384 SCROPIIULARIACEAE. 



i' '._. (or the lower even 3%) in. long; bracta petal-like above, equally 3-parted 

 or the middle lobe Bomewhal larger and 3-cleft at Bummit; spikes lax below; 

 calyx lobes red, rarely yellow, laciniately 2-cleft at Bummit or to below the 

 middle; corolla straight, the galea about as long as tube, little or not at all 

 ezserted. — (C. douglasii Benth.) 



Wooded canons: Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada. Common and variable. 

 Bracts variable in coldr, tipped with red, yellow, or white. The bracts of 

 the yellow form from the Oakland Hills are nol cleft to the middle. 



4. C. latifolia H. & A. Seaside Painted Cup. One-half to 1% ft. high; 

 herbage viscid-pubescent; leaves thick, oval or obovate, mostly less than 

 1 in. long, or the upper larger and 3-lobed at apex; bracts very short and 

 broad (aboul !> lines long and 5 lines wide) with oblong lobes, the middle lobe 

 twice as large as the lateral; calyx-lobes broad, entire or notched at apex, 

 almost equaling the corolla; corolla small, about 8 lines long; lower lip very 

 short. 



Sea cliffs and rocky headlands along the coast: San Francisco: Monterey, 

 etc. Aug. 



5. C. foliolosa H. & A. Woolly Painted Cup. Suffrutescent, with many 

 stems from the base, mostly 10 to 18 in. high, white-woolly throughout; leaves 

 linear and entire, rather crowded below and fascicled in the lower axils, about 

 1 in. long or less, the upper cauline and bracts 3-parted into linear lobes; 

 bracts with lobes spatulate-dilated at apex, the middle lobe largest and again 

 shallow ly 3-lobed; spikes dense; flower about 9 lines long, only slightly curved; 

 galea protruding from calyx only 1 or 2 lines, shorter than or as long as tube 

 of corolla; calyx-lobes truncate or merely retuse; capsule 7 lines long; seeds 

 bluish green. 



Dry Coast Range hills, mostly in rocky situations or on gravelly soil, in 

 some places exceedingly abundant, occupying many acres of open hillside. 

 Apr.-May. 



18. ORTHOCARPUS Nutt. Owl's Clover. 

 Annual herbs, or a few perennial species extra lhnital. Leaves alternate, 

 incised or laciniate, the floral sometimes colored. Flowers in terminal spikes. 

 Calyx tabular or short -campa nulate, 4-cleft, or cleft before and behind and the 

 divisions 2-lobed. Corolla tubular, the upper lip ("galea") similar to that of 

 Castilleia, bul not so greatly (or not at all) exceeding the lower one. Lower 

 lip 3-saCCate, inflated, often very conspicuous. Stamens 4; anthers in some 

 species with but one cell. (Greek orthos, upright, and karpos, fruit.) 



A. Bracts with colored tips. 

 Corolla with moderately 3-saccate lower lip. the teeth or lobes conspicuous. 

 Filaments glabrous; galea nearly straight, glabrous. 



Flowers whitish; spike slender. 3 in. long or more, lax below 1. O. attenuatUS. 



blowers dull white with purple marks; spike short and dense, 2 in. long or less 



2. O. castillcioidcs. 

 purple; spikes dense, cylindric 3. O. densiflorus. 



Filaments hairy; galea hooked at apex, bearded; flowers crimson 4. O. purpurascens. 



B. Bracts wholly herbaceous. 

 Corolla with conspicuously 3-saccate lower lip, much larger than the slender and straight 

 (but often longer) galea. 

 Stamens in anthesis exserted from the scarcely folded galea; tlowers y 2 in. long or less. 



Plants small and weak; flowers scattered, inconspicuous, dark red 5. 0. pusillus. 



Plants larger and more vigorous; flowers in mostly dense spikes, white or cream- 

 color <>. <K Horibundus. 



Stamens no( exserted from the involute subulate galea; flowers exceeding ' _• in. 

 Leaves dissected into linear segments; mix .a' corolla filiform. 

 Herbage greenish; corolla yellow or pinkish white, no markings or inconspicuous 





