Pedicularis. 



0R0BANCnACEJ5. 583 



ally smaller an.l simpler ; the loljes sliarply serrate : calyx unequally 5-tootlied ; the 

 teeth almost as long as the tube : corolla purple ; the upper lip httle exser ed out ot 

 the calyx, much shorter than the hroad lower one, and only about halt the lengtli 

 of its abrupt upturned or retrocurved filiform beak, this 2 or 3 hues long. — i roc. 

 Am. Acad. vii. 384. 



Moist meadows in the Sierra Nevada at 5,U00 to 10,000 feet, from Mariposa to llacer Co., 

 Bridges, Brewer, Bolandcr, Torrey. 



^ +. Upper lip of the corolla blunt and beakless : radical leaves ample, nearly equal- 

 ling or exceeding the spike or dense raceme. 

 4 P densinora, Benth. Pubescent when young, or nearly glabrous stout, a 

 span to'a foot ..r more high : leaves oblong-lanceolate or broader in general outhne, 

 twice pinnatihd or pinnately parted, and the divisions irregularly and sharply in- 

 cised and toothed; the upper simpler and reduced to fohaceous bracts of the dense, 

 or in a"e more lengthened and looser spike or raceme : calyx-teeth 5, lanceolate oi 

 subulat°e : corolla red or scarlet, straight and narrow, slightly clavate an inch or more 

 long; the lower lip very small, inconspicuous, only a quarter of the length ot t e 

 npper : anther-eells with tapering or acute base. -P. densiflor<-<^ & P. attenuata, 

 Benth. in DC. 1. c. 574. ^ 



Common throu<,^hout the western and middle portions of tlie State. Spike at first 2 «; -"^f^^^ J 

 in age often a foot or more in length: pedicels shorter than the calyx, sometimes .eiy shoitn 

 Tube of the corolla either little or considerably exserted. 



5 P semibarbata, Gray. Somewhat pubescent, or at length glabrate, almost 

 stemless ■ leaves crow.led next the ground, slender-petioled, much exceeding the 

 short and nearly sessile spikes, twice pinnately parted into small and short mostly 

 few-toothed or incised lobes : calyx unequally 5-toothed : corolla yeUowish, exter- 

 nallv pubescent, two thirds of an inch long, moderately enlarging upward, straight ; 

 the short obtuse npper lip a little incurved, slightly longer than the almost erect 

 lower one : the two longer filaments villous above the middle; the others^ nearly 

 naked : anther-cells abruptly pointed at the base. — Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 38.J. 



Open woods through the Sierra Nevada, at 5,000 to 10,000 feet, from Mariposa to Placer Co. 

 (^Brewer, Bolander, Gray) ; also found near Carson City by Anderson. 



P CENTRAN'THERA, Gray ill Bot. Mex. Boimd. 120, is a somewhat similar, but more peculiar, 

 neaiiy stemless species, with once pinnatifid leaves, longer and purple coroUa, and awned anthers. 

 It was discovered in New Mexico! but has recently been detected m the southwestern part ot 

 Utah, so that it may reach the borders of California. 



Order LXIX. OROBANCHACE^. 



Eoot-parasitic herbs, destitute of foliage and green color, with irregular chiefly 

 bilabiate coroUa, didynamous stamens, and one-celled ovary and capsule with two or 

 more parietal many-seeded placenta, — by the latter character only distinguished 

 from Scrophulariacece. — Seeds very smaU and numerous, anatropous, with a minute 

 embryo at the base of transparent albumen. Calyx and corolla persistent, hypogy- 

 nous. Stamens on the tube of the corolla : anthers 2-celled. Style long : stigma 

 2-lobed or nearly entire. Capsule 2-valved : each valve bearing one placenta or a 

 pair. Dry or fleshy scales, in place of leaves, alternate. 



A small order mainly of the northern temperate zone, of 11 genera and '-^bout 150 sjto all 

 except a dozen belonging to the Old World, only two genera represented m or near taliloxnia. 



1. Aphyllon. Stamens included: cells of the anthers pointe.l at base. Calyx 5-cleft 



2. Boschniakia. Stamens protruded: anther-cells closely parallel and blunt at base. Caljx 



truncate posteriorly, the teeth anterior and lateral. 



