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Kefs. — MoNARDELLA BREWEKI Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7:386 (1867), type loe. Corral Hollow, 

 n. end Mt. Hamilton Range, Brewer 1213 ; Jepson, PI. W. Mid. Cal. 464 (1901), ed. 2, 363 (If'll), 

 Man. 884 (1925). Madronella breweri Greene, Lflts. 1:168 (1906). Monardella elmeri Abrams, 

 Muhl. 8:43 (1912), type loc. Acton, Elmer 3681 ; Jepson Man. 884 (1925). 



15. M. doug-lasii Beiitli. (Fig. 443.) Stems loosely branched, 4 to 12 inches 

 high ; herbage below bracts pubescent, often hispidulous ; leaf-blades narrowly 

 oblong or lanceolate, entire, % to iy2 inches long, short-petioled, the upper some- 

 what resinous-dotted; heads on terminal or axillary peduncles; bracts ovate and 

 ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, resinous-dotted, with strong pinnate ribs confluent 

 along the margin and hirsutulose, the spaces between them silvery-searious ; calyx 

 sparingly hirsute-pubescent above, the teeth 



triangular-lanceolate, hirsute within, in age 

 connivent at their tips; corolla deep purple, 

 the tube little exserted beyond the cuspidate 

 calyx-teeth ; lobes of upper lip ending in a cup- 

 like gland, the 3 lower lobes also ending in a 

 gland, or only one of them glandular. 



Hillslopes, 500 to 3500 feet : Coast Ranges 

 from Contra Costa County to southeastern 

 Monterey Co., mostly in the inner range, not 

 in the outer range save occasionally on the east 

 slope. June-July. 



Geog. note. — Of interest for its fenestrate bracts, 

 which are suggestive of the wings of certain Neurop- 

 teran insects, Monardella douglasii is a well-marked 

 endemic of the South Coast Eanges back of the coast, 

 best kno\vn in the inner range. Its longitudinal dis- 

 tribution, as to its typical form, covers about 150 miles. 

 Within its range it is relatively a rare plant, or at least 

 infrequently collected : Donner Caiion, Mt. Diablo, 

 Bowerman 2327; Moraga Valley, Bolander 2499; Oak- 

 land Hills, Bretc; Mt. Hamilton, H. J. Smith; Gilroy 

 (hills w.), Jepson 50j ; Stone Caiion, se. Monterey Co., 

 CoTidit. 



Var. venosa (Torr.) Jepson. Stouter, about 6 

 inches high; bracts broadly ovate, larger (equaling or 

 exceeding corollas), purplish, strongly hirsute-ciliate, 

 with larger fenestrae, the hairs of the fenestrae reduced 

 and scarcely evident. — East side of the Sacramento 

 Valley, apparently very rare: Marysville; Chico. 



Rcfs. — Monardella douglasii Benth., Lab. Gen. 

 et Sp. 332 (1834), type from Cal., Donqlas; Jepson, Fl. 



W. Mid. Cal. 464 (1901), ed. 2, 363 (1911), Man. 884, fig. 829 (1925). Madronella douglasn 

 Greene, Lflts. 1:168 (1906). Var. venosa (Torr.) Jepson. Monardella candicans Benth. var. 

 venosa Torr., Pac. R. Rep. 4:123 (1857), type loc. plains of Feather River, near Marysville, Bige- 

 low. Monardella douglasii var. parryi Jepson, Man. 884 (1925), type loc. Chico, Butte Co., Parry. 



16. M. candicans Benth. Stem simple below, somewhat branched above, 5- to 

 15 inches high ; herbage puberulent; leaf -blades lanceolate to oblong, obtuse, entire, 

 ^2 to 11/2 inches long, petioled; bracts ovate, acute or obtuse, hirtellous, greenish 

 with a very narrow white border, the areas between the parallel nerves scarious 

 but with cross veinlets; calyx-tube microscopically puberulent, its broad teeth 

 white-tipped, villous; corolla white, its tube moderately exserted. 



Dry shaded hillslopes, 500 to 2500 feet: Sierra Nevada foothills from Nevada 

 Co. to Kern Co. May-June. 



Geog. note. — Monardella candicans, an extremely well-marked species, is not an abundant 

 plant and the known localities are comparatively few. As with many other species endemic in 

 the Sierra Nevada foothills, its distribution is featured by a gap, namely, the Kaweah River sys- 

 tem, as it ranges south. 



Locs. — Auburn, Placer Co. (Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 12:88) ; Sweetwater Creek, Eldorado Co., 

 K. Brandegee; Coppcropolis, Calaveras Co., Davy 1334; Oakdalo (8 mi. e.), Hoover 1036; Agua 



Fig. 

 Benth. 

 volucre, 

 X 12. 



443. Monardella DOtiGLASii 

 a, habit, X % ; 6> bract of in- 

 X iy2; c, fl., X IVa; <2, gland, 



