RHINANTHACE^. 163 



ORDER 212. RHINANTHACE^. The Rattle Tribe. 



Corolla monopetalous, personate, with a divided and leafy 

 calyx, inferior, and the 4 stamens inserted in the side of the 

 corolla, 2 of them shorter than the other pair ; ovary superior, 

 2-celled, 2-seeded ; style one ; jflowers axillary, and leaves 

 opposite. 



Grow in the temperate parts of both continents ; not a very 

 large assemblage of plants ; properties not of much interest. 



Rhinanthus. L. 13. 2. 



From the Greek for nose and Jlower, as its compressed corolla 

 resembles remotely the snout of an animal. Few known species. 



R. crista-galli. L. Yellow Rattle. The only species in 

 this country, rare ; a foot high, branching, smooth ; opposite, cor- 

 date, rough leaves ; calyx large, inflated ; corolla yellow, much 

 longer than the calyx ; meadows ; Plymouth ; July. Big. 



Bartsia. L. 13. 2. 



Named by Linnaeus, after his friend Dr. Bartsch ; a singular 

 genus of plants, " of difficult cultivation " ; several species in this 

 country and in Europe. 



B. coccinea. L. Painted Cup, about a foot high, with alter- 

 nate leaves, and a cluster of flowers at the summit, which have 

 bright-scarlet floral leaves or bracts, generally o-cleft, which give 

 much beauty to the flowers ; borders of woods ; June. 



This seems to be very properly separated by Mr. Nuttall, to 

 form the genus Euchroma. 



Melampyrum. L. 13. 2. Cow Wheat. 



From the Greek, for black and ivheat^ because its seed, which 

 resembles wheat, gives a black color to bread. Only a few spe- 

 cies in Europe, and 2 in the United States. 



M. ^mericanum. Mx. Grows in open woods in light soil, 



