274 SCROPHULARIXE^E. [MELAMPYIIVM. 



Seeds oblong, testa smooth thickened at the hilum; embryo small. 

 DISTUIB. Europe, temp. Asia ; species 6. ETYM. ^e'Aay and irvpus, lilti-h 

 wheat. 



1. M. praten'se, L. ; flowers axillary secund, bracts entire or toothed, 

 corolla much longer than the calyx-teeth, lips closed, lower straight. 

 Copses, heaths, and pastures, ascending to 3,000 ft. in the Highlands ; fl. June 



-Sept. Glabrous or pubescent, very variable. Stem 6-24 in., terete, wiry ; 

 branches spreading. Leaves i-3 in., ciliate, linear- or ovate-lanceolate, 

 sessile or very shortly petioled", quite entire. Bracts ciliate, very variable, 

 often toothed laciniate or pinnatifid and sometimes hastate. Calyx-teeth 

 lanceolate, ascending. Corolla pale yellow, horizontal, tube straight. Cap- 

 sule ovoid, deflexed. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic) excl. Turkey, Siberia. 

 VAR. 1, praten'se proper,; leaves linear-lanceolate acute, bracts toothed or 



nnatifid with slender tips. VAR. 2, latifo'lium ; leaves ovate-lanceolate 

 na a broad base, bracts deeply toothed, the upper with short tips. Chalk 

 and limestone districts, Oxford, Monmouth, I. of Wight. VAH. 3. mm- 

 ta'ntim, Johnst. (sp.) ; leaves linear-lanceolate, bracts entire with long 

 slender tips. 



2. M. sylvat'icum, L. ; flowers axillary secund, bracts quite entire, 

 corolla not much longer than the calyx-teeth, lips not closed, lower deflexed. 

 Subalpine woods and copses, rare, from Aberdeen to York and Durham ; 



ascending to 1,OC)0 ft. hi the Highlands ; N.E. of Ireland, rare ; fl. July- 

 Aug. Similar in habit and foliage to M. pratense, but flowers suberect ; 

 bracts always quite entire ; calyx -teeth spreading ; corolla smaller, shorter, 

 deep yellow ; its tube curved, and capsule not deflexed. DISTRIB. Europe 

 (Arctic), except Greece and Turkey, Siberia. 



3. M. arven'se, L. ; flowers spiked, bracts straight broad pinnatifid, 

 corolla-tube longer than the long- slender calyx-teeth, lips closed. 

 Cornfields, very local, Norfolk, Essex, Herts, I. of Wight ; casual or a colonist, 



U'ufKHH; fl. July-Aug. Stem 1-2 ft., obtusely 4-gonous, stout, erect, 

 branched, scaberulous. Leaves 1-3 in., lanceolate, quite entire or the upper 

 toothed at the base. Spike 3-4 in., stout, obscurely 4-gonous ; bracts leafy, 

 f-1 in., rose-purple. Calyx-teeth nearly equal, subulate. Corolla. in., 

 erect, tube curved, puberulous, rosy, throat yellow ; lips dark pink. O'/'-""'' 

 shorter than the calyx, ovoid, cells 1 -seeded. Seed oblong, like a black 

 wheat-grain. DISTRIB. Europe, W. Asia. 



4. M. crista'tum, L. ; flowers densely spiked, bracts ovate-cordate 

 acuminate recurved finely pectinate, corolla-tube much longer than the 

 unequal acute calyx-teeth, mouth closed. 



Copses and fields in the E. counties, rare, from Hampshire to Norfolk, and 

 Suffolk to Bedford ; a colonist? Watson; fl. Sept.-Oct. Puberulous. X'// 

 6-18 in., rigid, erect, obtusely 4-angled. Leaves 24 in., spreading, narrow 

 linear-lanceolate. Spike 1^-2 in., oblong, obtuse, acutely 4-angled with 

 hollow faces ; bracts densely imbricate, cordate, purple, teeth very slender, 

 margins folded enclosing the calyx. Cali/x-tulte short, teeth very unequal, 

 upper long subulate. Corolla i in., tube bent, yellow tipped with purple. 

 Uapsule exceeding the calyx. DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia. 



