1907] Fernald,— Rhinanthus of Quebec and New Hampshire 25 
abia inferiore 1 mm. longa flava vel raro violacea; seminibus reni- 
formibus 5-6 mm. longis 3.5 mm. latis olivaceis, alis dorsalibus mem- 
branaceis, ventralibus obscuris. 
Plant 0.6-4 dm. high, green, glabrous at base, pilose along the sides 
of the internodes above, simple: cauline leaves shorter than the inter- 
nodes, oblong, or in very small specimens linear, scabrid, obtuse, cre- 
nate-dentate; the teeth broad and appressed: spikes 2-12-flowered: 
bracts scabrous, the lower similar to the upper leaves, the middle and 
upper triangular-ovate, attenuate, about equalling the calyx, laciniate- 
dentate; the lower teeth spreading, aristate-acuminate, longer than the 
upper: flowering calyx ovate-oblong; fruiting suborbicular, 1.3-1.9 
cm. long, glabrescent, the margins ciliate: corolla yellow, 1-1.2 cm. 
long, the straight tube exserted; the upper lip 3-4 mm. long, its lower 
margin convex, the teeth yellow, obliquely quadrilateral, subtruncate, 
0.5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad; the lower lip 1 mm. long, yellow or 
rarely violaceous: seeds reniform, 5-6 mm. long 3.5 mm. wide, olive- 
brown, the dorsal wing membranaceous, the ventral obscure.— QUE- 
BEC, common on alpine meadows and slopes, altitude 950-1125 m., 
Table-topped Mountain, Gaspé Co., August 7, 1906 (Fernald & Collins, 
no. 248), August 12, 1881 (J. A. Allen): New HAMPSHIRE, “ in alpinis 
Montium Alborum " (Wm. Oakes); ** White Mount. in locis humidis 
alpinis cum Veronica alpina et caet," 1843 (E. Tuckerman); head of 
Oakes Gulf, August 28, 1877, August 29, 1890 (E. & C. E. Faxon); 
moist grassy soil, edge of Oaks Gulf, August 8, 1896 (E. F. Williams); 
Lion’s Head, Alpine Garden, Mt. Washington, September 1, 1890 (E. 
& C. E. Faxon). "Various specimens from the Labrador coast are 
apparently referable here. 
From the essentially coastal Rhinanthus Crista-galli of New Eng- 
land and the Maritime Provinces R. oblongifolius is distinguished by 
several characters. In the coastal plant the leaves are narrower, 
lance- or linear-attenuate, and sharply serrate with more spreading 
teeth; and in drying the stems and foliage become strongly blackened. 
R. oblongifolius, with oblong crenate-toothed leaves, on the other 
hand, retains its green color even in the old specimens of Oakes. 
In R. Crista-galli the lateral teeth of the upper lip of the corolla are 
about as long as broad and dark-colored; in R. oblongijolius much 
broader than long and yellow. In R. Crista-galli the ventral wing 
of the seed is conspicuously thickened and clearly defined; in the 
seed of R. oblongijolius it is only slightly thickened and less clearly 
defined. 
GRAY HERBARIUM. 
