410 XCI. SCROPHULARIACEjE. Pedicularis. 



2. C. sEssiLiFLORA. Ph. (Euchroma grandiflora. Nutt.) Great-flou-ered 

 Painted-cup. — Pilose-pubescent; lis. sessile, clasping, oblong-linear, mostly 



cuneate-trifid, lobes divaricate; cal. sessile, elongated; spikes dense; cor. long, 

 exserted, arched, segments of the lower lip acuminate. — A plant of curious ap- 

 pearance, prairies. Wis., Laphaml to the plains of the upper Missouri. Stem 



8 14' high, several from the same root, simple, leafy. Leaves grayish, 2 — 2^' 



long. Flowers crowded, pubescent. Corolla tube slender, 2 — 3' in length, 

 greenish-white, with a slight tinge of purple. St}ie and stamens enfolded by 

 the upper lip, and a little exserted. May. 



3. C. sEPTENTRioNALis. Liudl. (Bartsia pallida. Ph. not "? of Linn.) 

 Lvs. alternate, linear, imdivided, the upper ones lanceolate, the floral ones 



subovate, subdentate at the end, all 3-veined ; cal. with acute teeth.— 7^. This 

 hardy plant inhabits the alpine regions of the White Mts. in N. H. ! particular- 

 ly the heights 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 and all 

 usually with but 3 veins. Tuft of flowers at top of the stem. Bracts broader 

 and shorter than the leaves, 5— 7- veined, with about 3 teeth at the end, of a pale 

 straw-color, tipped with purple. Flowers straw-colored, nearly concealed by 

 the bracts. 



26. SCHWALBEA. 



Named by Linnaeus in honor of Schwalbe, a German botanist. 



Calyx tubular, inflated, obliquely 4-cleft, upper division small, 

 lower division large, emarginate or 2-toothed ; corolla ringent, upper 

 lip entire, arched, lower 3-lobed ; seeds many, chaflfy. — % with al- 

 ternate leaves arid flowers in a terminal spike. 



S. Americana. Chaff-seed. 



In sandy barrens and marshes, N. Y. fo Flor. Stem 1— 2f high, pubes- 

 cent square,' simple. Leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 3-veined, 

 with a ciliate margin. Bracts ovate, acuminate, diminishing upwards. Flow- 

 ers on simple, alternate, very short pedicels, in a long spike. Corolla dull 

 purple or brownish-yellow, twice as long (1— U') as the calyx. Jn. 



27. RHINANTHUS. 



Gt. piv, nose, arS-oj ; alluding to the singular appearance of the compressed galea. 



Calyx 4-tQotlied, ventricose : cor. tube cylindrical, as long as tbe 

 calyx, limb ringent, galea appendaged, compressed, lip broader, 

 deeply divided into 3 obtuse segments ; caps. 2-valved, compressed, 

 obtuse. — ® erect ^ with opposite lvs. 



R. MINOR. Ehrh. (R. Crista-galli. LiJin.) Yelloii: Raltle. 



Mostlv glabrous; Lvs. oblong or lanceolate; cor. scarcely a third longer 

 than the calyx ; oppcndascs of the galea trans^'ersely ovate, broader than long. 

 — (!) Meadows and pastures, Mass., N. Y. to Arc. Am. Stem a foot high, 

 smooth, branching. Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, cordate-lanceolate, acute- 

 ly serrate rough. Flowers axillary, crowded into a leafy spike. Calyx in- 

 flated contracted at the mouth, with 4 nearly equal teeth, and much shorter 

 than the yellow, ringent corolla, but becoming very large after flowering. July. 



28. PEDICULARIS. 



Lat. pediculus, a louse ; probably from its eflicacy in destroying that insect. 



Calyx ventricose, 2— 5-cleft, the segments leafy, or sometimes ob- 

 liquely truncate : corolla vaulted, upper lip compressed, emarginate ; 

 lower^lip spreading, 3-lobed ; capsule 2-celled, oblique, mucroiiate ; 

 seeds angular.— ^cris. Lv.^. alternate^ rarely sub-opposite, often pinna- 

 tifid. Fls. spicate. 



