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inch in length, the oblong petals commonly about a quarter of 
an inch wide, but sometimes either narrower or wider. The 
leaves are fleshy, two to three inches long, obovate, the blade an 
inch wide or less and about as long, tapering into a broad peti- 
ole nearly twice the length of the blade. The upper side is 
rather bright green, the under side paler. They lie close to the 
ground. ‘The plant is a denizen of open grassy places on hills, 
nowhere very abundant, but a few plants occurring here and 
there. The flower of this species has only four petals. 
 CYNOGLOSSUM GRANDE Dougl. Hound’s tongue. 
Douglas first collected this handsome plant in “shady woods, 
N. W. Coast,” or somewhere in western Oregon or Washington. 
Thence it extends southward in the coast region to Monterey. 
It is commonly about two feet high, several plants often grow- 
ing together in aclump. ‘The large leaves are mostly from near 
the bottom of the plant, ovate, as much as seven or eight inches 
long, five inches or less wide, on long petioles. The flowers are 
several on long, ascending stalks, pinkish in the bud, pale violet 
blue and nearly a half inch in diameter when fully expanded, 
the lobes spreading. At the top of the corolla tube, completely 
closing it and concealing the five yellow anthers, are five stout 
white appendages which are very conspicuous. The plants are 
not as a rule plentiful in any given locality, but are found scat- 
tered here and there in open woods, about thickets, or less rarely 
on grassy hillsides, in rich soil. 
/ PEDICULARIS DENSIFLORA Benth. J/udian warrior. Lousewort: 
A foot high or less, the rather stout erect stems unbranched 
and often reddish, as are the lanceolate leaves, which are divided 
into numerous segments, and these again cut and toothed. The 
whole upper part of the plant is dull crimson, the upper or floral 
leaves being colored like the flowers. The flowers are about an 
‘inch long and of rather peculiar appearance. They are quite 
flat, the upper lip showing only a narrow slit on the face, the 
apex rounded and closed over the stamens and pistil which are 
