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down into five acute segments. Corolla tubular, striated, hairy, 

 incurvated, of a purplish white colour, its mouth divided into 

 five roundish segments, its tube furnished on the under side with 

 two yellow lines which are prominent and hairy within. Sta- 

 mens crossing. Germ oval, surrounded with a gland or flat 

 ring at base. St}'le straight ; stigma reflexed. Woods, Wal- 

 tham ; parasitic ? June, July. 



Subgenus EPIFAGUS. Flowers polygamous, capsule open- 

 ing on one side. 

 OROBANCHE VIRGINIANA. L. Beech Drops. 



Stem branching ; flowers alternate, remote ; corol- 

 las deciduous, four toothed. 



Syn. EI J IFAGUS AMERICANUS. Nutt. 



A parasitic plant, said only to be found attached to the roots 

 of the Beech tree. Root fleshy and scaly. Stem a foot high, 

 branched, leafless, with small ovate scales. Flowers alternate, 

 remote, small. The fertile corollas, according to Mr. Nuttall, 

 are deciduous in consequence of the obliquity and rapid enlarge- 

 ment of the germ ; the barren ones larger, white striped with 

 purple. In Beech woods, Maine. I have not seen it near Bos- 

 ton. August. 



260. PEDICULARIS. 

 PEDICULARIS CANADENSIS. L. Lousewort. 



Stem simple, spike somewhat leafy ; helmet of the 

 corolla with two setaceous teeth ; calyx truncated 

 downward. L. 



Stem erect, under a foot in height, downy at top. Leaves 

 dark green, lanceolate, with crenate lobes, obtuse. Spike 

 terminal, short, crowded, leafy. Calyx cut off in an oblique 

 direction downward. Corolla yellowish, the upper lip forming 

 a long helmet, its point square, with a small, acute tooth on each 

 <ide ; lower lip three lobed. The flowers turn to the right, so 

 that the spike has a twisted appearance. Pastures. May. 

 Perennial. 



