344 Labiatae 



the lower with small lateral lobes and a large unguiculate trans- 

 versely oval 2-lobed middle one. 



Frequent throughout our range in the foothills and on the plains. March- 

 Ma y. 



6. BAMONA Greene. 



Perennial aromatic herbs or shrubby plants, with 

 rugose veiny mostly crenulate leaves, and rather showy 

 flowers, capitate-glomerate or sometimes more open and 

 paniculate. Calyx bilabiate, mostly deeply cleft on the 

 lower side as if spathaceous. Corolla strongly 2-lipped, 

 the upper lip spreading, 2-lobed or emarginate. Anther- 

 bearing stamens 2 ; filaments slender, exserted, appar- 

 ently simple and bearing a linear 1-celled anther, or with 

 an articulation showing that the portion above it answers 

 to a filiform connective, the lower end of which some- 

 times projects into a subulate point. Otherwise as in 

 Salvia. (Audibertia Benth.) 



1. R. grandiflora (Benth.) Briquet. Herbaceous, very villous 

 and glandular, aromatic ; stems stout, 3-6 dm. high ; lowest leaves 

 hastate-lanceolate, obtuse, 8-20 cm. long, on margined petioles, 

 the upper oblong, sessile, all very rugose, sinuate-crenate, white- 

 tomentose beneath; flowers densely capitate-glomerate in large 

 interrupted spicate heads; bracts broadly ovate, entire; calyx 

 spathaceous, the orifice oblique, 2 lower teeth very short; corolla 

 crimson, 3 cm. long. 



Frequent on shaded banks in all the mountains. March-May. 



2. R. nivea (Benth.) Briquet. Shrubby below, 9-12 dm. 

 high, hoary white throughout with a close tomentum; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate or the lowest ovate, obtuse; the upper with 

 truncate base, very short-petioled ; flowers in dense verticillate 

 gloinerules and interrupted spicate, much bracteate ; bracts her- 

 baceous oval, or oblong, obtuse and muticous; calyx splitting 

 il<i\\ ii anteriorly, at length emarginate posteriorly, its teeth obtuse 

 and muticous; corolla light purple, about 1 cm. long, its tube 

 scarcely exceeding the calyx; stamens and style much exserted ; 

 connective almost continuous with the filament. 



Occasional In the foothills of the Santa Monica and San Fernando Moun- 

 tains April-July. 



