242 Class XIV. Order It. 



254. MELAMPYRUM. 

 MELAMPYRUM AMERICANUM. Mich. Cow- Wheat, 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, the uppermost with a few 

 setaceous teeth at base ; flowers axillary. 



Pretty common in woods. Stem erect, branching-, less than 

 a foot in height. Leaves opposite, lanceolate or ovate, smooth, 

 entire, with a long obtuse point, the upper ones furnished 

 with several bristle-like teeth at base. Flowers axillary, 

 whitish, slender, the lower lip yellow on the inside. Capsules 

 flat, acute, pointing downward, containing four seeds. June, 

 July. Annual. 



255. RHINANTHUS. 

 RHINANTHUS CRISTA GALLI. Yellow Rattle. 



Upper lip of the corolla vaulted ; calyx smooth ; 

 leaves lanceolate, serrate. 



About a foot high, branching and smooth. Leaves opposite, 

 cordate, lanceolate, acutely serrate, rough. Calyx large, inflat- 

 ed, compressed, nerved and reticulated, contracted at the mouth. 

 Corolla yellow, much longer than the calyx, the upper lip 

 curved, the lower three cleft. In meadows, at Plymouth, Mass. 

 abundant. J uly. Annual. 



256. SCROPHULARIA. 



SCROPHULARIA MARILANDACA. L. FigWOrt, 



Leaves cordate, serrate, acute, rounded at base ; 

 stem obtuse-angled. L. 



A tall, erect plant with flowers resembling capsules. Stem 

 square with bluntish corners, smooth except at the joints, where 

 there is a slight pubescence between the petioles. Leaves op- 

 posite, ovate-oblong, obtuse at base, tapering to an acute point, 

 serrate. Panicle erect, with opposite branches. Flowers small, 

 somewhat globular. Calyx teeth obtuse, appressed. Corolla 

 greenish outside, of a dark brown within, divided into five une- 

 qual, rounded segments, the shortest of which is reflexed. Sta- 

 mens declined. Style bending over the short segment of the 



