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FLOWERS OF THE HEATHS AND MOORS 



leaves ovate-lanceolate, dentate, upper with recurved teeth, tlowers 

 white or blue with yellow spots, small, fruit obovate, exceeding the 

 calyx teeth. 



Red Rattle (Pedicularis sylvatica, L.) 



Unlike the Marsh Red Rattle this is not an Arctic plant, and does 

 not occur in any ancient deposits. The range is throughout Europe, 



f hoto. Flitters & Garnelt 



Red Rattle (Pedicularis syhia/iai, I..) 



except Greece and Turkey or the N. Temperate Zone. It is found in 

 every part of Great Britain, as far north as the Shetlands, up to 

 2000 ft. in the Highlands. It is native in Ireland and the Channel 

 Islands, 



Red Rattle is an extremely local plant, though uniformly dis- 

 persed. It is an ericetal species, few heaths being without it. It also 

 grows on commons, moors, and upland slopes of hills. It is associated 

 with Tormentil, Heath Bedstraw, Harebell, Ling. Eyebright, Cow- 

 wheat, and a hundred other upland wild flowers. 



The stems are smooth, tLifted, clustered, unbranched e.xcept at the 



