GENUS 37. 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 



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3. Pedicularis palustris L. 



Pedicularis palustris L. 607. 1753. 



?P. parviflora J. E. Smith in Rees' Cyclop. 26 : No. 4. 



1814. 

 Pedicularis IVlassoviana Stev. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 



6: 2g. pi. 9, f. i. 1823. 

 Pedicularis palustris var. IVlassoviana Bunge ; 



Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 3: 283. 1847-49. 



Biennial or annual, glabrous throughout, or the 

 petiole-bases ciliate ; stem erect, much branched, 

 i-2 high. Leaves i'-z' long, alternate, or some 

 of them opposite, oblong-lanceolate in outline, 

 all pinnatifid into oblong crenate or incised seg- 

 ments ; flowers in terminal rather loose spikes 

 and solitary in the upper axils, 7"-g" long; calyx 

 2-cleft, the lobes with an incised crested border; 

 corolla purple, sometimes white, its tube twice as 

 long as the calyx, the lip much shorter, the galea 

 arched at the top, blunt or apiculate, not beaked, 

 bearing a pair of minute teeth below its summit; 

 capsule obliquely ovate, twice as long as the calyx 

 when mature. 



In wet situations, Labrador to Alaska, south to 

 Quebec, the Northwest Territory and Oregon. Eu- 

 rope. Summer. Red rattle, Cow's-wort. 



Purple Pedicularis. Marsh Lousewort. Fig. 3848. 



4. Pedicularis lanceolata Michx. Swamp 

 Lousewort. Fig. 3849. 



Pedicularis lanceolata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 18. 1803. 

 Pedicularis auriculata J. E. Smith in Rees' Cyclop. 26: 

 No. 4. 1814. 



Perennial, glabrous or very nearly so throughout; 

 stem stout, simple, or branched above, i-3 high, the 

 branches erect. Leaves alternate and opposite, lanceo- 

 late, or linear-lanceolate, 2'-5' long, pinnately lobed, 

 the lower petioled, the upper sessile, the lobes oblong, 

 obtuse, short, crenate-dentate, the margins cartilagi- 

 nous ; spikes short ; calyx 2-lobed, the lobes with folia- 

 ceous margins ; corolla yellow, 8"-io" long, the galea 

 arched, terminated by a very short truncate beak, the 

 lower lip erect-ascending ; capsule ovate, little exceed- 

 ing the calyx, about 5" high. 



in swamps, Ontario to Connecticut, North Carolina, 

 Manitoba, Ohio, Michigan, South Dakota and Nebraska. 

 Aug.-Oct. 



5. Pedicularis canadensis L. Wood or Head Betony. Lousewort. Fig. 3850. 



Pedicularis can'adensis L. Mant. 86. 1767. 



Perennial, hirsute, pubescent, or glabrate be- 

 low; stems commonly tufted, ascending or 

 erect, 6'-i8' high, simple. Leaves alternate or 

 some of them opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 3'-5' 

 long, all but the uppermost slender-petioled, 

 pinnately parted into oblong, obtuse, incised or 

 dentate lobes ; flowers spicate, the spike short 

 in flower, s'-e 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), 7"-io" long, the tube much longer than 

 the calyx, the galea arched, incurved, not beaked, 

 minutely 2-toothed below the apex ; capsule 

 lanceolate, oblique, 7"-8" long, 2" wide, about 

 3 times as long as the calyx. 



In dry woods and thickets, Nova Scotia to Mani- 

 toba, Florida, Mississippi, Kansas, Colorado and 

 North Mexico. Ascends to 3000 ft. in Virginia. 

 High heal-all. Beefsteak-plant. Lousewort-fox- 

 glove. Snaffles. April-June. 



