Pediculans.] SCROPHULARINE/E. 2()1 



Strand near Sandymount, rare ; Doctor Scott. Not found of late. 

 Fl. April. ©.—Three to four inches high, with spreading branches. 

 Flowers a very deep blue, the lowermost often on very long pedicels. 



2. Rhinanthus. Linn. Yellow Rattle. 



Calyx inflated. Upper lip of the corolla compressed laterally, 

 lower one plane, 3-lobed. Capsules of two cells, obtuse, 

 compressed, with many imbricated, flat and marginal seeds. 

 — Name ; piv, a nose, and auOos, a flower : in allusion to the 

 beaked upper lip of the corolla, which is very remarkable in 

 the R. Elephas. Didynamia. Angiospermia. 



1. R. Crista- Galli, Linn. Common Yellow Rattle. Stem 

 slightly branched ; leaves lanceolate, serrated ; calyx smooth ; 

 style concealed by the upper lip ; seeds with a dilated mem- 

 branous border. Br. Fl. 1. p. 283. E. FL v. iii. p. 120. 

 E. Bot. t. 657. 



Meadows and pastures, abundant. Fl. June. ©.—One or two feet 

 high, glabrous, often much branched, and more or less spotted with pur- 

 ple. Leaves veiny. Flowers axillary in the upper leaves or bracteas, 

 and hence loosely spiked. When the fruit is ripe, the seeds rattle in the 

 husky capsules. In England Mr. Curtis observes, the hay-making begins 

 when this plant is in full flower. In natural meadows in many parts of 

 Ireland, the seed is ripe before the hay is cut. 



3. Pedicularis. Linn. Louse-wort. 



Calyx inflated, 5-cleft, or unequally 2—3 lobed, jagged, some- 

 what leafy. Upper lip of the corolla laterally compressed, 

 arched, lower one plane, 3-lobed. Capsules oblique, com- 

 pressed, 2-celled. Seeds angular. — Name, from its supposed 

 property of producing the lousy disease in sheep that feed 

 upon it, but which rather arises from the wet pastures where 

 such plants grow. Didynamia. Angiospermia. 



1. P, palustris, Linn. Marsh Louse-wort, or tall Red Rattle. 

 Stem solitary, branched ; calyx ovate, hairy, ribbed, in two un- 

 equally notched lobes. Br. Fl. 1. p. 286. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 129. 

 E. Bot. t. 129. 



In marshes and boggy meadows. Fl. June, July. %.— Stem one 

 foot high, often very purple, bearing many lateral branches. Leaves 

 pinnate ; pinna ovate, almost pinnatifid. Flowers large, handsome, 

 deep rose-coloured. 



2. P. sylvatica, Linn. Pasture Louse-wort, or Dwarf Red 

 Rattle. Stem branched from the base and spreading; calyx 

 oblong, angular, glabrous, in five unequal, crenate, and almost 

 leafy segments. Br. Fl. 1. p. 286. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 129. E. 

 Bot. t. 399. 



Moist pastures and heaths, common. Fl. July. %.— Stems three to 



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