844 FLORA. 



5. Pedicularis Canadensis L. WOOD BETONY. LOUSEWORT. (I. F. f. 

 3335-) Pubescent, or glabrate below; stems commonly tufted, 1.5-4.5 dm. high, 

 simple. Leaves alternate or some of them opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 7-13 cm. 

 long, all but the uppermost slender-petioled, pinnately parted into obtuse incised 

 or dentate lobes; spike 1-2 dm. long in fruit, the lower bracts usually foliaceous, 

 the others small; calyx cleft on the lower-side, 2-3-crenate on the upper, oblique; 

 corolla yellow, or reddish (rarely white) 1.5-2 cm. long, the tube much longer than 

 the calyx, the galea arched, incurved, minutely 2-toothed below the apex; capsule 

 oblique, 14-16 mm. long. In dry woods and thickets, N. S. to Manitoba. Fla., 

 Miss., Colo, and Northern Mex. April-June. 



6. Pedicularis Furbishiae S. Wats. Miss FURBISH'S PEDICULARIS. (I. F. f. 

 3336.) Pubescent, at least above; stem strict, simple, 6-9 dm. high. Leaves 

 lanceolate, alternate, or some of them opposite, the lower long-petioled, 1-1.5 dm. 

 long, pinnately divided into ovate or oblong, pinnatifid or incised segments, the 

 upper sessile, pinnately parted or lobed; calyx 5-lobed, the lobes entire or dentate, 

 narrow, somewhat unequal; corolla yellow, 14-18 mm. long, the galea arched, 

 truncate, not beaked, 2-cuspidate at the apex. In swamps and along streams, Me. 

 and N. B. July-Sept. 



7. Pedicularis flammea L. RED-TIPPED PEDICULARIS. (I. F. f. 3337.) 

 Glabrous or somewhat wooly; stem simple, 5-10 cm. high with several linear- 

 oblong, pinnately parted leaves. Basal and lower leaves slender-petioled, 2.5-4 cm. 

 long, the uppermost sessile, the lobes ovate or oblong, incised-seirate; flowers about 

 12 mm. long, pedicelled in a short spike-like raceme, longer than the narrow bracts; 

 calyx 5-toothed, the teeth lanceolate, acute, unequal; corolla-tube and the lower 

 lip greenish-yellow, the galea slightly arched, blunt, much longer than the lower 

 lip; capsule lanceolate, 12-16 mm. long, 2-3 times as long as the calyx; fruiting 

 pedicels 6-10 mm. long. Lab. to Greenland and Alaska. Also in arctic and 

 alpine Europe. Summer. 



8. Pedicularis capitata Adams. CAPITATE PEDICULARIS. (I. F. f. 3338.) 

 Stem scapose, leafless, or i-leaved, 2.5-13 cm. high. Leaves slender-petioled, pin- 

 nately divided, the segments ovate or oblong, incised; flowers several in a capitate 

 cluster, 2. 5-4 cm. long; calyx 5-cleft, the lobes foliaceous, incised or crenate; corolla 

 described as white; galea scarcely broadened above, slightly curved, obtuse, twice 

 as long as the lower lip ; capsule oblong, a little longer than the calyx beaked on 

 the outer side near the summit. Hudson Bay to Alaska. Summer. 



34. RHINANTHUS L. 



Annual erect herbs, with opposite leaves, and yellow, blue, violet, or variegated 

 flowers, in terminal I -sided leafy -bracted spikes, or solitary in the upper axils. 

 Calyx compressed, 4-toothed, much inflated, membranous and conspicuously veiny 

 in fruit. Corolla irregular, 2-lipped, the upper lip (galea) compressed, arched, 

 minutely 2-toothed below the entire apex, the lower lip 3-lobed, shorter, the lobes 

 spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending under the galea; anthers pilose, 

 the sacs obtuse at the base, transverse, distinct. Capsule orbicular, flat, loculicid- 

 ally dehiscent, several-seeded. Seeds nearly orbicular, winged. [Greek, nose- 

 flower, from the beaked corolla.] About 3 species, of the northern hemisphere. 



i. Rhinanthus Crista-Galli L. RATTLE. RATTLE-BOX. YELLOW OR 

 PENNY RATTLE. (I. F. f. 3339.) Glabrous, or pubescent above ; stem usually 

 branched, 1.5-4.5 dm. high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate, sessile, 

 coarsely serrate-dentate, 2-5 cm. long; bracts broader, ovate, or ovate- lanceolate, 

 incised-dentate, the teeth acuminate or subulate-tipped; flowers yellow, 12-16 mm. 

 long ; corolla-tube longer than the calyx, commonly with a purple spot on one or 

 both lips; fruiting calyx 8-12 mm. in diameter; capsule nearly as broad as the 

 calyx. Newf. and Lab. to Alaska, Ore., Quebec, N. H., N. Y,, Ont. and in the 

 Rocky Mts. to N. Mex. ; on the Atlantic Coast from R. I. to N. B. Common in 

 northern Europe and Asia. June-Aug. 





35. MELAMPYRUM L. 



Annual herbs, with opposite leaves, and small flowers solitary in the upper axils, 

 or in bracted spikes. Calyx 4-toothed, the 2 upper teeth somewhat the longer. 



