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1. C. COCCiliea, Spreng. Hairy; stem simple; leaves linear- 



oblong, sessile, pinnatifidly incised ; bracts trifid, crimson at sum- 



mit; calyx bifid. 



Euchroma coc^inea. Nutt. $ Fl. Cestr. ed. 2. p. 375. 



CRIMSON CASTILLEJA. Painted cup. Ked Robin. 



Annual? Stem 9 to 18 inches high, erect, often several from the same root, fre- 

 quently dark purple. leaves 1 to 2 inches long, the radical ones often spatulate- 

 linear, entire on the margin, and incised at apex, the stemrleaves linear, with 2 

 or 3 long linear diverging segments on each side. Bracts cuneate, villous an 

 ciliate, crowded at, the summit of the stem. Calyx-segments tipt with crimson. 

 Corolla dull greenish-yellow. 

 Hob. Low grounds: margins of swamps: frequent. Fl. April. Fr. June. 



f f Anther-cells equal. * Capsule several-seeded. 



PEI>ICUI,4 V RIS, Tournef. 

 ["Latin, Peflicuhts, a louse; from a supposed efficacy in destroying those insects.] 

 Calyx ovoid-tubular, or campanulate, 2- 3- or 5-cleft. Corolla with 

 the upper lip arched, laterally compressed, often toothed at apex; 

 lower lip erect at base, 2-crested above, 3-lobed, the middle lobe 

 narrower. Stamens didynamous ; anthers transverse ; cells pointless. 

 Capsule compressed, obliquely ovate, or lanceolate. Perennial* : 

 leaves chiefly alternate, often pinnatifid ; flowers in terminal bracte- 

 ate spikes. 



1. P. CanadsnsiS, L. Hairy; stems clustered, oblique; leaves 

 lance-oblong, pinnatifid; calyx obliquely truncate; upper lip of 

 the corolla with 2 setaceous teeth at apex. 



CANADIAN PEDICULARIS. Wood Betony. Common Louse-wort. 



(Stems 6 to 12 inches long, mostly decumbent, simple. Leaves 1 to 4 or 5 inches 

 long, villous when young, finally smoothish; petioles half an inch to 2 inches in 

 length (radical petioles 2 to 5 or 6 inches long). Fpikes capitate, leafy at base, 

 finally elongating; bracts oblong, crenate-dentate at apex. Corolla yellowi.-h, 

 often tinged with brownish purple, fltpsule with a long ensiform acumination. 

 Jfab. Woods; knolls in swamps, <fec.: frequent. FL May. Fr. June. 



2. P. laraceol^ta, MX. Smoothish; stem erect; leaves sub- 

 opposite, lanceolate, doubly and crenately incised; calyx-segments 

 foliaceous, rounded ; upper lip of the corolla with a short truncate 

 beak. 



P. pallida. Punk. FL Cestr. ed. 2. p. 374. 

 LANCEOLATE PEDICULARIS. Tall Louse-wort. 



Stem 1 to 2 feet high, somewhat branched, terete below, obtusely 4-anglod above. 

 lAiave-S 2 to 4 inches long, subeoriaceous, rugose-veined; ]/eHnlc* ^ to^ of an inch 

 in length, fiirii'sex 1 to 2 inches in length ; Irract-st lance-ovate, crennte-scrrate, often 

 incised below the middle, ami fringed with membranaceous cilia. Corolla pale 

 greenish-yellow. C,tpi>ulc short, ovate. 

 7/,i&. Low grounds; thickets, &c.: frequent. Fl. Aug. Fr. Octo. 



** Capsul 



, Tournef. 



[Gr.Mt'lnx. black, and /'//m<, wheat; the seeds resembling grains of wheat.] 

 Calyx 4-cleft ; segments slender, bristly-pointed. Corolla-tube en- 

 larging above ; upper Up laterally compressed, with the margins 



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