

I LESSER RED-RATTLE. 



Pediciilaris sylvatica. Nat. Ord., 

 Scrophulariacece. 



gUR name for the present plant 

 sufficiently indicates the ex- 

 istence of a second species, 

 for a lesser red-rattle im- 

 plies a greater red-rattle, 

 but we have selected the 

 present species, though it is 

 the smaller of the two, 

 because it is considerably 

 the more common. It is 

 a perennial, and should be 

 looked for in moist pastures 

 and swampy heaths and 

 wastes. The plant begins 

 to blossom in the spring, 

 and lasts . all through the 

 summer, so that any time 

 from April to August we ought to finds its delicate 

 pink blossoms. Our expression, " should be looked 

 for/' is a sufficiently accurate one, for though the 

 plant is commonly distributed over Britain, its small 

 size does not make it by any means noticeable. The 

 piece we have chosen for our illustration was springing 

 up amongst the roadside grass, and is an exceptionally 

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