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middle and tapering at base into a margined petiole of less 

 than its own length : flowers axillary on slender pedicels 

 2-4 times as long as the leaves: calyx 5 mm. long, the pos- 

 terior oblong-lanceolate sepal of the same form and but 

 little longer than the two anterior: corolla yellow, twice the 

 length of the calyx, upper lip entire, pubescent in the throat 

 with glandular hairs: anther cells divergent, the rudiment 

 of the posterior one often present as a minute capitate ap- 

 pendage to the tube: style dilated, barely 2-lobed at apex: 

 valves of the capsule shortly 2-cleft; seeds oblong with a 

 minutely reticulated coat. — San Jorge. 



Veronica peregrina L. — San Julian. 



Castilleia foliolosa Hook & Arn. — El Ranch o Viejo. 



Castilleia stenantha Gray. — Socorro. 



Castilleia Bryanti. Annual, six inches to two feet high, 

 rough-pubescent with spreading hairs: branches from near 

 the base, slender, erect; fruiting spike often much elon- 

 gated: lower two or three pairs of leaves linear, entire, the 

 succeeding divided into 3-7 long-linear lobes: bracts similar 

 to tlie upper leaves, their tips and those of the calyx usually 

 red or ochroleucous: calyx cleft half way, about equally 

 before and behind, the lobes cleft either shortly or for 

 nearly a third of their length into lanceolate segments: 

 corolla about equaling the calyx, 15-18 mm. long; galea less 

 than a third as long as the tube; the lower lip with 3 short 

 incurved lobes: stamens 2, 3 or din the same plant: capsule 

 oblong-oval, half as long as the calyx: seeds minute, the 

 diaphanous coat rather close. — San Jorge, San Esteban. 



Orthocarpus purpurascens var. Palmeri Gray. — San 

 Enrique. 



CoRDYLANTHUS MARITIMUS Nutt. — San Quintin. 



CoRDYLANTHUs Orcuttianus Gray. — Las Huevitas. 



Aphyllon Californicum (Cham. & Sclil.) — El Eosario 



