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small terminal clusters. Herbage viscid-pubescent and 

 strongly scented. Leaves broadly oblong to nearly linear, 

 entire or obscurely toothed, tapering to the base. Calyx 

 papery between the green ribs, with 5 broadly lanceolate 

 acutish teeth. Corolla well exserted, ^ to ^ itt long, with 

 very narrow tube and widely spreading limb, which is some- 

 what 2-lipped, yellow, the throat often with reddish lines and 

 dots. 



It was in 1884 that Mrs. Brandegee and Mr. Hutchings 

 collected the plants which first made this species known. 

 Their specimens were gathered on the southward slopes of 

 Clouds Rest. It is now known to grow, in a dwarf form, 

 on the very summit of that peak, while sandy flats in Little 

 Yosemite Valley are covered with its yellow bloom. It also 

 occurs on Sentinel Dome, El Capitan, Tamarack Flat, Snow 

 Creek, etc., extending down the Sierra Nevada as far as 

 Tulare Co. 



15. M. nanus H. & A. Differs from M. mephiticus in its 

 rose-purple corolla, ^ to ^ m - long, and in the calyx-teeth, 

 which are one-fourth or one-third as long as the tube. As 

 compared with M. torreyi this is a stouter plant, with more 

 branched and leafier stems, the leaves broader. — Mt. Dana 

 and southward at high altitudes. 



16. M. torreyi Gray. Stems 3 in. to 1 ft. high, viscid 

 throughout. Lower leaves rhomboid or oblanceolate, nar- 

 rowed to a short petiole; upper leaves narrower, ^ to 1 in. 

 long, all entire. Calyx oblique, the two lower teeth being 

 shorter than the upper. Corolla pink-purple, l / 2 to Y nn. long, 

 broadly funnelform, 2-lipped. 



This is a slender annual, usually with divergent branches 

 and numerous showy flowers in nearly sessile pairs. It is 

 frequently found in open places at moderate altitudes, rang- 

 ing up to Little Yosemite Valley where it forms red carpets 

 on the valley floor. 



M. leptaleus Gray, is to be expected. It is a small species 

 with small flowers nearly sessile in the axils of spatulate 

 leaves; calyx oblique; corolla crimson, J4 t0 V* m - ^ on S> the 

 tube narrow. 



17. M. bolanderi Gray. Leaves oblong, narrowed to both 

 ends, y A to 2 in. long, entire or toothed. Calyx ¥i to J / 2 in. 

 long, very oblique. Corolla reddish purple, an oblong area 

 on lower lip white and reddish dotted, Y A to 1 in. long, cylin- 

 dric, evidently 2-lipped. 



The erect, leafy, very viscid stems are characteristic of this 



