FIGWORT FAMILY 795 



2 cm. long; corolla 2-2.5 cm. long; galea about 6 mm. long; lip nearly half as 

 long. Dry groimd: B.C.— Wash. Suhmont, Je-Au, 



59. C. brachyantha Rydb. Stems 2^ dm. high, puberulent and more 

 or less villous-hirsute especially below; leaves narrowly hnear or cleft, with 

 linear divisions, 2-5 cm. long, puberulent; bracts 3-5-cleft into linear divisions, 

 tipped with yellowish; calyx more or less villous; corolla 15-20 mm. Jong; galea 

 7-8 mm. long; hp about 3 mm., .gibbous. C breviflora A. Gray. Mountains: 

 Colo. — Wyo. Plain — MonL Je-Au. 



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60. C. flava S. Wats. Stems pubendent and more orless villous-hirsute, 

 especially below, 3-5 dm. high; leaves narrowly linear, entire or dissected into 

 a few hnear lobes, finely puberulent; bracts 3-cleft, with linear divisions, puberu- 

 lent and villous-cihate; cal30C about 15 cm. long; corolla 2-2.5 mm, long, yellow; 

 galea 8-10 mm. long; lower lip scarcely 2 mm. long, greenish. Dry soil, espec- 

 ially among sage-brush: B.C. — Ida. — Utah — Colo.— Mont. Sid)?nont. — MonL 

 Je-Au. 



61. C. sessiliflora Pursh. Stems 1-3 dm. high, more or less densely villous; 

 leaves entire, linear or dissected into linear lobes, 3-5 cm. long, puberulent; 

 bracts broader, 3-cleft, with lanceolate or linear-lanceolate divisions, finely 

 canescent; calyx 3-4 cm. long; corolla 4r-5 cm. long, yellow, puberulent; galea 

 10-15 mm.; lip about 5 mm, long. Dry plains and hills: 111.— Mo.— Tex. — 

 Ariz. — Sask, Plain, Je-Au. 



20. ORTHOCARPUS Nutt. Owl's Clover. 



Annual caulescent herbs. Leaves alternate, sessile, pectinately cleft or entire, 

 those subtending the flowers usually highly colored. Flowers perfect m ter- 

 minal leafy spikes. Calyx tubular or deeply campanulate, nearly equally 4- 

 cleft. Corolla very irregular, 2-Upped; upper lip erect, slightly arched, equalhng 

 or slightly shorter than the more or less 3-lobed saccate lower lip. Stamens 4, 

 did^Tiamous, ascending under the upper lip; anther-sacs dissimilar, the outer one 

 attached by its middle, the inner pendulous by its apex. Styles wholly united, 

 slender; stigmas entire. Capsule oblong, loculicidal. Seeds many, reticulate. 



Bracts dilated, entire or with a broad middle lobe and narrow lateral ones, somewhat 



petaloid. 1- ^- tenmfohus. 



Bracts herbaceoiis, resembling the leaves. 3- (rarely 5-) cleft, with lanceolate lobes. 

 Corolla yellow; spike dense: seeds ridged. « ^ , 



Plant hirsute; corolla not three times as long as the calyx. 2. O. liiteus. 

 Plant puberulent; coroUa 3-4 times as long as the calyx. 3. O. TolmteU 



Corolla white, turning rose-purple; spike lax; seeds loosely reticulate. 



4. O. purpureo-albus. 



1. O. tenuifolius Benth. Stem 1-2 dm. high, simple or branched above, 

 somewhat lursute, purplish; leaves usually dissected, with hnear-filiform or sub- 

 ulate divisions, puberulent and sparingly hirsute; lower bracts leaf -like, usually 

 5-cleft, hirsute-cihate; middle lobe lanceolate and the lateral ones subulate; 

 upper 'bracts with an oblong to oval purple-tipped and roimded middle lobe ; 

 calyx about 1 cm. long, its lobes subulate; corolla about 2 cm. long, wholly yellow 

 or purphsh at the apex; galea about 5 mm. long; lip 4 mm., only slightly gib- 

 bous. Plains and bench lands: B.C.— Wash.— Ida. Plain— SubmonL Je-Au. 



2. O. lutexis Nutt. Stem 1-4 dm. high, more or less hirsute, strict; leaves 

 narrowly linear-lanceolate to ahnost subulate, entire, or rarely 3-cleft, attenuate, 

 1 5-5 cm long- bracts 3-5-cleft, ^-ith lanceolate acute divisions, puberulent; 

 calyx 5-6 mm. long, hirsute; its lobes lanceolate, about 1 nun. long; coroUa yeUow, 

 10-15 mm long; galea and Up nearly 5 mm. long, hp slightly gibbous, bandy 

 soil: B.C.— Wash.— Ariz.— N.M.—Neb.-^Sask. SuhmonL—ManL Je-Au. 



3. O. Tolmiei H. & A. Stem 2-4 dm. high, puberulent; leaves narrowly 

 linear-lanceolate, usuaUy entire, 2-5 cm. long; bracts usually 3-cleft puberulent, 

 with hnear-lanceolate or subulate divisions; c^>^ 4-5 mm. long, its lobes lanceo- 

 late- corolla 15-18 mm. long, yeUow or tipped with bro^mish or purphsh, galea 

 aboAt 5 m^ hp slightly shorter, deeply gibbous. Pastures and mountain 

 valleys: Ida.— Utah— Wyo. SubmonL—Mont, Ji-to. 



