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rolled inwards from the back. The second Latin name refers to their 

 shape, like a cock's comb, or possibly to the calyx. 



The flowers are yellow, borne in loose spikes on very short flower- 



YELLOW RATTLE (Rhinanthus Crista-Galli, L.) 



H. Irving 



stalks, with an expanded, flattened, smooth calyx, with 4 equal teeth, 

 pale-green, not falling. The corolla is gaping, the upper lip being 

 helmet-shaped with a notch at the tip, the edges rolled inwards from 

 the back, the lower lip divided halfway into 3 segments. The bracts 



