FIGWORT FAMILY 797 



4. A. bicolor (A. Nels.) Rydb. Stem 2-5 dm. high, softly pilose and glandu- 

 lar-viscid; leaves usually entire, narrowly linear or 3-5-divided, softly pilose and 

 viscid; bracts usually 3-cleft with linear divisions; calyx usually more or less 

 scarious, purplish, villous; upper division about 1 cm. long, 2-ribbcd and 2-lobed 

 at the apex; lower division oblong, 3-ribbed; corolla purplish, nearly 15 mm. 

 long; galea about 4 mm. long; lip about 3 mm. long. Cordylanthus bicolor A. Nels. 

 Low grounds and hillsides: Nev. — Ida. SuhmonL Jl-S. 



5. A. canescens (A. Gray) Greene. Stem strict, branched, villous or glab- 

 rous below, densely villous above; leaves entire, linear-lanceolate, 1-3 cm. long, 

 more or less villous; bracts lanceolate, 1.5-2 cm, long, softly-villous, 1-3-ribbed; 

 upper division of the calyx 15-20 mm. long, softly villous, with 2 principal ribs; 

 corolla nearly 2 cm. long, puberulent; galea about 7 mm. long; lip nearly as long. 

 Saline soil: Calif. — Utah. Son. Jl-Au. 



6. A, Kingii (S. Wats.) Greene. Stem erect, branched, 1-3 dm. high, more 

 or less glandular-pubescent; leaves 3-cleft, 3-4 cm. long, with narrowly linear 

 divisions; bracts 3-5-cleft, clasping; upper division of the calyx lanceolate, 

 2-3-toothed at the apex, about 2 cm. long; corolla 1.5-2 cm. long, purple, pubes- 

 cent; galea 8-10 mm. long, httle exceeding the 3-toothed lip. C Kingii S. \yats. 

 Limestone ridges: Nev. — sw Colo. Son. — Suhmont. Jl. 



23. EUPHRASIA (TournO L. Eyebright. 



Low herbs, parasitic on other plants. Leaves opposite, dentate or incised. 

 Flowers perfect, small, in terminal leafy spikes. Calyx 4-cleft, or rarely 5-cleft 

 and with one lobe smaller than the other 4. Corolla very irregular, 2-lipped; 

 upper lip 2-lobed, the margins recurved; lower lip much larger, 3-lobed, spread- 

 ing. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending imder the upper lip; anther-sacs equal, 

 parallel. Capsule oblong, locuhcidal. Seeds many, oblong, longitudinally 

 ribbed. 



Bracts with acute or obtuse teeth. 



Teeth of the bracts obtuse; coroUa 5-6 mm. long; infloresceace capitate. 



1. E. mollis. 

 Teeth of the bracts acute; corolla 4.5-5.5 mm. long; inflorescence becoming spicate. 



2. E. disjuricta. 

 Bracts with subulate or bristle-tipped teeth. 3. E. hudsonica. 



1. E. mollis (Ledeb.) Wettstein. Stem 4r-10 cm. high, mostly simple; leaves 

 8-15 mm. long, ovate, coarsely crenate-dentate, densely pubescent; spike head- 

 like when young, at last with 1-3 lower bracts remote; calyx densely pilose; 

 corolla 5-6 mm. long, hke that of the next species but deeper purple. Grassy 

 banks: Alaska — Yukon — Mont. — B.C.; e Siberia. Subarctic, Au. 



2. E. disjuncta Fern. & Wieg. Stem slender, &-30 cm. high, branched 



below, puberulent; leaves ovate or orbicular, 8-18 mm. long, crenate-dentate; 

 spike interrupted, at last 5-25 cm. long; bracts large, coarsely dentate; corolla 

 4-5.5 mm. long, with a yellow eye; upper lip purple, the lower white, u-ith purple 

 hnes. Open places: Lab. — Me. — Alta. — Alaska. Subarctic. Je-S. 



3. E. hudsonica Fern. & Wieg. Stem 5-20 cm. high, pubescent, simple 

 or branched below; leaves oblong, 10-15 mm. long, sparingly pubescent, with 

 few acute teeth; spike elongate, at last 5-15 cm. long; bracts oblong, 7-15 mm. 

 long; corolla 5.5-6 mm. long, whitish, with pale violet lines. Grassy places: 

 Hudson Bay — Alta. — Mack. Subarctic. Au. 



24. ELEPHANTELLA Rydb. Liitle Red Elephant, Elephant's 



Head, Elephant Flow^er. 



Perennial herbs, Tvath footstocks, blackening in drying. Leaves alternate, 

 pinnately divided, with toothed segments. Flowers perfect, m terminal spikes. 

 Calyx obliquelv campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla 2-hpped; upper bp strongly 

 arcuate, produced into a long filiform upcurved beak, enclosmg the long style; 

 lower lip 3-lobed. the lateral lobes reflexed. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending 

 under the upper lip; anthers approximate in pairs; sacs transverse, parallel. 

 Capsule compressed, beaked, locuhcidal. 



