DIDYN. ANGIOSP. 187 



Mr. Curtis observes, generally speaking, the hay-making begins 

 when this plant is in full flower. 



22. MELAMPYRUM. 



1. M. pratense (common yellow Cow-wheat), flowers axillary 

 secund, leaves in distant pairs, corolla 4 times as long as the 

 cal. closed, the lower lip protruded, upper bracteas pinnate 

 dentate. Lightf. p. 324. E. B. t. 113. 



HAB. Groves and thickets, abundant. Fl. July. 0. 

 One or 1 foot and a half high, slender, branched. Leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminated, entire. Flowers rather large, axillary, pale yellow. 



2. M. sylvaticum (small -flowered Cow '-wheat) , flowers axillary 

 secnnd, leaves in distant pairs, corolla half as long again as 

 the cal. open, the lower lip equal in length to the upper one, 

 braeteas entire. Light f. p. 325. E. B. t. 804. 



HAB. Highland woods, not uncommon. Near Taymouth, Mr. Yalden. 

 Finlarig, by Loch Tay, Dr. Stuart. Falls of Acharn and Moness, 

 Perthshire j woods of Black-hall, Kincardineshire, Maugh. a Den 

 of Rechip, Mr. Borrer and Hook. S. side of Loch Earn, Mr. Ar- 

 nott. Woods E. of Dunkeld, Mr. Murray. Fl. July. 0. 



One foot high. Distinguished by the entire bracteas and much smaller 

 and deep yellow Corollas, whose lower lip, divided into 3 nearly 

 equal segments, is almost closely applied to the upper lip or palate 

 and not protruded beyond it. 



23. LATHR^EA. 



1. L. Squamaria (greater Toot/uvort) 9 stem simple, flowers pen- 

 dulous their lower lip 3-cleft. Lightf. p. 326. E. B. t. 50. 



HAB. Woods and shady places; parasitic on the roots of other plants? 

 Mevis bank, near Laswade, Dr. Parsons. Morvern in the Sound 

 of Mull, Dr. Stuart. Arniston woods, abundantly, Mr. G. Don. 

 Woods between Auchindenny and Rosslyn, Mr. E. J. Maughan. 

 Banks of the Esk at Kevock Mill, about 6 miles from Edinb., Maugh. 

 Cart-side, near Glasg.,, Mr. Campbell ; and above Cathcart castle, 

 Mr. Russell. Fl. Apr., May. ^ . 



Root (or rather perhaps lower part of the stem) with short branches 

 and covered with imbricated fleshy scales. Stem succulent, rounded, 

 6 8 inches high, with a few broadly ovate scales, the uppermost of 

 which may be considered bracteas, for from their axils spring the 

 pedunculated secund flowers, forming altogether a rather long ra- 

 ceme. Cal. large, ventricose, succulent, 4 -cleft. Cor. twice the length 

 of the cal., purplish, tubular, two-lipped. Whole plant dingy white 

 or pale brown, except the flowers, which have a purplish tinge. Al- 

 lied to Orobanche, 



24. PEDICULARIS. 



1. P. palustris (Marsh Louseworl), stem solitary branched, cal. 



* The stations given of this plant in the 1st vol. of the Wernerian Trans- 

 actions, at Auchindenny and Rosslyn woods, belong to the M. praiense, 

 Mr, Maughan. 



