A SKETCH OF THE BOTANY OF THE BASIN OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE OF UTAH. 171 
pubescent; stem short, scaly; peduncles fasciculate, naked, one-flowered; calyx ebracte- 
ate, lobes triangular-acute, the tube of the corolla long and re-curved; lips erect, concave, 
short and obtuse, the superior bifid, the inferior trifid; filaments glandular, anthers gla- 
brous; flowers pinkish-white. Great Salt Lake City. June. Mrs. Carrington. 
SCROPHULARIACEA. 
Mimutvs duteus. Linn. D.C. Prodr. X., p. 370. (Monkey Flower.) Glabrous; leaves 
ovate-orbicular, erose-dentate, the lower longly petiolate, sublyrate, the upper sessile or 
cordate-amplexicaule; calyx ovate and inflated in seed, the upper tooth larger ; corolla yel- 
low, the tube at least twice the length of the calyx. Great Salt Lake Valley. June. 
Mrs. Carrington. 
Veronica Americana. Schw. D.C. Prodr. X., p.468. (American Brook Lime.) Gla- 
brous; leaves mostly petiolate, opposite, ovate-oblong, serrate, truncate or subcordate at 
base; racemes pedunculate, axillary, opposite; corolla pale blue with purple stripes; cap- 
sule rounded, turgid, notched at the top. Great Salt Lake County. April—June. Mrs. 
Carrington. 
CASTILLEJA hispida. Benth. in D.C. Prodr. X. p. 532. (Painted cups.) Hispid. Stem-leaves 
lanceolate, mostly three cleft, divisions linear, elongated, the floral ones broader. Lobes 
of the calyx two cleft, the divisions oblong, almost linear, shorter than the red corolla, 
helmet 4—5 times longer than the inferior lip. Shores of the Salt Lake, Maj. Stansbury, 
and Mrs. Carrington. , 
C. . . . miniata, Dougl. in Hook. fl. Bor. Am. 2, p. 106. Glabrous, or hairy at 
top. Cauline leaves entire, lanceolate, floral ones incised and minium coloured. Spike 
dense, and sometimes becoming interrupted. Lobes of the calyx bifid with almost linear 
divisions; the upper lip of the corolla 4—5 times longer than the inferior one. With 
the preceding, Maj. Stansbury. 
C. . . .  sessiliflora, Pursh. Gray, Man. p. 294. Hairy, leaves mostly three cleft, 
with narrow divergent lobes, floral ones broader and scarcely coloured; spike crowded; 
calyx cleft in front, the divisions two cleft, shorter than the tube of the long-narrow and 
greenish-yellow corolla, which has the lobes of the lower lip slender and half the length 
of the upper lip. Mouth of Weber River, Maj. Stansbury. 
BORRAGINACES. 
MertenstA oblongifolia, Don. D. C., Prodr. X. p. 92. (Smooth Lungwort.) Smooth, sim- 
ple, erect. Leaves lanceolate-oblong; flowers paniculate, pedicellate; calyx short, with 
linear lobes, acute and ciliate; corolla tubular-campanulate, blue. Northern end of the 
Great Salt Lake, Col. Fremont. 
