368 Scrophulariaceae 



or axillary racemose spicate or solitary flowers. Calyx 

 mostly 4-parted, sometimes 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 

 its lobes very short, deeply and more or less unequally 

 4-lobed or rarely 5-lobed. Stamens 2, divergent, insert- 

 ed on either side at the base of the upper corolla-lobe. 

 Anther-sacs confluent at the apex. Ovary 2-celled ; 

 style slender ; stigma capitate. Capsule more or less 

 compressed, emarginate, obcordate or 2-lobed, loculicid- 

 ally dehiscent. 



1. V. peregrina L. Annual, glabrous or somewhat glandular- 

 puberulent; stems erect or ascending, simple or branched, 1-3 

 dm. high; leaves oblong, oval, linear or slightly spatulate, 6-20 

 mm. long, the lowest opposite, short-petioled or sessile, broader 

 than the upper and mostly entire, each with a short-pedicelled 

 flower in its axil ; flowers nearly white, about 2 mm. broad ; cap- 

 sule nearly orbicular, obcordate, 2-3 mm. high. 



Occasional along the margins of streams and in the dry beds of winter 

 pools. April-July. 



2. V. Byzantina (S. & S.) B. S. B. Annual, pubescent; stems 

 diffusely branched, spreading or ascending, 1.5-4 dm. long; leaves 

 ovate or oval, short-petioled, crenate-dentate or somewhat incised, 

 8-24 mm. long, the lowest opposite, the upper alternate, each 

 with a slender-peduncled flower in its axil; pedicels filiform, 

 equaling or exceeding the leaves; corolla 6-8 mm. broad, blue; 

 capsule 6 mm. broad, half as high, shallowly and broadly emar- 

 ginate. ( V. Buxbaumii Tenore.) 



Occasional about Los Angeles, Davidson. 



11. CASTILLEJA Mutis. 



Herbs or suffrutescent plants with alternate sessile 

 leaves and red or yellow flowers in terminal leafy- 

 bracted spikes, the bracts and calyx often brightly 

 colored. Calyx tubular, cleft in front or behind or 

 commonly 'both, the lobes entire or 2-toothed. Corolla 

 very irregular, its tube about equaling the calyx, the 

 limb 2-lipped ; the upper lip (galea) arched, elongated, 



