120 DIDYNAMIA— ANGIOSPERMIA. Rhinanthus. 



About a foot high, more or less ; copiously branched, each branch 

 terminating in a leafy unilateral cluster, or rather spike, of nu- 

 merous, rose-coloured, scentless Jiowers, whose calyx is tinged 

 with a dull violet hue. Every part, even the calijx and corolla^ 

 is finely downy ; the stem rough vvith deflexed hairs. Anthers 

 hairy at the back and lower part, as in the other species, though 

 otherwise smooth ; their lobes are acute, but hardly bristly. 

 Seeds angular, striated, 



304. RHINANTHUS. Yellow Rattle. 



Linn. Gen.3QA. Juss.\0\. Fl.Br.649. Lanut.5\7. Gcertn.t.bA. 

 Pedicularis species. Tourn. t. 77, B, F, M. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 303. 



Cat, compressed, somewhat inflated, rounded, bladdery, 

 veiny, permanent ; the margin in 4 nearly equal, acute, 

 deep teeth, broad at their base. Cor. ringent, nearly 

 closed ; tube almost cylindrical, the length of the calyx; 

 upper lip narrowest, hooded, compressed, slightly cloven; 

 lower broadest, expanded, divided half way into 3 ob- 

 tuse segments, the middle one rather the largest. Filam. 

 thread-shaped, shorter than the upper lip, and concealed 

 within it. Antli. incumbent, 2-lobed, hairy, not promi- 

 nent. Germ, ovate, compressed, with a channel at each 

 side. Style thread-shaped, curved, somewhat longer 

 than the stamens. Stigma deflexed, obtuse. Caps, round- 

 ish-ovate, compressed, obtuse with a small point, of 2 

 cells, and 2 valves separating at the margin ; 'partitions 

 transverse, combined, narrow. Seeds several, obovate, 

 compressed, imbricated, curved downwards, more or 

 less bordered. 



Annual herhs.^ with square, leaty, upright stems ; oblong, 

 sessile, sharply and copiously serrated leaves ; and nu- 

 merous yeWovfJloxioers, in leafy spikes, without scent. 



Elephas of Tournefort, t. 482, might perhaps form a distinct 

 genus, though there is no propriety in calling it an Ele- 

 phant ; any more than there would be in giving the name 

 ofAsitms to a genus with long hairy ears to the corolla. 



1 . R. Crista gain. Common Yellow Rattle. 



Stem slightly branched. Leaves lanceolate, serrated. Ca- 

 lyx smooth. Style concealed by the upper lip. Seeds 

 with a dilated membranous border. 



R. Crista galli. Linn. Sp. PL 840, a. fVilkl v. 3. 188, a. Fl. Br. 

 649. Engl. Bot. v. 10. t. 657. Curt. Lond.fasc. 5. t. 43. Mart. 

 Rust. t. 138. Hook. Scot. 186. Fl. Dan. t. 981 ? 



