FIG WORT FAMILY. 



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characteristic. This and the preceding species belong to the subgenus 

 Adenostegia proper, characterized by a diphyllous calyx; it is to be 

 noted, however, that the lower sepal in A. Pringlei and A. pilosa is 

 deciduous, and that only the upper sepal persists in extreme age ! 

 The next two species are of the section Hemistegia, the calyx of which 

 is monophyllous, only the upper sepal being present! 



4. A. maritima (Nutt.) Greene. Coryinbosely branched, •"> to 12 in. 

 high; herbage glaucous and more or less hoary-pubescent; leaves 

 linear to oblong, 1 in. long, entire; flowers in short rather thick 

 spikes, about as long as the loosely imbricated bracts; corolla purplish; 

 stamens 4, in very unequal pairs; anthers of the longer pair 2-celled, 

 of the shorter pair with only the lower smaller cell; filaments gla- 

 brous. — (Cordy lan thus maritimus Nutt.) 



Salt marshes near the coast from San Francisco Bay southward to 

 Southern California. July. 



5. A. mollis (Gray) Greene. Simple or branched. }> to 1 ft. high, 

 villous-pubescent. the bracts densely villous-hirsute; leaves linear or 

 oblong, entire, or the upper saliently few-toothed or pinnatifid; 

 flowers spicate; corolla £ in. long; stamens 2; anthers 2-celled; fila- 

 ments glabrous. — (Cordylanthus mollis Gray.) 



Interior salt marshes: Vallejo; Suisun Marshes. Aug. 



20. PEDICULAR IS L. Lousewort. 

 Perennial herbs with alternate pinnatifid leaves. Flowers in a 

 bracteate spike. Calyx 2 to 5-cleft. Corolla tubular, strongly bilab- 

 iate; upper lip galeate, arched and compressed; lower lip of 3 small 

 rounded lobes or teeth. Stamens 4, under the galea; anthers trans- 

 verse, with equal cells. Capsule flattened, oblique at apex, loculi- 

 cidally 2-valved. (From Latin pediculus, a louse: of uncertain 

 application.) 



1. P. densiflora Benth. Indian Warrior. Sten»> simple and 

 erect, 9 to 12 in. high, commonly several from the scaly caudex; 

 herbage soft-pubescent or nearly glabrous; leaves pinnately divided or 

 parted, the segments oblong and doubly serrate-toothed or incised; 

 flowers in a terminal dense (or in age loose) spike; bracts linear, 

 ciliate or serrulate towards the apex, mostly shorter than the flowers; 

 calyx 5-angled, the anterior and lateral angles soft-pubescent, equally 

 or unequally 5-toothed, 3 to 4 lines long; corolla crimson, 1 in. long 

 or more; galea large, slightly broader upwards, strongly arched; 

 lower lip small, of 3 rounded teeth; anther-cells acute at base; 

 seeds few. 



Wooded hills throughout western California. Feb. -Mar. 



Bellardia Trixago (L.) is an escape near Martinez, ace. to 

 Greene, Man., 284. It is an annual with crenate-serrate lanceolate 

 leaves, red and white flowers in a dense terminal spike, 4-lobed calyx, 

 and the lip of the corolla equaling or exceeding the galea. 



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