336 SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



3. M. brevipes Benth. Stem simple or branched, 3-6 dm. high, 

 very viscid-pubescent; leaves lanceolate to linear, 3-10 cm. long, 

 entire or commonly denticulate; calyx-teeth very unequal, acumi- 

 nate, the posterior fully half the length of the broadly campanulate 

 tube; corolla yellow, 2,5-4 cm, long, the expanded limb nearly as 

 broad, campanulate, with ample rounded lobes; capsule ovate- 

 acuminate, firm-coriaceous. 



Common on the dry plains and in the foothills. March-June. 



4. M. cardinalis Dougl. Perennial, 8 dm. high; branched from 

 the base, with ascending branches, viscid-pubescent; leaves elliptic- 

 ovate, 5 cm. long or more, dentate, sessile; pedicels longer than the 

 flowers; calyx with equal triangular teeth; corolla scarlet, 3-5 cm. 

 long, the throat yellowish with crimson lines, the tube little exserted, 

 upper lip erect, deeply 2-lobed, the sides turned back until they 

 meet, lower lip deeply 3-lobed, the lateral lobes reflexed, the middle 

 lobe spreading. 



Frequent along streams in the foothills and mountains below the 

 pine belt. May-August. 



5. M. moschatus Dougl. Soft-villous and very viscid, musk- 

 scented; stems weak and reclining, rooting at the nodes, 2-6 dm. 

 long, from perennial creeping rootstocks; leaves oblong-ovate, about 

 2.5 cm. long, remotely dentate, petiolate; calyx-teeth somewhat 

 unequal, about half the length of the tube; corolla yellow, 1,5 cm. 

 long; capsule ovate, acute. 



Occasional along streams about Los Angeles. May-July. 



5a. M. moschatus sessilifolius Gray. Stems ascending, corolla 

 2.5 cm. long; otherwise as in the type. 



Frequent in all the mountains in the pine belt and often extending 

 along the streams down into the chaparral belt. 



6. M. parishii Greene. Annual, erect, rather stout, 3-6 dm. 

 high, very villous and slimy; leaves lanceolate-oblong, sessile, 2.5-5 

 cm. long, dentate or denticulate; pedicels mostly rather short; calyx 

 cylindraccous, 10-12 mm, long in fruit; its teeth short-triangular; 

 corolla slightly exceeding the calyx-teeth, light rose color. 



Occasional along streams, April-July, 



7. M. floribundus Dougl. Annual, slender, diffuse, 1-3 dm. 

 high, villous and very slimy, musk-scented; leaves ovate, 1-2.5 

 cm. long, dentate, short-petioled; pedicels mostly longer than the 

 leaves; calyx narrowly campanulate, 4-6 mm. long; the teeth 

 nearly equal, 1 mm. long; corolla light yellow, mostly twice as long 

 as the calyx; capsule globose-ovate, obtuse. 



Frequent along streams, especially in the foothills and mountains. 

 April-August, 



8. M. langsdorfii grandis Greene. Perennial from stoloniferous 

 or creeping basal branches, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; stems 

 stout, fistulous, often 6-8 dm. high; leaves mostly elliptic, often 6-8 

 cm. long, irregularly dentate, the lower petioled, the upper sessile; 

 flowers in a terminal raceme; calyx in anthesis 8-12 mm. long, in 

 fruit somewhat longer and nearly twice as broad; upper calyx-teeth 



