Figwort Family 371 



lobes, or the upper palmately cleft ; spike thick and dense ; bracts 

 equaling the flowers, somewhat dilated, their lobes crimson- 

 colored, as are also the calyx and corolla; corolla 2.5-3 cm. long, 

 the lip moderately saccate, white-tipped, with yellow and purple 

 markings; galea densely purple-bearded on the back, incurved 

 at tip; filaments hairy. 



Common in sandy soils in the valleys and hills. 



** Filaments glabrous; galea not bearded. 



2. O. densiflorus Benth. Annual, erect, simple or branched 

 from the base, 1-3 dm. high, soft-pubescent above; leaves linear 

 or linear-lanceolate, entire or with a few slender lobes ; spike 

 dense, the lowest flowers sometimes distant ; bracts about equal- 

 ing the flowers, 3-cleft into linear purple lobes ; corolla 18-20 mm. 

 long, purple ; lip moderately ventricose and somewhat 3-saccate 

 for its whole length, the teeth or lobes conspicuous, erect, oblong- 

 linear; galea narrow, puberulent or nearly smooth. 



Hills near Los Angeles, Greata. 



3. O. Parishii Gray. Annual, nearly glabrous, about 2 dm. 

 high ; leaves 3-5-cleft into linear-filiform divisions, or the lower 

 entire; floral ones similar, the lobes purple-tipped; spikes dense 

 and short ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, obtuse, half the length of the 

 tube ; corolla rose-purple, little pubescent in the throat ; lip con- 

 spicuously 3-saccate ; the sacs as broad as long, the teeth very 

 short; galea lanceolate, obtuse, puberulent. 



Near Garvanza, Davidson. 



13. ADENOSTEGIA Benth. 



Annuals with alternate narrow entire or 3-5-parted 

 leaves, and irregular flowers scattered along the usually 

 many branches or in terminal clusters or heads. Bracts 

 and calyx never colored. Calyx spathe-like, consisting 

 of an anterior and a posterior leaf-like division or the 

 anterior division wanting. Corolla tubular, somewhat 

 enlarged above ; its lips about equal in length, the 

 lower obtusely 3-toothed. Stamens 4 or 2, anther-cells 



