, the lower lip almost as short as in C. 

 miniata. 



This has been confused with C. aflinis, a plant of the coast, while 

 this belongs to the high Sierras at 4,000 to 6,000 ft. and is strik- 

 ingly marked by its slender divaricate branches, shorter, more com- 

 pact, more showy spikes. Wawona and Yosemite region generally, 

 July, August. 



Orthocarpus flariposanus. Subgenus Triphysaria. Plant 

 more or less hirsute, almost shaggy above. Stems slender, erect, 

 mostly simple, 3 to 9 inches high. Leaves and bracts pinnately 

 divided into long setaceous divisions. Flowers in short, compact, 

 1 in. high heads which become looser and somewhat elongated in 

 fruit. Bracts with the lobes nearly as long as the flowers, with 

 enlarged whitish or purplish tips. Calyx-teeth setaceous, longer 



