Scrophulariaceae 259 



calyx i inch long, crimson or scarlet with 

 a green base about equally cleft ; corolla yel- 

 lowish-green, \ an inch longer than the calyx. 

 In moist open woods throughout the Rock- 

 ies at the lower altitudes on the eastern 

 slope; flowering in June and July. 



Orthocarpus Annual > rough-hairy; stems 



luteus stout, erect, branched above 



Nutt. or simple, 6-18 inches high, 



Yellow densely leafy. Leaves erect or 



Orthocarpus. 



ascending, linear or lanceolate, 

 entire or sometimes 3-cleft, i-ij inches long, 

 sessile, long acuminate; bracts of the dense 

 spike lanceolate, broader and shorter than 

 the leaves, entire or 3-cleft, green, mostly 

 longer than the flowers. Flowers bright 

 yellow, an inch long or less, the upper lip 

 ovate, obtuse, about as long as the sac-like 

 3 -toothed lower one. 



In open ground in the lower valleys 

 throughout the region as far west as the 

 valley of the Columbia River at Beaver- 

 mouth; flowering throughout the summer. 



