Vol. III.] 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 



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I. Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng. Scarlet Painted-cup. Itidian Paint- 

 brush. (Fig. 3318.) 



Barlsia coccinea L. Sp. PI. 602. 175,3. 

 Castillcja coccinea Spreng-. Syst. 2: 775. 1S25. 



Annual or biennial, villous-pubescent; stem 

 rather slender,simple,or with few erect branches, 

 i°-2° high. Leaves sessile, parallel-veined, the 

 basal oblong, obovate, or linear, tufted, mostly 

 entire, i'-3' long, those of the stem deeply 

 3-5-cleft into linear obtusish segments, the 

 bracts broader and shorterj 3-5-lobed or cleft, 

 bright red or scarlet, conspicuous; flowers ses- 

 sile, io"-i2" long, usually not exceeding the 

 bracts; calyx cleft both above and below into 2 

 dilated entire or retuse oblong and obtuse lobes, 

 sometimes scarlet; corolla greenish-yellow, its 

 tube shorter than the calyx, its upper lip much 

 longer than the lower; capsule oblong, acute, 

 5"-6" long. 



In meadows and moist thickets, Maine and Onta- 

 rio to Manitoba, south to Virginia, Tennessee, Kan- 

 sas and Texas. .-Vscends to 4000 ft. in \'irginia. 

 Bracts and caly.x rarely yellow. May-July. 



2. Castilleja indivisa Engelm. Entire- 

 leaved Painted-cup. (Fig. 3319.) 



Cas/illeja /Hcf/i'/ja (Engelm.) Engelm. & Gray, Best. 

 Journ. Nat. Hist. 5: 255. 1845. 



Winter-annual; stem villous pubescent, usually 

 simple, 8'-i8' high. Leaves sessile, parallel- 

 veined, linear to linear-lanceolate, i'-4' long, 

 I ^"-3" wide, entire, or rarely with 2-4 lateral 

 lobes; no tuft of basal leaves; bracts dilated, obo- 

 vate to spatulate, bright red; flowers sessile, about 

 I ' long or less, not longer than the bracts; calyx cleft 

 as in the preceding species, and corolla similar. 



In sandy soil, Kansas to Texas. Spring. 



3. Castilleja minor A. Gray. Small- 

 flowered Painted-cup. (Fig. 3320.) 



Caslilleja affinis var. minor A. Gray, Bot Mex. 



Bound. Surv. iig. 1859. 

 Caslilleja minor A. Gray, in Brew. & Wats. Bot. 



Cal. 1:573. 1876. 



Annual, villous-pubescent; stem slender, strict, 



simple, or with i or 2 erect branches, i°-2^° 



high. Leaves all linear-lanceolate and entire, 



parallel-veined, sessile, acuminate, 2^-3' long, 



the bracts similar, smaller, red or red-tipped; 



very narrow, equalling or longer than theshort- 



pedicelled flowers; calyx green, cleft on both 



sides to about the middle, the lobes lanceolate, 



acute, entire, or 2-toothed; corolla yellow, 6"- 



10" long, its upper lip much longer than the 



small lower one; capsule oblong, acute, 6"-S" 



long. 



In moist soil, Montana and western Nebraska to New Mexico, west to ^feVad^aJjdluAafiAona. 

 May-July. 



