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CASTILLEJA septenti •ioiialis. 
Labrador CastiU^a. ^ , 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSFERMIA. 
Nat. Ord. ScROPHULAUINEjE. 
CASTILLEJA I,. — CaZyar tubulosus compresstts hinc fissus. Corolla 
tubulosa compressa bilabiata; labio superiore lineari canalicalato; inferiore 
brevissimo dentato. Stamina 4 didynama. Stigma caj)itatuin. Capsula 
ovata compressa. Semina membrana reticulata laxa obtecta. Herbee, 
sufFrutices, aut frutices. Folia altema integra aut trifida; floralia dissimiliaf 
brateiformia coloratq.. Florea axillaresysolitarii atU terminalet tpicati, 
Corollee albida aut vtrescentes. Kanl^AnDOVS. 2.99. 
C. septentrionalis ; annua, foliis caulinis lineari-lanceolatis: superioribus 
ovato-lanceolatis trinervibus cauleque striato glabris, spica paniculata, 
calyce bilabiate (|) corolla breviore. 
Bartsia pallida, Mkh. Ji. am. sept. 2. p. 17. Pursh. fi. am. sept. 2.429. 
Nutt. genera 2.56. et auctorum omnium de Am. sept. 
Herba annua, caule simplice suberecto striato ghihro versus apicem 
pilosiusculo. Folia radicalia vix ulla, caulina lanceolata glabra: superi- 
oribus latioribus trinervibus. Spica paniculata^ b r0t»i s pailidis purpuratis, 
imbricatis, oblongis, apice rotundatis 3-5 dentdns. Flore* in axilUs brac- 
tmrian solitarU, te»dletf pallid^ yirides. Calyx compressus, tubulosus bila- 
biatus pilosus, labia superiore bifida, inferiore 3-partito. CowUa tubulosa 
tomentosa, labio superiore lineari erecto integro canaliculato, jmeriare bre- 
vmimo tridenkUo glandtUis nullis, sed fauce camasd in loco ^ImeUUmm, 
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A single individual of this cxcccdiiiuly raro and V( ry 
curious plant, sprang up from among some turfs imported 
from Labrador by the Horticultural Society, in whose 
garden at Chiswick our drawinq- was made, in July 1824. 
It perished soon afterwards, having shed its seed ; but no 
traces of the plant have been discovered this season. It 
probably is scarcely capable of cultivation, except, as in 
the present instance, under accidental circumstances. 
Although there appear to be no traces of glands in the 
mouth of the lip of this species, their place beinp; sup- 
plied, by a thickening of the orifice, we nevertheless concur 
