Vol. III.] 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 1 87 



g. Pedicularis capitata Adams. Capitate 

 Pedicularis. (Fig. 3338.) 



Pedicularis capilala Adams, Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 5: 100. 1817. 



Perennial, pubescent or glabrous; stem scapose, leafless, or 

 i-leaved, i'-5' high. Leaves slender-petioled, often shorter 

 than the scape, pinnately divided, the segments ovate or ob- 

 long, incised; flowers several in a capitate cluster at the end 

 of the scape, \'-i%' long; calyx 5-cleft, the lobes foliaceous, 

 incised or crenate; corolla described as white; galea scarcely 

 broadened above, slightly curved, very obtuse, twice as long 

 as the lower lip; capsule obloug, a little longer than the 

 calyx, beaked on the outer side near the summit. 



Hudson Bay to Alaska. Summer. 



33. RHINANTHUS L. Sp. PI. 603. 1753. 



Annual erect mostly branched herbs, with opposite leaves, and yellow blue violet or 

 variegated flowers, in terminal i-sided leafy-bracted spikes, or solitary in the upper axils. 

 Calyx compressed, 4-toothed, much inflated, membranous and conspicuously veiny in fruit. 

 Corolla very irregular, 2-lipped, the upper lip (galea) compressed, arched, minutely 2-toothed 

 below the entire apex, the lower lip 3-lobed, shorter, the lobes spreading. Stamens 4, didy- 

 namous, ascending under the galea; anthers pilose, the sacs obtuse at the base, transverse, 

 distinct. Capsule orbicular, flat, loculicidally dehiscent, several-seeded. Seeds nearly or- 

 bicular, winged. [Greek, nose-flower, from the beaked corolla.] 



About 3 species, natives of the northern hemisphere. 



I. Rhinanthus Crista-Galli L. Rattle. Rattle-box. Yellow or Penny 



Rattle. (Fig. 3339.) 



Rhinanihiis Crislagalli L. Sp. PI. 603. 1753. 

 RItinanllius minor Ehrh. Beitr. 6: 44. 1791. 



Glabrous, or pubescent above; stem slender, usu- 

 ally branched, 6'-lS' high, the branches erect or 

 ascending. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 sessile, coarsely serrate-dentate, acute or obtuse, 

 I '-2' long, 2"-4" wide; bracts broader, ovate, or 

 ovate-lanceolate, incised-dentate, the teeth acu- 

 minate or subulate-tipped; flowers yellow, 6"-S" 

 long; corolla-tube longer than the calyx, commonly 

 with a purple spot on one or both lips; ruiting 

 calyx ovate- orbicular, \"-(>" in diameter; capsule 

 orbicular, or broader, nearly as broad as the calyx, 

 very flat, not oblique. 



Newfoundland and Labrador to Alaska and Oregon, 

 south to Quebec, the White Mountains of New Hamp- 

 shire, Ontario and in the Rocky Mountains to New 

 Mexico; on the Atlantic Coast from Rhode Island to 

 New Brunswick. Common in northern Europe and 

 Asia. Called also Rattle-bags, Penny-grass. June-Aug. 



34. MELAMPYRUM L. Sp. PI. 605. 1753. 



.'Annual branching herbs, with opposite leaves, and small white yellow violet or variegated 

 flowers, solitary in the upper axils, or in terminal bracted spikes. Calyx 4-toothed, the 2 

 upper teeth somewhat the longer. Corolla irregular, 2-lippcd, the tube narrow, gradually 

 enlarged above, the upper lip compressed, obtuse or emarginate with a groove behind the 

 margins, or these recurved or with a tooth ou each side; lower lip spreading or ascending, 

 3-toothed, 2-grooved beneath. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending under the upper lip; an- 

 ther-sacs distinct, parallel, obtuse or nmcronulate at the base. Capsule flat, oblique, loculi- 

 cidally dehiscent, 2-4-seeded. Seeds smooth, strophiolate. [Greek, black wheat.] 



About 10 species, all of the northern hemisphere. Only the following are known in North 

 .America. 



Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, the floral 2-4-toothed at the base. i. M. lineare. 



Leaves ovate, all entire. 2. M. lalifolinm. 



