DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 153 



longer than the calyx, yellow, with nearly equal lobes and sometimes some 

 brown spots in the throat. Common throughout California in the dry 

 beds of streams. 



OROBANCHA'CE^. Broom Rape Family 



Eoot parasites, tuberous, pale or brownislx in color, with 

 scales in place of leaves. Corolla 2-lipped. Stamens 4, in 2 

 sets. Ovary 1-celled, with parietal placentae. Seeds many, 

 very small. Style long, with stigma 2-lobed. Pod splitting 

 into 2 valves when ripe, each valve with 1 or 2 placentae. 



APHYLXON, Cancer Root 



Flowers yellowish or purplish, usually on peduncles. Sta- 

 mens included in the somewhat 2-lipped corolla. Calyx with 

 5, nearly equal, pointed lobes. Stigma shield-shaped or with 

 2 broad, flat lobes. Placentae, a pair to each valve. Anther 

 cells deeply separated from below, awned at the base. 



a. A. uniflo'rum Gray. Stem very short, bearing one or a few 

 slender scapes a few inches high. Flowers violet and violet scented, 

 terminating the scapes. Frequent in California and north to British 

 Columbia. 



b. A. fascicula'tum Gray. Stems rather slender, nearly as long as 

 the numerous fascicled peduncles. Floicers brownish or yellowish. 

 Widely distributed. 



PLANTAGINA'CEiE. Plantain Family 



Herbs with the leaves and peduncled spikes all from the 

 root. Corollas papery, 4-cleft. 



PLANTA'GO, Plantain 



Flowers perfect, each with a bract below. Calyx of 4 per- 

 sistent sepals free from the ovary. Corolla greenish or dull 

 white. Stamens 2-4, with long filaments. Fruit a capsule 

 opening by a lid which falls off, carrying with it the placenta 

 with the shield-shaped seeds attached. 



