550 SCKUl'lIULAJilAClOJO. Autlrrluuiu,,. 



varying to glabrous : leaves lanceolate to oblong-ovate : llowers comparatively large 

 (half-inch long) : sepals or at least the oblong upper one equalling the tube of tlie 

 corolla, the others linear : saccate base of the corolla broad : style sleuiler, as long 

 as the ca])sule. — A. CouUerlamim, var. appeiu/iciilatum, Durand, 1. c. 11, t. 11. 



Var. Bolanderi, (aay, 1. c, a form growing in tlie shade of ]{ed\voods, has 

 broader and tlninu;r leaves, those on tortile branchlets orbicular, and an unusually 

 lai'ge })osterior sepal. — A. Breiveri, var. (I) ovali/oliiim, Gray, 1. c., n\ay be a form of 

 this with shorter calyx. 



Wooded ])laecs, ajiiiaruiitly cominon tlaoughout the western part of the State ; the variety, 

 Marin Co., liolmukr. 



7. A, Breweri, Gray, 1. c. Slemler, paniculately branched, more or less viscid- 

 jHibescunt or puberulcnt, at first erect and with few tortile branchlets : leaves 

 from oblong-linear to oval (half an inch long): tube of the corolla (3 linos long) 

 considerably longer than the moderately unequal sepals, narrowly saccate at the 

 base : style subulate, glandular, at length strongly deHexed, and rather shorter than 

 the capsule. 



Lake to ileudocino and I'lumas couulies, rutber conuaon. 



-h+ -I-+ Feduncles inostly slender, many of them longer than the flower : tube of the 

 corolla rather shorter than the sjireadiiKj lips : capsule tipped u>ith the nearly 

 straight style or its jicrsistent base. 



8. A. Nuttallianum, r.enth. Viscidly soft-pubescent, or below glabrous, at 

 length a foot or two high and dill'usely much-branched ; the tortile bmnchlets few 

 or more leaf-bearing than in the precetling : leaves ovate or the lowest slightly cor- 

 date (an inch long), those of the branchlets gradually much diminished and nearly 

 sessile : some of the lower peduncles longer than the flowers, often tortile : sepals 

 ovate or oblong, shorter than (or the broader upper one almost equalling) the tube 

 of the corolla; this 2 or 3 lines long, merely gibbous at base: capsule oblong: seeds 

 sharply and strongly ribbiul. 



Coiiiniou ill the soullieni part of tlio State, about Los Angeles, San Diego, &c. 



y. A. Kingii, Watson. (Uabrous, slender, a span to 2 or 3 feet high, loosely 

 branching, at length ])roducing more or less tortile branchlets : leaves linear or the 

 lower lanceolate, tapering more or less into a petiole : peduncles as long as the 

 calyx, sometimes fully as long as the llower: sepals linear-oblong, slightly glandular; 

 the upper one as hmg as the corolla (2 or 3 lines long' and obtuse); the others about 

 the length of its tube, which is nusrely gibbous at base : capsule globose : .seeds 

 pitted and tuberculate. — Hot. King Kxii. 215, t. 21. 



Diy valleys, along tbe western boiders of Nevada ( Walson, Leinmon), and east to Salt Lake. 



§ 2. Herbs, with entire or lobed leaves and no jn-ehensile branchlets, mostly climbing by 

 tortile filiform petioles or peduncles, or by both, mainly glabrous : corolla ivitk 

 the prominent palate wholly or jtartly closing the throat: capsule and calyx 

 ec/ual-sided or nearly so : seeds as in the j>receding : all hut the loiver leaves 

 alternate. — Mauhandella, (Iray. 



* Annuals, tvith narrow and short-pet ioled leaves, but long and filiform prehensile 

 jH'dnnrtrs : calyx ndher shorter than the globose capsule. 



10. A. Strictum, Gray, 1. c. Erect, nearly simple, a foot or two high, some- 

 what pubescent below : lower leaves lanceolate, the upper linear, and the upper 

 floral ones filiform; the latter much shorter than the tortuous racemose peduncles: 

 corolla violet-purple, half an inch long, gibbous at base ; the palate hairy : capsule 

 crustaceous, tii)])ed with a straight style of equal length. — . Maurandia stricta, 

 Hook. & Arn. J3ot. Beechey, 375. 



Mountains behind Santa Barbara, Douglas, Brewer. 



