208 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ APRIL 
to 2.5™ long: calyx pubescent on the outer surface, nearly 
equally divided anteriorly and posteriorly; the lateral divisions 
linear-oblong, 2-dentate or shallowly 2-lobed at the apex, promi- 
nently 2-veined even to the base of the calyx: corolla 2 to 2.5% 
long, slightly exceeding the calyx, but scarcely twice the length 
of the rather prominent but not saccate 3-lobed lip: only the 
two anterior stamens protruding beyond the lip: style some- 
what exceeding the galea, shallowly 2-lobed: capsule oblong, 
about 1™ long, 4™" broad, glabrous.—Collected by William C 
Cusick in Sumter valley, Blue mountains, Oregon, July 6, 189). 
no. 1700. The flowers are said by the collector to be “pale 
yellow rarely tinged with red.” 
A species related to C. pallida HBK., from which it is distinguished by 
the foliar characters, pubescence of the stem and leaves, and the long, slender 
inflorescence. 
Castilleia levisecta.— Many stemmed from a perennial ait 
stems 1.5 to 32" high, usually unbranched above, covered with 
a soft more or less spreading unequal pilose pubescence: leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, 2.5 to 4™ long, 5 to 12™ broad, 3-5-ney™ 
pubescent upon either surface, often bearing rather long ~ 
hairs on the veins beneath: the lower somewhat pean 
often entire; the upper more dilated and shallowly lobed gre 
the apex with one to three pairs of lobes on either side: oe 2 
rescence rather densely spicate or subracemose: bracts y % i 
rather broad, subdigitately lobed at the apex: calyx ee a 
long, nearly equally cut before and behind, pe = oe 
cent; the lateral lobes again rather deeply 2-lobed, ° ‘ 
long; the lip one-third as long as the galea, sh 
3-lobed : capsule glabrous, 8 to 10™ long, usually cov 
the persistent pubescent calyx.— Howell 279; 
ington, 1880, O. D. Allen 83, Roy, Washington, 
F. Binns, in open woods and hills, Pt. Ludlow, 
June 15, 1890; Macoun 715, vicinity of Victoria, 
Island, B. Oe May 16, 1893. 
