356 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



Gerardia paupercula (Gray) Britton (stunted). 

 Gerardia purpurea L., var. paupercula Gray. 



Wet sandy places. Rare inland: Thompson (Weatherby 

 & Bissell), Union and Salisbury (Bissell), East Hartford 

 and Simsbury (Weatherby), Enfield and Southington (An- 

 drews & Bissell), Litchfield (Miss E. H. Thompson). 

 Occasional or frequent along- the coast. Aug. — Oct. 



Gerardia maritima Raf. (of the seaside). 

 Seaside Gerardia. 



Occasional or local on the coast in salt marshes. Aug. — 

 Oct. 



Gerardia tenuifolia Vahl (slender-leaved). 

 Gerardia Gattingeri Small. 

 Gerardia. 



Frequent or common. Woods, thickets and fields, mostly 

 in dry soils. Aug. — Sept. 



The var. macrophylla Benth. (large-leaved), Gerardia 

 Besseyana Britton, occurs at Wethersfield (C. Wright), and 

 at Orange (Bissell). 



Gerardia parvifolia Chapman (small-leaved). 



Gerardia Skinneriana Gray's Manual ed. 6, not Wood. 



Rare. Farmington, in sandy woods (Miss C. A. Shepard). 

 Aug. — Sept. 



CASTILLEJA Mutis. Painted Cup. 



Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng. (scarlet). 



Scarlet Painted Cup. Meadow Pink. Nosebleed. Headache 



Plant. Soldiers on the Green. 



Occasional, local or frequent. Wet meadows and pastures. 

 April — June. 



The root was formerly used in medicine. The species is 

 root-parasitic. Sometimes seen with yellow flowers. 



MELAMPYRUM L. Cow Wheat. 



Melampyrum lineare Lam. (very narrow). 

 Melampyrum americanum Michx, 

 Cow Wheat. 



Common. Dry woods. June — Aug. 



