558 SCliOriiUL Alii ACE J^. Ptnlslemon. 



sliarply and sparsely denticuliite (al)out an inch or less long), shorter than the inter- 

 nodes : panicle virgate and rac(!iiioso, loose : peduncles long»;r than the subtending 

 lloral leaves, cyniosely 2 - 7-llowered : very short pedicels and calyx glandular: 

 sterile lilanient strongly yellow-beanled on one side of the curveil ui)ex. 



Long Viilley, Munilociii.i ("o. (/w7/(«7(/, 1869) ; Phiiims Co, {Lemmmi, 1874). llcscmljlcis /^. 

 brevijiuriis in Iniliit uiid loliugo ; but the leiivus proportionally broader and the llowers fewer ; the 

 form of tlie corolla nearly that of the suceeeding s))ecies. Divisions of the calyx ovate-lanceolate 

 and gradually much acuminate, rather dry. Corolla in Dr. Kellogg's specimens " llesh-eolored, 

 inclining to pink veins, with red-pur[)le throat," externally somewhat glandular, not bearded, the 

 general form campanulate, the lips about 2 lines long ; upper 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed. ilaia 

 peduncles an inch or more long. 



-H- -»— /Stems herbaceous, generalli/ sim2)le. 



+-^ Corolla at least an inch Ioikj, showy, never red ; the short inhe abrupfli/ dilated 

 ■into an ample and wide ventricose throat ; the broad and roundish lobes spreaditij : 

 plants ylabroas : leaves lanceolate or ovate : jjajiicle naked and elongated. 



= Leaves all entire and distinct at the base : panicle strict and racemedike or spicate; 

 the ])eduncles and pedicels both short. 



8. P. glaber, J'ursh. Very smooth throiigliont, n foot or two liigh : leaves 

 mostly lanceolate or the lowest oblong or spatnlate, the upper closely sessile: panicle 

 very narrow, a span to a foot long : corolla l)luo or violet, or varying to purplo, 

 ventricose-oblong or between <;anipanulate and funnelfoim above the narrow tube : 

 anthers either glabrous or with some scattered short hairs ; the cells not dehiscent 

 quite to the tip, so that they never open widely : sterile, lilament either naked or a 

 little bearded on one siile at the apex. — F. glabra, Pursh, Fl. ii. 738 ; Eot. Mag. 

 t. 1672. F. Erianthera, Nutt. in Eraser Cat. P. speciosus, Dough; Lindl. Bot. 

 Keg. t. 1720. P. Gordoni, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4319. 



In the Sierra Nevada from Nevaila Co. northward to Oregon (mainly the western form with 

 narrow leaves and wholly naked sterile filament and anthers, the F. spcciosus of Douglas); thenco 

 eastward to ami much beyontl the llocky Mountains. 



= = Leaves or some of them beset ivith rigid sharp teeth ; the upper connate-per- 

 foliale : panicle long and open, most of the peduncles and pedicels of the several- 

 Jloioered cymes being slender. 



9. P. Palmeri, Hray. Glaucous, 2 or 3 feet high : leaves ovate, or the lower 

 oblong-lanceolate, the upper pairs broadly united : panicle ami calyx conimoidy 

 puberulent and a little glandular : corolla white or cream-color partly suil'used with 

 pink or ros(*, very abruptly dilated and broad-campanulato above the narrow short 

 tube, the lind) an inch broad : sterile lilament densely yellow -bearded above. — 

 Proc. 1. c. vii. 378, & viii. 291 ; Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. G064. 



Native of Arizona, Utah, and Nevada, in the latter found on the foot-hills of Trinity Moun- 

 tains {JViitison) so near the eastern hue of California that it doubtless occurs within it. 



10. P. spectabilis, Thurber. Smooth throughout, inclined to be glaucous, 2 to 4 

 feet high: leaves ovate or oblong, the upp(;r pairs united into a roundish or oblong 

 disk with acuminate ends : ])anicle often 2 feet long, loosely many-flowered : corolla 

 abruptly oblong-cam|)anulate beyond the narrow tulu^, i)ur])le and tla; hibi's often 

 blue: sterile fdament naked. — (Jray in Pacif. U. h'ep. iv. 119, ifcBot. Mex. Bound. 

 113; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 52G0. 



Dry plains and hills, Ventuia Co. to San Dit^go (fii-st collected by W. A. Wallace), thence to 

 the northern part of Arizona. One of the handsomest siiecies. 



■^■^ ■^■'r Corolla two thirds or three fourths of an inch long, not scarlet-red; the tube 

 gradualli/ and moderafelg enlarged above ; the rountiish lobes short and s/>7'eading : 

 plants glabrous throughout and glaucous : leaves thicklsh, closeli/ sessile. 



