Labiatce.] 



CALIFORNIA.— SUPPLEMENT. 



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inciso-dentatis, spica dense multiflora, calyce inaequaliter 5-dentato, corollae galea recta 

 obtusa antice hiante, labio minimo. Benth. in Hook. Flor. Bor. Am. 1. p. 110. 



There is also a variety of this, if not a distinct species, in the collection, which differs by the whole plant 

 not being more than six inches high, while P. densiflora is at least a foot and a half ; the leaves are pro- 

 portionately smaller ; the stem is hirsutely pubescent, not glabrous. 



2. P. (Rostrata) surrecta (Benth.) ; erecta glabra, foliis pinnatisectis segmentis lan- 

 ceolato-linearibus subcartilagineo-serratis, spicis elongatis multifloris, calycibus tubulosis 

 5-dentatis, dente supremo minore lateralibus altius crenatis, corollae galea fornicata 

 calycem subduplo superante in rostrum subulatum surrectum calycem plus triplo super- 

 antem desinente. Benth. in Hook. Flor. Bor. Am. 2. p. 107. 



Hab. Swamp at Green River, one of the head-waters of the Rio Colorado. Mr_ Tolmie. 



Ord. XLIV. LABIATE. Juss. 



1. Salvia (Echinosphace) carduacea (Benth.); caule herbaceo erecto subsimplici albo- 

 lanato, foliis petiolatis oblongis pinnatifidis subtus laxe lanatis, lobis ovatis sinuato-den- 

 tatis, dentibus spinoso-acuminatis, floralibus bracteisque imbricatis spinosissimis, verticil- 

 lastris remotis dense multifloris, calycibus inflatis lanatis, labio superiore elongato tri- 

 dentato inferiore bifido dentibus omnibus spinosis, corollae tubo subincluso labii inferioris 

 lobo medio fimbriato, connectivis postice liberis antherae loculum subcassum ferentibus. 

 Benth. Lab. p. 202. 



2. S. (Pycnosphace) columbaria? (Benth.) ; herbacea erecta parum ramosa, foliis pro- 

 funde pinnatifidis rugosis glabriusculis, lobis oblongo-linearibus obtusis eroso-dentatis 

 incisisve, extremo vix latiore, floralibus bracteaeformibus, verticillastris solitariis binisve 

 dense multifloris hemisphaericis, bracteis lato-ovatis membranaceis acuminatis imbricatis, 

 calycis ovati pubescentis labio superiore elongato concavo breviter tridentato, inferiore 

 breviter bifido, corollae tubo incluso, labii inferioris lobo medio crenulato, connectivis 

 postice liberis subporrectis antherae loculum cassum ferentibus. Benth. Lab. p. 202. 



AUDIBERTIA. Benth. 



Calyx ovatus, bilabiatus, labio superiore concavo integro vel breviter tridentato, inferiore bifido, intus fauce 

 nuda. Corolla tubo calycem aequante vel exserto, limbo bilabiato, labio superiore bifido lobis patentibus, 

 inferiore trifido lobis lateralibus ovatis oblongisve patentibus, medio latissimo emarginato. Stamina fertilia 

 duo (inferiora) adscendentia, saepius exserta, superiorum rudimenta parva claviformia vel nulla. Antherce 

 dimidiatue, connectivo lineari in filamentum articulato adscendente, apice antheram linearem unilocularem 

 ferente postice non producto vel brevissime acuminato. Stylus breviter subulato-bifidus. Benth. 



1. A. grandiflora (Benth.) ; caule elato villoso, foliis oblongo-ellipticis sinuato-crenatis 

 basi cordatis rugosis, verticillastris densis multifloris, bracteis lato-ovatis calycibusque 

 amplis membranaceis coloratis villosis, staminibus longe exsertis. Benth. Lab. p. 313. 



2. A. humilis ; suffruticosa, foliis ad basin caulis approximatis petiolatis oblongo-lan- 



