96 SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 



ulately 4-toothed at the apex, mostly exceeding the bracts, colored; 

 corolla 1/-2' long, nearly glabrous, bright scarlet; lobes of the lower lip 

 linear-subulate, the yellow galea usually I' or more in length or some- 

 times scarcely exsert. Canon City, Brandegee. Twin Lakes, Porter and 

 Coulter. Sangre de Cristo Range, Redfield. 



CASTILLEIA BREVIFLORA, Gray (non Benth.) Gr. Rev. 1. c., p. 238. 

 (Etiahromfi breviflora, Nntt.) Low, subvillous or subcinereous, 3'-6' high, 

 branched from the base ; leaves mostly 3-5 cleft with linear lobes, the 

 floral ones not dilated or colored ; spikes dense, scarcely I' long in flow- 

 er; calyx equally cleft or moderately cleft in front, segments deeply 

 bind, obovoid-oblong, lobes lanceolate ; tube of the yellow corolla nearly 

 included, lower lip tri-saccate, cariuate, shortly 3-cleft, lobes oblong, ob- 

 tuse. Alpine. Hall & Harbour, 409 ; Parry, 1872. Gray's Peak, Dr. 

 Smith. 



CASTILLEIA PARVIFLORA, Bong. Gr. Rev. 1. c., p. 336. Perennial, 

 pilose pubescent and hirsute throughout, scarcely hispid ; stems 3 / -20 / 

 high, usually numerous, simple or branched ; the lower leaves usually 

 entire and linear, upper ones 3-cleft or laciniately -pinnate, the floral ones 

 more or less dilated and nearly always colored, color deep red, flesh- 

 color, yellow, or rarely green ; calyx deeply cleft both above and below ; 

 the segments either eniarginately 2-lobed or deeply bifid ; lip of the 

 corolla very short, galea scarcely exceeding the calyx or exserted, 5"-6" 

 long. Sangre de Cristo Pass, Brandegee. North Park, Hayden. 



CASTILLEIA INTEGRA, Gr. Rev. 1. c., p. 338. Loosely tomentose; 

 stems numerous from one root, erect, 6'-15' high, usually branched 

 above ; leaves linear or lance-linear, all very entire, l%'-2' in length, 

 whi rish-tomentose, widely spreading, the floral ones somewhat lobed, 

 rarely tritid, much enlarged and bright scarlet above; flowers 1 7 long; 

 segments of the calyx mostly bind; galea exserted. The. most abund- 

 ant species on the plains and. in the mountains as far west as the Snowy 

 Range. Hall & Harbour, 410. Denver, Dr. Smith. Clear Creek Cafion, 

 Pleasant Park, and Monument Park, Coulter. Colorado Springs and 

 Twin Lakes, Porter. 



CASTILLEIA PALLID A, Kunth. Gr. Rev. c., p. 337. Subalpine. Canon 

 City, Brandegee. Clear Creek Canon and Weston's Pass, Coulter. Hall& 

 Harbour, 412. 



Var. MINIATA, Gr. Rev. 1. c., p. 337. (C. miniata, Dougl.) Greener, gla- 

 brous below, taller, l-2 high ; floral leaves dull red ; galea usually 

 much exserted. Hall & Harbour, 411. The most common form at mid- 

 dle elevations. Canon City, Brandegee. Gumiison River, East River, 

 Sierra Madre Range, and South Park, Coulter. Meehan. North Park, 

 Hu/den. Denver, Dr. Smith ; B. H. Smith. Canby. Ute Pass and Twin 

 Lakes, Porter. 



Var. ALPINA, Porter. Woolly- pubescent, 2' high, few-flowered ; flow- 

 ers almost concealed in the broad uucolored floral leaves. High alpine. 

 Summit of Pike's Peak, Porter. Mount Lincoln, at 12,000 feet altitude, 

 Co utter. 



ORTHOCARPUS 1 LUTEUS, Nutt. DC. Prod., 10, p. 536. Stem hard, his- 



1 ORTHOCARPUS, Nutt. Calyx tubular-campanulate, membranous at base, usually 

 sub-equ.illy 4-cleft or 4-toothed. Corolla-tube sleuder ; galea erect, entire, channeled, 

 the margin inflexed ; lower lip shorter, 3-plicate or 3-saccate, sub-entire at the apex or 

 with three erect teeth. Stamens with one anther-cell fixed by the middle, the other 

 pendulous, smaller or wanting. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds usually numerous and 

 small, with a loose, reticulated or pitted testa, the radicle usually pointing toward 

 the hiluui. 



