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Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreuf/. Scarlet Painted-cup. 

 Indian Paintbrush. 



Rai tsia cocci7iea L. Sp. PI. 602. 1753. 

 Castilleja coccinea .Spreng. Syst 2:775. 1825. 

 Euchroma coccinea Nutt. Gen. N. A. 2:55. 1818. 



Annual or biennial, hairy; stem S — 16 inches high; 

 radical leaves clustered, obovate or oblong, entire; cauline 

 leaves incisely cut into segments; floral bracts 3 — 5-cleft, 

 scarlet; calyx 2-cleft; corolla scarcely longer than the 

 calyx, pale yellow. 



This species ranges from Maine and Ontario to Mani- 

 toba, south to Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Kansas, and 

 Texas. Within our limits the species seems to prefer 

 sandy soil in open woods or on the prairie. The scarlet 

 coloring of the floral bracts gives the species a striking 

 appearance. Formerly this species was quite frequent but 

 is now becoming scarce. The typti locality is: "Habitat 

 in Virginia, Noveboraco." 



Specimens in our herbarium are from Winneshiek, John- 

 son, and Appanoose counties. The State University her- 

 barium has specimens from Delaware and Cerro Gordo 

 counties. Prof. Bessey reported the species from Fayette, 

 Floyd, Poweshiek, and Deg Moines counties. Messrs. Nagel 

 and Haupt from Scott county; and Messrs. Barnes, Rep- 

 pert, and Miller from Muscatine county. 



Parry, Owen's Rep. Geol. Sur. Wis. la. and Minn., p. 616; Arthur, 

 Contr. Fl. la., p. 23; Bull. lowaAgr. Col., Nov., 1884, p. 165; History of 

 Floyd County, p. 308; Nagel and Haupt, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci- 

 ence>. Vol. 1, p. 160; Fink, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 4, p. 97; 

 Bessey, Fourth Bien. Rep. Agr. Col., p 112; Fitzpatrick, Proc Iowa Acad. 

 Sciences, Vol. 5, p. 124, and p. 157; Manual Fl. Plants of Iowa, p 126; 

 Barnes, Reppert, and Miller, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sciences, Vol. 8, 

 p. 244. 



Castilleja sessiliflora Pursli, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:738. 1814. 

 Downy Painted-cup. 



Euchroma grandiflora Nutt. Gen. N. A. 2:55. 1818. 

 Castilleja p;randiflora Spreng. Syst. 2:775. 1825. 



Perennial; stem 6 — 14 inches high, grayish pubescent; 

 leaves oblong-linear, entire or 5-cleft, divisions narrow, 



