Vol. III.] 



FIGWORT FAMILY, 



3. Pedicularis euphrasioides Steph. Eyebright Pedicularis. 



p. euphrasioides Steph. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 204. 1801. 



Biennial or annual, puberulent; stem branched, 

 6'-i5' biyh, tbe branches ascending. Lower leaves 

 petiolcd, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate in outUne, 

 2'-4' long, 4"-S''' wide, piunatifid into oblong ob- 

 tuse crcnate-dentate segments; upper leaves sessile, 

 linear or linear-oblong, smaller, merely creuulatc; 

 flowers in a short terminal spike and solitary in the 

 upper axils; calyx cleft on the lower side, 2-3- 

 toothed on the upper, shorter than the corolla-tube; 

 corolla yellow, or the galea purplish, about 6" long; 

 galea as long as the tube, tipped with a ver}' short 

 truncate beak, minutely 2-toothed on the lower side 

 at the apex; capsule apparently shorter than the 

 calyx. 



Labrador to Greenland, the Arctic Sea, Alaska and 

 British Columbia. Also in northern Asia. Summer. 



Pedicularis parviflora J. E. Smith. Purple Pedicularis. (Fig. 3333.) 



P. parviflora J. E. Smith in Rees' Cyclop. 1814. 

 Pedicularis IVlassoviana Stev. Mem. Soc. Nat. 



Mosc. 6: 2g. pi. 9, f. 1. 1S23. 

 Pedicularis palnslris var. iriassoviana Bunge; 



Ledeb. FI. Ross. 3: 283. 1847-49. 



Biennial or annual, glabrous throughout, or 

 the petiole-bases ciliate; stem erect, much 

 branched, i°-2° high. Leaves i'-2' long, 

 alternate, or some of them opposite, oblong- 

 lanceolate in outline, all pinnatifid into ob- 

 long crenate or incised segments; flowers in 

 terminal rather loose spikes and solitary in the 

 upper axils, 7"-8" long; calyx 2cleft, the 

 lobes with an incised crested border; corolla 

 purple, its tube twice as long as the calyx, the 

 lip much shorter, the galea arched at the top, 

 not beaked, blunt, bearing a pair of minute 

 teeth below its summit; capsule obliquely 

 ovate, twice as long as the calyx when mature. 



Labrador to Alaska, south to Quebec, the North- 

 west Territory and Oregon. Summer. 



Pedicularis palustiis L. which differs from this in its larger flowers and apiculate galea, is re- 

 ported from Xcwfoundland and Labrador; it is widely distributed in Europe and Asia. It is known 

 as Red Rattle, Cow's-wort and Marsh Lousewort. 



5. Pedicularis lanceolata Michx. Swamp 

 Lousewort. (Fig. 3334.) 



Pedicularis laiiceolala Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2- 18. 1803. 

 Pedicularis auriculata Smitli in Rees' Cyclop. 1814. 



Perennial, glabrous or very nearly so throughout; 

 stem stout, simple, or branched above, i°-3° high, 

 the branches erect. Leaves alternate and opposite, 

 lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, 2'-5' long, pinnately 

 lobed, the lower petioled, the upper sessile, the lobes 

 oblong, obtuse, short, crenate-dentate, the margins 

 cartilaginous; spikes short; calyx 2-Iobed, the lobes 

 with foliaceous margins ; corolla yellow, S"-io" long, 

 the galea arched, terminated by a very short truncate 

 beak, the lower lip erect-ascending; capsule ovate, 

 little exceeding the caly.x, about 5" high. 



In swamps, Ontario to Connecticut and Virginia, west 

 to M;initobi, Minnesota, Ohio, Michigan, and Nebraska 

 (according to Williams). Aug. -Oct. 



