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CALIFORNIA.— SUPPLEMENT. 



[ ScrophularinecB . 



Mr Bentham says that (all ?) the leaves are cordato-amplexicaul, but our specimens we can only distinguish 

 from M. guttatus by their being pubescent towards the extremity, and somewhat viscous, with the calyx less 

 inflated and not contracted at the mouth. 



6. M. guttatus (De Cand.) ; glaber, foliis eroso-dentatis inferioribus petiolatis sub- 

 lyratis superioribus rotundatis cordato-amplexicaulibus, calycibus ovatis fructiferis inflatis 

 ore contracto, dentibus ovatis supremo latissimo, corolla calycem duplo superante. Benth, 

 I. c. Hook, et Am. supra, p. 152 (ex parte) M. luteus. Pursh. — Bot. Mag. t. 1501. 



7. M. floribundus (Dough); diffusus laxe pilosus viscosus, foliis petiolatis lato-ovatis 

 subdentatis basi truncatis rotundatisve, calyce (parvo) ovato tubuloso subasqualiter trun- 

 cato brevissime et acute dentato. Benth. I. c. p. 29. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1125. 



We have not received this from Douglas, but Mr Bentham mentions it as having been found by him in 

 California. 



8. M. nanus ; annuus puberulus, caule perbrevi paucifloro, foliis spathulato-ovatis 

 subintegerrimis nervosis, calyce fere sessili oblongo 5-costato ore obliquo breviter 5- 

 dentato, corolla (purpurea) calycem 2-4 plo superante basi longe attenuata, capsula 

 chartacea oblongo-lineari calycem superante. Hook. Ic. PL ined. — a. plurijiorus ; corollae 

 tubo calycem duplo superante — (B. subuniflorus ; corollas tubo calycem 3-4. plo superante. 



A beautiful dwarf species, the length of the flower in /3 (1 J to 2 inches), in almost every instance, exceed- 

 ing that of the stem. The corolla is attenuated below into a long and slender almost colourless tube, the 

 upper part deep purple. Upper lip much larger and longer than the lower one. Style almost the length of 

 the corolla. Stigma bilamellate. Stamens didynamous, each part cruciately approximated and cohering. 

 The capsule agrees in the form with Diplacus, Nutt., but is not woody as in that subgenus ; although the 

 dehiscence and placenta resemble it more than a true Mimulus. 



1. Veronica serpyllifolia. Linn. — Hook. Flor. Bor. Am. 2. p. 101. 

 Hab. Between Henry's and Smith's Rivers, Snake Country. Mr Tolrnie. 



1. Orthocarpus pusillus (Benth.) ; humilis ramosissimus glabriusculus, foliis apice mul- 

 tifidis laciniis divaricatis setaceis, dentibus calycinis linearibus viridibus corollam subae- 

 quantibus. Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 12. 



2. O. gracilis (Benth.) ; caulibus numerosis ramosissimis apice pubescentibus, foliis 

 apice multifidis laciniis divaricatis lineari-subulatis, dentibus calycinis lanceolato-subulatis 

 acutissimis vix coloratis, corollae (purpurascentis?) tubo exserto pubescente, staminibus 

 galea brevioribus. Benth. I. c. 



In this the lower lip is 3-dentate at the apex ; it is also 3-lobed, each lobe being saccate or forming a little 

 inflated bag. On account of this structure, it ought perhaps to be placed in the genus Triphysa of Fischer 

 and Meyer, but the lower lip is only lobed, not tripartite as described, perhaps inadvertently, by these 

 botanists. 



3. O. floribundus (Benth.) ; glabriusculus ramosissimus, foliis apice pinnatifidis laciniis 

 linearibus divaricatis, dentibus calycinis linearibus viridibus, corollas (luteae) tubo sub- 

 exserto glabro, antheris exsertis. Benth. I. c. 



This we have not seen. 



