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5. CASTILLEJA. Indian Paint Brush. 



Herbs (some species root-parasites), sometimes suffrutes- 

 cent, with alternate sessile leaves. Inflorescence terminal; 

 spicate and leafy-bracted. Bracts and calyx usually bright- 

 colored, generally with red. Calyx tubular, cleft in front or 

 behind or both; the lobes entire or 2-toothed. Corolla with a 

 2-lipped limb: the upper lip arched, entire, enclosing the 4 

 didynamous stamens; lower lip short, 3-lobed. Corolla often 

 pale-yellow and inconspicuous. Anther-sacs unequal; the outer 

 attached to filament by its middle, the inner by its end. 



Leaves and bracts cleft into linear lobes 1. C. aiigustifolia 



Leaves and bracts entire 2. C. mintata 



1. C. angmstifolia (Nutt.) G. Don. Painted Cup; Red Feather; 

 Mountain Indian Pink. Stems unbranched; 4-15 inches high; 

 several from a long yellow root; weak, the outer ones decum- 

 bent; densely pilose, at least at base. Leaves slender, spread- 

 ing. Bracts scarlet. Calyx about equally cleft above and 

 below. Galea about equalling the corolla-tube; the lip very 

 short. Gravelly soil on dry plains and hillsides. May-June. 

 This species has been confused with C. parviflora Bong, a very 

 distinct species. It is very variable, among its many forms 

 being: 



la. C. angustifolia collina (A. Nels.) Distinguished from the 

 type by the galea being longer than the tube, and by the calyx 

 being less deeply cleft above than below. 



2. C. minima Dougl. Stems erect from a short, stout caudex, 

 1-2 ft. high. Leaves glabrous, rather thin. Spike very dense. 

 Bracts scarlet. Galea a little longer than the corolla-tube. 

 Same habitat and time of flowering as preceding species. 



2a. C. ininlata chromosa (A. Nels.) A form with puberulent 

 leaves. 



6. VERONICA. Speedwell. 



Herbs with opposite, alternate or rarely whorled leaves. 

 Inflorescence terminal or axillary; racemose, spicate or soli- 

 tary. Flowers mostly small. Calyx 4 or rarely 5-lobed. Corolla 

 blue, pink or white; nearly regular. Stamens 2; divergent. 

 Ovary 2-celled; style slender; stigma capitate. Capsule com- 

 pressed; emarginate, obcordate or 2-lobed. 



Perennials; flowers in racemes, mostly opposite. 



Capsule roundish; racemes axillary 1. V. Anagallis 



Capsule strongly flattened; racemes ter- 

 minal 2. V. serpyllifolia 



Annuals; flowers axillary and solitary, mostly alternate. 



Flowers short-pedicelled; white 3. V. peregrlna 



Flowers long-pedicelled; blue 4. V. Tournefortii 



1. V. Anagallis L. Water Speedwell. Stem smooth, creep- 

 Ing and rooting at the base, curving upward at apex; 4-40 

 inches high. Stem-leaves opposite; oblong-lanceolate to ovate: 

 acute; entire or serrate; petioled or sessile and mostly clasping 

 by a heart-shaped base. Petals pale-blue, longitudinally 

 striped wjth purple. Capsule somewhat flattened, with a 

 shallow notch at apex. In water of shallow streams from 

 springs. May-October. 



