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3. Orthocarpus Nutt. 



Calyx spatliaceous, cleft vertically. Corolla 

 personate, upper lip the smaller one, lower lip 

 saccate. Didynamous; cells separated and of 

 different shape and insertion. Capsule locu- 

 licidal. 0. 



1. O. LITHOSPERMOIDES Benth. Lower lip 

 3-saccate; sacs ample, ventricose, much larger 

 than the upper lip ; upper lip straight, slender, 

 subulate, anther 2-celled; corolla white, tinged 

 with purple. Ocean Lake. Colma. Spring. 



2. O. FAUCIBARBATUS Gray. Lower lip 3-sac- 

 cate, much larger than the straight slender 

 upper lip; anthers 1-celled; stamens wrapt 

 in the involute upper lip; plant glabrous, 

 only bracts puberulent; corolla pale. Contra 

 Costa. Spring. 



3. O. ERIANTHUS Benth. Lower lip 3-saccate, 

 much larger than the straight, slender upper 

 lip: anthers 1-celled; stamens wrapt in the 

 involute upper lip; plant pubescent; corolla 

 yellow; in a variety (hybrid?) white or rose- 

 color, but upper lip always dark. Marin 

 County. Spring. 



4. O. FLORIBUNDUS Benth. Lower lip 

 3-saccate, much larger than the straight slen- 

 der upper lip; anthers 1-celled; stamens not 

 wrapt in the lanceolate upper lip; corolla white, 

 tube twice the length of the calyx. Marin 



County. Millbrae. Spring. 



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