372 Scrophulariaceae 



unequal, ciliate or minutely bearded. Capsule flattened ; 

 seeds with a loose coat, pointed at one end. 



1. A. filifolia (Nutt.)- Stems erect, branched, 3-6 dm. high; 

 leaves all filiform, 3-parted to near the base ; herbage pubescent 

 with short reflexed hairs intermingled with scattered spreading 

 hispid hairs; heads several-flowered, terminating the branches; 

 bracts 3-lobed to near the base, the entire portion about 1 mm. 

 broad, strongly 3-nerved ; the lobes all filiform and usually nearly 

 equal, the outer surface very hispid with stout spreading hairs 

 rising from postulate bases, the inner surface concave, pubescent, 

 slightly elongated at the apex and tipped with a blackish, more 

 or less retuse gland; corolla purplish, 12-15 mm. long. (Cordy- 

 lanthus filifolius Nutt.) 



Common on dry ridges in the chaparral belt of all the mountains. Aden- 

 ostegia rigida Benth., to which our southern plants have been referred, has 

 broader leaves and bracts which are less hispid. 



2. A. maritima (Nutt.) Greene. Cory mbosely branched, 1-3 

 dm. high ; herbage glaucous and more or less hoary-pubescent, 

 often tinged with purple ; leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, about 

 2 cm. long, entire; flowers in short spikes; bracts oblong-lanceo- 

 late, entire or commonly 3-toothed, the 2 lateral teeth much the 

 smaller ; flowers purple, equaling or slightly exceeding the bracts. 



Occasional in salt marshes near the sea. June-September. 



14. PEDICULABIS L. 



Perennial herbs with alternate opposite or rarely 

 verticillate pinnately lobed cleft or pinnatifid leaves, 

 and irregular flowers in terminal spikes or spike-like 

 racemes. Calyx 2-5-cleft, corolla tubular, strongly 

 bilabiate ; galea arched and compressed ; lower lip of 3 

 small rounded lobes or teeth. Stamens 4 ; anthers 

 approximate in pairs, their sacs transverse, equal. Cap- 

 sule flattened, oblique at apex, loculicidally 2-valved. 



1. P. densiflora Benth. Stems simple, erect, 2-3 dm. high, 

 commonly several from the scaly caudex ; herbage nearly gla- 

 brous or somewhat soft-pubescent; leaves pinnately divided or 



