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SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



VOL. III. 



6. Pedicularis Furbishiae S. Wats. Miss 

 Furbish's Pedicularis. Fig. 3851. 



P. Furbishiae S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 375. 1882 



Perennial, pubescent, at least above; stem strict, 

 simple, 2-3 high. Leaves lanceolate, alternate, or 

 some of them opposite, the lower long-petioled, 4'-6' 

 long, pinnately divided into ovate or oblong, pinna- 

 tifid or incised segments, the upper sessile, pinnately 

 parted or lobed ; calyx 5-lobed, the lobes entire or 

 dentate ; narrow, somewhat unequal ; corolla yellow, 

 7"-9" long, the galea arched, truncate, not beaked, 

 2-cuspidate at the apex; capsule ovate. 



In swamps and along streams, Maine and New Bruns- 

 wick. July-Sept. 



7. Pedicularis flammea L. Red-tipped 

 Pedicularis. Fig. 3852. 



Pedicularis flammea L. Sp. PI. 609. 1753. 



Perennial, glabrous, or somewhat woolly; 

 stem simple, 2,'-^' high, with several linear- 

 oblong, pinnately parted leaves. Basal and 

 lower leaves slender-petioled, i'-ij' long, the 

 uppermost sessile, the lobes ovate or oblong, 

 incised-serrate ; flowers about 6" long, pedi- 

 celled 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, very blunt, much longer than the lower 

 lip, its summit crimson of purple; capsule lan- 

 ceolate, 6"-8" long, 2-3 times as long as the 

 calyx; fruiting pedicels 3"-s" long. 



Labrador and Greenland, west to Alaska. Also 

 in arctic and alpine Europe^ Summer. 



8. Pedicularis capitata Adams. Capitate Pedicularis. 



Fig- 3853- 

 Pedicularis capitata Adams, Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 5: too. 1817. 



Perennial, pubescent or glabrous ; stem scapose, leafless, or 

 i-leaved, i'-5' high. Leaves slender-petioled, often shorter 

 than the scape, pinnately divided, the segments ovate or ob- 

 long, incised; flowers several in a capitate cluster at the end 

 of the scape, i'-ii' long; calyx s-cleft, the lobes foliaceous, 

 incised or crenate; corolla described as white; galea scarcely 

 broadened above, slightly curved, very obtuse, twice as long 

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

 beaked on the outer side near the summit. 



Arctic America ; Hudson Bay to Alaska. Summer. 



38. ELEPHANTELLA Rydb. Mem. N. Y. Bot. Card, i : 362. 1900. 



Herbs similar to Pedicularis in habit. Leaves pinnately parted or pinnately divided. 

 Inflorescence erect. Calyx 2-lipped, often campanulate. Corolla very strongly 2-lipped, the tube 

 short, the upper lip (galea) produced into an elongated slender beak which is soon turned 

 upward, the lower lip very broad. [Greek, little elephant, referring to the resemblance of 

 the galea of the corolla to an elephant's head.] 



Two or three species of northern regions. Type species : Elephantella groenlandica (Retz.) Rydb. 



