410 XCI. SCROPHULARIACEZ. PepicuLAnis. 
2. C. sessiirLora. Ph. (Euchroma grandiflora. Nutt.) Great-flowered 
Painted-cup.—Pilose-pubescent; lvs. sessile; clasping, oblong-linear, mostly 
euneate-trifid, lobes divaricate; cal. sessile, elongated; spikes dense; cor. long, 
exserted, arched, segments of the lower lip acuminate.—A plant of curious ap- 
pearance, prairies, Wis., Lapham! to the plains of the upper Missouri. Stem 
8—14’ high, several from the same root, simple, leafy. Leaves grayish, 2—24’ 
long. Flowers crowded, pubescent. Corolla tube slender, 2—3/ in length, 
greenish-white, with a slight tinge of purple. Style and stamens enfolded by 
the upper lip, and a little exserted. May. 
3. C. sEPTENTRIONALIS. Lindl. (Bartsia pallida. Ph. not? of Linn.) 
Lvs. alternate, linear, undivided, the upper ones lanceolate, the floral ones 
subovate, subdentate at the end, all 3-veined; cal. with acute teeth? This 
hardy plant inhabits the alpine regions of the White Mts. in N. H.! particular- 
ly the heights of Mt. Clinton, where it may be found in blossom in Aug. It is 
also a native of Siberia and Hudson’s Bay. Stem about a foot high, furrowed, 
simple. Leaves alternate, sessile, smoothish, the lower ones linear, becoming 
broader towards the upper part of the stem, where they are lanceolate and all 
usually with but 3 veins. ‘Tuft of flowers at top of the stem. Bracts broader 
and shorter than the leaves, 5—7-veined, with about 3 teeth at the end, of a pale 
straw-color, tipped with purple. Flowers straw-colored, nearly concealed by 
the bracts. 
26. SCHW ALBEA. 
Named by Linnzus in honor of Schwalbe, a German botanist. 
Calyx tubular, inflated, obliquely 4-cleft, upper division small, 
lower division large, emarginate or 2-toothed ; corolla ringent, upper 
lip entire, arched, lower 3-lobed ; seeds many, chaffy.—% with al- 
ternate leaves and flowers in a terminal spike. 
S. Americana. Chaff-sced. 
In sandy barrens and marshes, N. Y. to Flor. Stem 1—2f high, pubes- 
cent, square, simple. Leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 3-veined, 
with a ciliate margin. Bracts ovate, acuminate, diminishing upwards. Flow- 
ers on simple, alternate, very short pedicels, in a long spike. Corolla dull 
purple or brownish-yellow, twice as long (1—1}’) as the calyx. Jn. 
27. RHINANTHUS. 
Gr. ftv, nose, avSos ; alluding to the singular appearance of the compressed galea. 
Calyx 4-toothed, ventricose; cor. tube cylindrical, as long as the 
calyx, limb ringent, galea appendaged, compressed, lip broader, 
deeply divided into 3 obtuse segments; caps. 2-valved, compressed, 
obtuse.—® erect, with opposite lvs. 
R. minor. Ehrh. ‘os Crista-galli. Linn.) Yellow Rattle. 
Mostly glabrous; /vs. oblong or lanceolate; cor. scarcely a third longer 
than the calyx; appendages of the galea transversely ovate, broader than long. 
-1) Meadows and pastures, Mass., N. Y. to Arc. Am. Stem a foot high, 
smooth, branching. Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, cordate-lanceolate, acute- 
ly serrate, rough. Flowers axillary, crowded into a leafy spike. Calyx in- 
flated, contracted at the mouth, with 4 nearly equal teeth, and much shorter 
than the yellow, ringent corolla, but becoming very large after flowering. July. 
2. PEDICULARIS. 
Lat. pediculus, a.louse ; probably from its efficacy in destroying that insect. i 
Calyx ventricose, 2—5-cleft, the segments leafy, or sometimes ob- 
liquely truncate ; corolla vaulted, upper lip compressed, emarginate ; 
lower lip spreading, 3-lobed; capsule 2-celled, oblique, mucronate ; 
seeds angular—Herbs. Lvs. alternate, rarely sub-opposite, often pinna- 
tifid. ls. spicate. 
