B'LORA OF THE CAPE REGION. 157 



those described by Zuccarini as belonging to 7c*. /uiicea. 

 The ribs of the stems are produced by the decurrent 

 petioles — a pair to each. The different portions of the 

 same stem are often 4, 6 or 8-ribbed, according as the 

 leaves are 3-4-verticillate or simply opposite, and it is 

 sufficiently obvious that species founded in whole or 

 great part upon this character are of rather difficult main- 

 tenance. 



429. MiMULUS LUTEUs L. — High mountains. 



430. Stemodia durantifolia Swartz. — San Jose 

 del Cabo. 



431. Herpestis Monniera HBK. — In damp soil, 

 Todos Santos, San Jose del Cabo. 



432. Herpestis cham/Edryoides HBK. — In the 

 mountains near Triumfo. 



433. ScoPARiA uuLcis L. — Todos Santos. 



434. Buchnera Mexicana Hemsley. var. flowers 

 nearly white. — High mountains. 



435. Castilleia Bryanti Brandegee. — Sierra de la 

 Laguna. 



436. CoNOB^A intermedia Grav. — Todos Santos 

 and La Paz. 



437. Clevelandia Beldingi Greene. A single be- 

 lated specimen from Sierra de la Laguna, but abundant 

 at the proper season, September-November, on the Sierra 

 de San Francisquito. Specimens taller with more dis- 

 sected leaves than those from which the description was 

 drawn. The original diagnosis was so brief and imper- 

 fect that a fuller one is here appended. 



Annual, slender, branching, 1-3 dm. high, scabrous- 

 pilose with spreading hairs, and very sparingly glandular 

 above ; leaves linear with few filiform divisions ; bracts 

 3-parted, usually shorter than the calyx, the tips whitish; 



