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SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



[Vol.. III. 



6. Pedicularis Canadensis L. 



Wood Betony. Lousewort. (Fig. 3335.) 



Pcilicularis Canadensis L. Matit. 86. 1767. 



I'crennial, hirsute, pubescent, orglabrate be- 

 low; stems commonly tufted, ascending or 

 erect, 6'-i8' high, simple. Leaves alternate or 

 some of them opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 3'- 

 5' long, all but the uppermost slender-petioled, 

 pinnatcly parted into oblong obtuse incised or 

 dentate lobes; flowers spicate, the spike short 

 in flower, s'-S' long in fruit, the lower bracts 

 usually foliaceous, the others small; calj-x cleft 

 on the lower side; 2-3-crenate ou the upper, 

 oblique; corolla yellow,or reddish (rarely white) 

 -i"-\o" long, the tube much longer than the 

 calyx, the galea arched, incurved, not beaked, 

 minutely 2-toothed below the apex; capsule 

 lanceolate, oblique, 7"-S" long, 7." wide, about 

 3 times as long as the calyx. 



In &ry woods and thickets, Nova Scotia to Mani- 

 toba, south to Florida, Kansas, Colorado and North 

 Mexico. .Ascends to 3000 ft. in Virginia. Called 

 also High Healall, Beefsteak plant. .\pril-Juue. 



7. Pedicularis Furbishiae S. Wats. Miss 

 Furbish's Pedicularis. (Fig. 3336.) 



Pedicularis Furbisliiac S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 

 375- 18S2. 



Perennial, pubescent, at least above; stem strict, 

 simple, 2°-3° high. Leaves lanceolate, alternate, 

 or some of them opposite, the lower long-petioled, 

 4'-6' long, pinnately divided into ovate or oblong, 

 pinnatifid or incised segments, the upper sessile, 

 pinnately parted or lobed; calyx 5-lobed, the lobes 

 entire or dentate; narrow, somewhat unequal; cor- 

 olla yellow, •]"-')" long, the galea arched, trun- 

 cate, not beaked, 2-cuspidate at the apex; capsule 

 ovate. 



In swamps and along streams, Maine and New 

 Briinswick. July-Sept. 



8. Pedicularis flammea L. Red- 

 tipped Pedicularis. (Fig. 3337.) 



Pedicularis flammea I,. Sp. PI. 609. 1753. 



Perennial, glabrous or somewhat woolly; 

 stem simple, 2'-4' high, with several linear-ob- 

 long, pinnately parted leaves. Basal and 

 lower leaves slender-petioled, I'-iVj' long, 

 the uppermost sessile, the lobes ovate or ob- 

 long, incised-serrate; flowers about 6" long, 

 pedicelled in a short spike-like raceme, longer 

 than the narrow bracts; calyx 5-toothed, the 

 teeth lanceolate, acute, unequal; corolla-tube 

 and the lower lip greenish yellow, the galea 

 slightly arched, very blunt, much longer than 

 the lower lip, its summit crimson or purple; 



capsule'Ianceolate, 6"-S"long, 2-3 times as long as the calyx; fruiting pedicels 3"-5" long. 



t-_ .Labrador to Greenland, west to Alaska. Also in arctic and alpine Europe. Summer. 



