CATALOGUE. 
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ascending, longitudinally striate, and narrowly margined on the ventral side. — 
Collected only by Tolmie in Southern Idaho, but not rare in the Wahsatch 
Mountains, Utah ; 6-9,000 feet altitude; June- August. The radicle is 
described by Bentham in his generic character as inferior; in this species as 
in the following it is, at least sometimes, superior. (814.) 
Oethocarpus luteus, Nutt. DC. Prod?: 10. 536. Somewliat resem- 
bling the last, but hispid, with the branches erect and strict ; spikes elon- 
gated and rather dense ; bracts oblong or ovate, entire or 3-lobed or very 
rarely 5-lobed, the segments acute or obtusish ; calyx 3-4" long, tlic lanrt'- 
olate or ovate acute teeth a little shorter than the tube ; corolla pu])escent 
and the margins of the galea more hairy, little exceeding Ww Ijracts; cap- 
sule 3" long, oblong, obtuse, many-seeded ; seeds small. — Ovaiy ahout 3<i- 
ovuled, the ovules more or less pendulous, and orthotroj)ous, canipylo^ ropous- 
reniform or anatropous even in the same ovary. From ilic Saskaiclicwaii 
and Red River of the North to Washington Territory and soiilliward in Die 
Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. Washoe and Ruby Valleys, Nevada ; 
4,500-6,000 feet altitude; July-September. (815.) 
Oethocarpus pilosus. Perennial (?), pilose-pubescent ; stems rather 
stout, ascending, branched, 10' high ; leaves 2-3' long, lanceolate, 3-nerved, 
divaricately few-lobed, the middle lobe broad, dilated and rounded al t lie 
apex; calyx cleft nearly to the base anteriorly, 4-lob('(l to llic middle, nearly 
equaling the (9" long) puberulent yellowish corolla ; lip 3-plicate, mode- 
rately dilated, the narrow oblong teeth nearly half shorter than tlie st raiirlH 
acute galea; capsule 4" long, oblong, acute ; seeds small, i)ilte(l. — Collected 
only by Stretch in Washoe Valley, Nevada ; a single specimen in Herb. 
Torrey. 
CoRDYLANTiius ^ CAPITATUS, Niitt. DC. Prodr, 10. 597. Gray, I. c, 
382. Erect, 1-2° high, branched, pilose-pubescent; leaves pinna<i(id, 3- 
clefl or mostly entire, floral ones 3-cleft or sid)pinnalilld : ll.nvrrs eapilale 
' CORDYLANTHUS, Nutt. Calyx l-2-l.>avo.l, spatl.e-lik<>, tho lo.avos n.-rv. ,i. . : r - ;h. > ..f-'-r 
one cmarginate or rarely 2-cleft. Corolla iuhular. sli-htly -iilat.-.l uj-uanl : hp- si, 
in length, the lower hroad an<l with three vi y nMiisr aii.l slmrt , icnatiu,,-. Scmi. ir- . 
as in OrthocarpuH. Anther-cells either pilos.-eiiiaf e or with ili- ha^- a,.i a,H X jiiu.ul. Iy h.-ar. . a. >.> l- 
usnullv with an nneinatelv inlh.xe.l aprx-. thi. k-n.-l I-n- ari. ih. - nnr- ,,.,,,,... ,1 M,;,nna Ov„l. , ~. ^- ral. 
ascending, almost orthotropnns with a n.inut.' h. ak that b-ron,, . r- ii,-,x.-.i. . au.i.yh.t r-.i-us-n tulunn. 
Capsule conii.resse.l, loetilici.lal. Seeds few or rath-r n.nti.T..n>. ihe ••"••letis -.nail m • 
the testa, narrow, n.^arJy strai-lit, apimlate : ra.li. Je .niK ri..r.-Aiinual hran. hni- i 
leaves, the yello%r or dull-purple llotter.'i capitate, .vpicale ur in panicle.^ at the eitreniiti. > iu. i.i.i,.. i,es. 
Gray, Proc. Amer. AcaA. 7. 331. 
