50 DIDTNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 



broader, obtuse; corolla subrotate, stamina exserted, 

 capsule pubescent. Hae. From North Carolina to Flo^n- 

 da. Common. 3. temiifolia. Ph. Leaves smooth and 

 pseudopinnate; segments filiform, dividid; corolla nearly 

 rotate; stamina ex'serted; capsule smooth. _ Hab. Much 

 more rare than the preceding; in Georgia and Florida. 

 Stem hirsute, divaricately and profusely branched; leaves 

 extremely slender; flowers somewhat resembling those 

 of Cassia as well as the preceding; stamina linear-oblong, 

 in both species nearly equal; capsule ventricose-ovutc, 

 acute, with the summit compressed- 

 A North American genus. 



43^ PEDICULARIS. L. (Louscwort.) 



Catix vcntricose. half 5-clcrt. Galea (or tip- 

 per lip oTtho corolla) cmarginate and compres- 

 sed. Capmle bilocular, mucronate, oblique. 

 Seeds angular, tunicated. 



Leaves opposite or alternate, multifid, mostly pinnati- 

 fid: flowers opposite or alternate, bracteate, aggregated 

 in sliort termmal spikes. 



Species. 1. P. Ejiphrasioides. 2. pallida. Stem 

 tall, smooth, and branchetl, pubescentl) lined; leaves 

 lanceolate, pinnaiifidly toothed, incisions crenulate and 

 scabrous on the margin; flowers distinct, subsessilc; 

 point of the galea, truncated; calix bifid, segments 

 rounded. P serotina. .Muhl. Catal Hab. Very common 

 througliout the sandy swamps in New-Jersey. Flowers 

 straw \ allow. Capsule short and broad ovate. I am ve- 

 ry well satisfied that /*. lanceolata of Michaux is nothing 

 more than a specimen of this plant with a simple stem, 

 which I have frequently seen thoughout the western 

 states as far as the neighbourhood of St. Louis, Louisiana. 

 3. gladiata. 4. canadensis. — The following species with 

 No. l.are either indigenous to Labrador or the North West 

 Coast. 5. resjipinata. 6. recutita. 7. elata- 8. lapponica. 

 9. greenlandica. 10 vertidllata. W.fammea. 



A genus of near 40 species, indigenous to the colder or 

 alpine regions of Europe, America, and Siberia, extend- 

 ing to the ultimate limits of phsenogamous vegetation. 



437. MIMULUS. L. (Monkey-flower.) 



Calix prismatic, 5-toothed. Corolla ringent: 

 upper lip reflected at the sides; palate of the 



