Figwort Family 369 



concave or keeled, laterally compressed, entire, enclosing 

 the 4 didynamous stamens ; lower lip short, 3-lobed. 

 Anther-sacs oblong or linear, unequal, the outer one 

 attached to the filament by its middle, the inner one 

 pendulous from its apex. Style filiform ; stigma entire 

 or 2-lobed. Capsule ovoid or oblong, loculicidally dehis- 

 cent, many-seeded. Seeds reticulated. 



* Annuals. 



1. C. stenanthe Gray. Stems mostly simple, erect, 3-6 dm. 

 high, pubescent and somewhat viscid throughout; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, entire, the upper with red linear tips which become 

 spirally coiled ; flowers scattered in a loose raceme, short-pedi- 

 celled ; calyx wholly green, about equally cleft before and behind 

 to near the middle; the segments lanceolate and acute or acutely 

 2-cleft at the apex ; corolla about 3 cm. long; galea usually red- 

 dish, slightly falcate, a half longer than the tube ; capsule oblong. 



Frequent in all our mountains along streams in moist places. May- 

 August. 



** Perennials. 



2. C. Martini Abrams. Stem rather slender, branching from 

 near the somewhat woody base, decumbent at base, the branches 

 ascending, villous and viscid throughout ; lower leaves linear or 

 broadly-linear, 2.5-3 cm. long, the upper mostly somewhat broader, 

 divided to near the middle into 3 lobes, the 2 lateral lobes 

 spreading, narrower than the middle one ; bracts similarly lobed, 

 somewhat dilated, scarlet-tipped; racemes narrow and rather 

 loose, 1-2 dm. long; calyx 14-16 mm. long, cleft nearly to the 

 middle behind, scarcely as deep in front, the segments broadly 

 lanceolate, 2-toothed, the teeth less than 2 mm. long, the ante- 

 rior one much the shorter; galea reddish in front, 1 cm. long, 

 equaling or slightly exceeding the tube ; capsule acute, 1 cm. long. 



Common on dry ridges and slopes in all our mountains, confined mostly to 

 the chaparral belt. April-August. 



3. C. Californica Abrams. Stems slender, fragile, branched 

 from a scarcely woody base, erect, more or less branched above, 

 4-5 dm. high, sparsely and minutely puberulent; upper cauline 



