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lip erect, 2-.-left, the lower 3-partecl, all the lobes linear or narrowly- 

 oblong. Stamens 4, all fertile, strongly or moderately unequal, 

 exserted, distant and straight. (Diminutive of illonarda, on account 

 of its resemblance to that genus. ) 



Annuals. , , 

 Leaves entire; interior species or at least not of the seaward ranges. 

 Bracts witli strong transverse ribs from the midrib to the conspicuous 

 marginal nerve, the spaces between the ribs silvery-scarious or trans- 

 parent ; corolla-tube little exserted 1. J/- BouglasU. 



Bracts whltish-scarious, the ribs converging toward the apex, at least in 



the inner bracts ; corolla-tube much surpassing the calyx 



2. M. Breweri. 

 Leaves undulate ; seacoast species ... . . 3. M. undulata. 



Perennials. 

 Leaves ovate to lanceolate, green on both faces, mostly serrate 



4. J/, villosa. 

 Leaves rhomtaoidal to oblong, green on the upper, white on the lower face, 

 entire . . . . . . d. M. riridis. 



1. M. Douglasii Benth. Four to 10 in. high, nearly glabrous, 

 loosely branched; leaves narrowly oblong or lanceolate, abruptly 

 short-'petioled, the whole about 1 in. long; heads on terminal or 

 axillary peduncles; bracts ovate and ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, with 

 strong pinnate ribs which are confluent along the margin, the spaces 

 between them silvery-scarious; corolla deep purple, the tube little 

 exserted beyond the cuspidate triangular-lanceolate calyx-teeth. 



Alameda and Contra Costa Cos.: Alameda, (V. JR. Vasey; depres- 

 sions in the Oakland Hills and Moraga Valley, " odor very strong," 

 Bolamler; and eastward to Mt. Diablo. Eemarkable for its fenestrate 

 bracts. 



2. M. Breweri Gray. Six in. high, finely scabrous-pubescent; 

 leaves oblong or narrowly ovate, short-petioled, the lower over 1 in. 

 long; bracts broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate-cuspidate, whitish- 

 scarious, the outer pinnately 7 to 9-ribbed, the inner with the ribs 

 parallel and converging to the point; calyx-teeth triangular- 

 lanceolate, not cuspidate; corolla rose-color or rose-violet, the tube 

 much surpassing the calyx. 



Corral IIollow (inner South Cofist Ranges), " top of very dry sandy 

 hill; plant very fragrant," Brewer, no. 1213, June 3, 1862. 



M. LANCEOLATA Gray. Bracts herbaceous, often turning reddish; 

 calyx-teeth merely acute; corolla rose-purple. — Sierra Foothills or at 

 middle elevations. M. candioans Benth. Bracts ovate, with par- 

 allel greenish nerves and white-scarious margins; calyx-teeth white, 

 acute, flowers white. — Sierra Foothills. M. leucocbphala Gray. 

 Very similar to the last, but the bright white bracts are more nearly 

 iirbicular and the calyx-teeth are subulate, rough-hispidulous, and 

 recurved. — Merced plains of the San Joaquin Valley. 



3. M. undulata Benth. Loosely branched, 5 to 9 in. high; stems 

 reddish brown, puberulent; leaves thickish, oblong-oblanceolate or 

 linear, obtuse, narrowed at base, undulate-margined, 1^ in. long or 

 less; bracts villous, broadly ovate or almost round, thin, and some- 

 what searious, whitish or pinkish, obtuse or acute, without cross 



