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18. RHINA'NTHUS. 

 Calyx 4-toothed, vet)(iicose ; corolla ringent, upper lip 

 comijiessed ; capsule 2-valveci, compiessed, obtuse. 



Gr. Qiv, a nose, and avSos, a flower ; because the upper lip of the ringent 

 corolla IS so compressed as to resemble the snout of some animal, herbace- 

 ous. Lvs mostly opposite, (^or. tube nearly cylindric, as long as the cal., 

 upper lip narrower, helmet-shaped ; lower hp broader, deeply divided into 

 3 obtuse segments. 



R. Crista-galli. 



Upper lip of the co>'o//a vaulted ; ca'yx smooth; haves lanceolate, serrate. 

 Meadows and pastures. Stem a foot high, smooth, branching. Leaves 

 opposite, nearly sessile, cordate-lanceolate, acutely serrate, rouoh. Flowers 

 axillary, crowded into a leafy spike. Calj'.x inflated, contracted at the mouth, 

 with 4 nearly equal teeth, and much shorter than the yellow, ringent corolla, 

 but becoming very large after flowering. July. Ann. Ydlow-ratllc. 



19. EUCHRO'MA. 



Calyx ventricose, 2 — 4-clert ; corolla upper lip very long 

 and linear, embracing Ibe st} le and slamcus; antliers linear, 

 witli unequal lobes, cohering in tlie form ofan oblong disk. 



Gr. iv, good, and y^Qcofiu., color; on account of the fine scarlet bracts. 

 Herbaceous. Lvs. alternate. Fls. a.^illary, solitary. Caps, ovate, compress- 

 ed, 2-celled. Seeds numerous, invested in a diaphanous, inflated aril. 



E. COCCi'nEA. jYuU. Bastsia coccinea. L. 



Leaves sessile, pinnalifid, with linear and divaricate segments ; bracts nhoat 

 3-cleft and colored at the summit, longer than the corolla ; calyx 2-cleft, 

 nearly equal with the corolla, segments retiise and emarginate. Wet mead- 

 ows. A very beautiful plant, remarkable for its large, bright scarlet bracts. 

 Stem anirular, simple, 8 — 12 inches high. Leaves alternate, sessile, with 

 about 2, long, linear segments on each side. Bracts crowded near the summit 

 of the stem, m 3 segment.^, the middle one larger than the linear lateral ones. 

 Flowers one in the axil of each bract. Calyx and corolla tubular, dull yellow, 

 the former tinged with scarlet towards the tip. May. Jn. Per. Famted-cvp. 



20. BA'RTSIA. 

 Calyx 4-lobed, emarginate, mostly colored ; corolla smaller 

 than the calyx, the upper lip longer; capsule 2-celled ; seeds 

 angular. 



Named by Linnasus, in honor of his friend John Batsch, M. D. Herbs 

 with aliernate leaves. Cor. ringent, upper lip concave, entire, lower in 3, 

 equal, reflexed lobes. Anth. approximate under the upper lip. 



B. pa'llida. 



Leaves alternate, linear, undivided, the upper ones lanceolate, the floral 

 ones subovale, subdentate at the end, all 3-nerved ; c«/j/2 with acute teeth. 

 This hardy plant inhabits the alpine regions of the White Mts. in N. H., par- 

 ticularly the hia'hts of Mt. Clinton, where it may be found in blossom in Aug. 

 It is also a native of Siberia and Hudson's Bay. Stem about a foot high, 

 furrowed, simple. Leaves alternate, sessile, smoothish, the lower ones linear, 

 becoming broader towards the upper part of the stem where they are lanceolate 



