FIGWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariacem. 



A tiny annual with ovate or lance-shaped 

 Euphrasia leaves slightly resembling Castilleja in as- 



officinalis pect, confined to the coast of Maine and 



White, yellow- southern Canada. The pale olive green 

 ish, etc. leaves are indistinctly dull- toothed and 



small on the lower part of the plant, and 

 the upper, floral leaves are somewhat jagged and bristly 

 toothed. The inconspicuous flowers are whitish or 

 yellowish green. The corolla is two-lipped and a trifle 

 notched, the lower lip three-lobed and spreading, the 

 upper two-lobed (with reflexed sides), beneath it are the 

 four stamens. 4-10 inches high. Possibly introduced 

 from Europe. Found at Great Cranberry Island, Me., 

 by Mr. E. F. Williams. Euphrasia Oakesii {Euphrasia 

 officinalis var. Tartarica of Gray's Manual, Sixth Ed.) 

 is a very dwarf form scarcely attaining a height of 2\ 

 inches, with tiny yellowish flowers, and more rounded 

 leaves with rounded teeth, growing in the Alpine regions 

 of the White Mountains (under the crest of Mt. Monroe), 

 and along the north shore of Lake Superior. 

 v 11 d **i ^ slightly similar taller annual confined 



Rhiuanthus to * ne same situations, with lance-shaped or 

 Crista-galli oblong, dull green leaves coarsely toothed, 

 Yellow and growing oppositely, the floral ones 



July-August deeply cut and with bristle-tipped teeth. 

 The flowers Naples yellow (straw color), and crowded on 

 a one-sided leafy spike. The corolla two-lipped, the 

 upper lip without lobes but slightly toothed on either 

 side part way down, the lower three-lobed. Four 

 stamens. Fruit-capsule round but flattened ; the seeds, 

 when ripe rattle in the inflated pod. 6-20 inches high. 

 Rocky soil, coast of New Eng., and the Alpine regions 

 of the White Mountains, west to Lake Superior. 



Also known as Wood Betony. A very 



slightly hairy species with simple stem, 

 Plant or * - 1. . . . , „ , , 



Louse wort an( * soft-hairy leaves, dull dark green, and 



Pedicularis finely lobed, growing on grassy slopes or 

 Canadensis in copses. The lower leaves are feather- 

 Magenta, dull shaped and often stained with dull ma- 

 May^Jufy ° W £ enta > as is also the rather stout plant-stem ; 

 the upper leaves are sparse and grow al- 



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