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rowly linear lobes, the upper with crimson or purple tips. 

 Corolla crimson, 1 to \% in. long, the upper lip densely hairy 

 on the back. — Abundant in the foothills, reaching Wawona. 



9. CORDYLANTHUS. Bird's Beak. 



1. C. tenuis Gray. Herbage somewhat pubescent and often 

 glandular. Leaves linear, entire, y 2 to 1 in. long. Corolla 

 about y% in. long, short-hairy, almost equally 2-lipped, the 

 end of lower lip and the tube greenish yellow, intermediate 

 parts reddish striped, back of upper lip suffused with dull red. 



This is a slender, erect, branching annual, 1 to 2 ft. high, 

 with dull-colored corollas nearly concealed by the green, 

 2-parted calyx. It is a late bloomer and is common through- 

 out the drier parts of the Yellow Pine Belt. 



10. PEDICULARIS. Lousewort. 

 Perennial herbs with simple stems, finely cut leaves and 

 dense terminal spikes of irregular flowers. Leaves alternate. 

 Corolla with cylindric tube, conspicuously 2-lipped. 



1. P. groenlandica Retz. Long-beaked Pedicularis. Stems 

 12 to 18 in. high, leafy below. Leaves lanceolate in outline, 

 finely divided and feather-like. Flowering spike cylindric, 

 dense, 2 to 6 in. long, % to 1 in. wide, glabrous. Corolla rose- 

 red; upper lip hooded, continued into a conspicuous curved 

 slender beak ^ in. or more long. — Moist and grassy places at 

 considerable altitudes. 



2. P. attollens Gray. Elephant Heads. Similar to no. 1 

 but often smaller, more slender. Flowering spike J^ in. or 

 less wide, densely clothed with white hairs. Beak of corolla 

 short, abruptly upturned. 



Meadows and other moist places form the natural home of 

 this peculiar plant. It is common throughout the mountains 

 in such situations, but does not range so high as no. 1, from 

 which it may be distinguished by the dense, white-woolly 

 spike. The leaves are chiefly basal, spreading out as a rosette 

 from the center of which rises the nearly naked flowering 

 stalk. 



3. P. semibarbata Gray. Plant short, mostly 4 to 6 in. high, 

 much branched from the base. Leaves in a rosette, surround- 

 ing the short sessile spikes, these 1 to 2 in. wide. Corolla 

 yellowish, upper lip hooded but not continued into a beak. — 

 Restricted to the drier parts of fir and other forests. 



OROBANCHACEAE. Broom-rape Family. 

 Root-parasitic herbs with yellowish alternate scales in place 



