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CASTILLEJA coccinea. 



Vermilion-leaved Castilleju. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGWSPERMIA 



Nat. ord, Scrophularineje. 

 CASTILLEJA . Suprd, foL 925. 



C« coccinea ; annua, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis integris trifidisve pilosis, brac- 



teis pinnatifidis coloratis, calyce tubuloso tomentoso margine dilatato 



tubo corollaB longiore, fastigio pilose. 

 C, coccinfea, Spreng. syst, 2, p, 755, 

 Euchroma coccinea, Nutt, gen, am, 2. p. 55, 

 Bartsia coccinea. L, sp. pL 839. Willd, sp, pi. 3. p, 185. Pwrsh. fl. 



am. sept, 2. 429. 

 Pediculans s. cristee galli affinis virginiana Ajugee multifido folio ; apicibus 



coccineOy floribus pallidis in spicam congestis. PluA. Aim, t, 102./. 5. 

 Honninum, tenui coronopi folio, virginianum, Moris, hist, 3, p, 395. 5. II. 



t, 13./. 28. 



Caulis annuus, decwmbens, striatuSf pilis longis vestitu^. Folia ohlonga^ 

 apice trijida v, integra, pilis longis vestiia, trinervia; inferiorihus scBpi^s 

 integris, Bracteee oblong o-lanceolatis, miniatce, lutecE, alh(Bve,fere semper 

 pinnatifidce, Capsulse oblongce, pubescentes, seminibus cuneatis, reticulatis. 



A pretty hardy annual, native of gravelly soil in various 

 parts of North America, It is very abundant in upland 

 meadows about the river Columbia, where it was found by 

 Mr. Douglas- Seeds were sent by him to the Horticul- 

 tural Society in 1826; and plants produced by them 

 flowered in the open borders in July and August 1827, at 

 which time the drawing was made. 



Increased by seeds, which are produced in small quan- 

 tities. Should be grown in gravel or peat, and sand, and 

 not ii\ loamy soil. 



The plant as represented in the accompanying drawing 

 varies materially from its wild state, in navmg its lower 

 leaves entire and not trifid; but in other respects it agrees 



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