4. Melampyrum lee 
Low anmal herbs with slender leafy stems, the leaves opposite. 
Flowers solitary in the upper axils. Calyx 4-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped, 
the upper lip canpressed, the lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4, paired, ascending 
under the upper lip. Capsule compressed, 2-3 seeded, obliquely ovate, 
opening chiefly by 1 suture. 
1. Me lineare {ie Seeman Micix.)—Beenvrert> Cow-Wheat.. Stems 15-30 
ome tall, glandular-puberulent above, branching above the middle, the 
branches ascending; leaves 5-5 cm. long, lanceolate, lightly acuminate, the 
lower narrowed at the base to a petiole 1-2 mm. long, entire, the upper leaves 
cuneate at the base,bearing one or two short triangular teeth at the broadest 
part, all glabrous; pedicels 2-3 mm. long; 
sepals 1.5-2 mm. long, subulate, increading somewhat in fruit; corolla whitish, 
7-8 mme long; capsules 7-8 mme long; seeds 4 mm. long, black and shining, witr 
@ conspicuous caruncle. At ; 
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In moist shaded places; infrequent. 
