Figwort Family -•">'» 



tlie upper ones linear or the floral filiform, much shorter than 

 the tortile racemose peduncles; corolla violet-purple, about 1 cm. 

 long, with hairy palate and gibbous base; capsule crustaceous, 

 globose, strongly exceeding the calyx, tipped with the straight 

 style of equal length. 



Occasional at lower altitudes in all our mountains and foothills. 



4. SCROPHULARIA L. Figwort. 



Perennial strong-smelling herbs, with mostly opposite 

 Large leaves, and small flowers in terminal panicled cymes 

 or thyrses. Calyx 5-parted, the lobes mostly obtuse. 

 Corolla irregular, the tube globose or oblong, not gibbous 

 or spurred at the base, the limb 5-lobed, the 2 upper 

 lobes longer erect, the lateral ones ascending, the lower 

 spreading or reflexed. Stamens 5, 4 of them anther- 

 bearing, didynamous, declined, the fifth sterile and re- 

 duced to a scale on the roof of the corolla-tube ; anther- 

 sacs confluent into 1. Style filiform ; stigma capitate 

 or truncate. Capsule ovoid, septicidally dehiscent. Seeds 

 rugose. 



1. S. Californica Cham. Stems erect, 1-2 m. high, glabrous 

 below, above finely glandular-pubescent; leaves ovate, cordate 

 at base, serrate or incised-serrate,-6-18 cm. long; flowers about 8 

 mm. long; corolla dull red. 



Frequent in the foothills and mountains below the pine belt. March- 

 June. 



5. PENTSTEMON Soland. 



Perennial herbs or suffrutescent plants, with opposite 

 or rarely verticillate leaves, and large showy flowers in 

 terminal racemes, panicles or cymes. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Corolla irregular, tubular and often inflated, the limb 

 2-lipped, the upper lip 2-lobed, the lower lip 3-lobed. 

 Stamens 5, included, 4 antheriferous and didynamous, 

 the fifth sterile, as long or shorter than the others; anther- 

 sacs divergent or connivent. Style filiform ; stigma 



