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RHINANTHACE^E. III. PEDICULARIS. 



51 P. EUPHRASIOI'DES (Steph. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 204.) 

 stem branched ; leaves linear-lanceolate, pinnatifidly toothed : 

 upper ones becoming entire ; racemes terminal, loose ; calyx 

 cleft on the lower side, and shortly tridentate on the other ; 

 galea of corolla convex, bidentate. Q. H. Native on the 

 eastern part of the Ural mountains ; at the Lena ; beyond the 

 Baical ; in Kamtschatka, and Aleutian Islands ; Labrador, &c. 

 P. paniculata, Pall. itin. 3. p. 34, 265, 287, 316. P. corym- 

 bosa, Pall, in herb. Bieb. P. heterophylla, Patrin, in herb. D. 

 C. P. ramosa, Wormskiold, in herb. D. C. P. Labradorica, 

 Houtt. pfl. syst. 8. p. 39. t. 57. C. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 203. no. 

 15. t. 43. Stem downy at top. Lower leaves similar to those 

 of P. palustris, but becoming gradually entire as they ascend. 

 Corollas size of those of P. palustris, yellow, fulvous, spotted 

 with purple, or altogether purple. Two of the filaments 

 bearded. Capsule lanceolate, obliquely acuminated. The La- 

 brador, Kamtschatka, and Greenland plants have pure yellow 

 flowers. 



Eyebright-]\kc Lousewort. Fl. ? Clt. 1816. PI, i to 

 1 foot. 



52 P. NASU'TA (Bieb. ex Stev. mon. p. 43. t. 15. f. 1.) stem 

 or scape naked, or furnished with 1 leaf; leaves bipinnatifid : 

 segments linear, serrated ; calyx downy, 5-cleft ; galea of co- 

 rolla arched, with a very short, bidentate beak. 2/ . H. Native 

 of Kamtschatka and the neighbouring islands. Plant glabrous, 

 with the habit of the preceding. Spike terminal, ovate, dense ; 

 lower bracteas like the leaves : upper one ovate, hairy. Corol- 

 las purple, size of those of P. palustris. Filaments all glabrous. 



Beaked-fiowered Lousewort. PI. f foot. 



53 P. SUDE'TICA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 209. Stev. mon. p. 44. 

 t. 15. f. 2.) stems simple; leaves pinnatifid, with lanceolate, 

 serrated segments ; calyx 5-cleft : segment entire, or finely ser- 

 rulated ; galea of corolla convex, obtuse, bidentate. iji. H. 

 Native of Savoy ; Siberia, on the sea-shore, about the mouth of 

 the river Lena ; Kamtschatka, &c. Richards, in Frankl. journ. 

 ed. 2d. append. 25. P. hirsuta, Haenke, sud. p. 86. ? P. in- 

 carnata, Krok. siles. no. 984. P. comosa, Mattuschk. siles. no. 

 COO. Stem downy under the spike. Filaments all glabrous. 

 Corollas purple. The Siberian plant has the calyx more densely 

 woolly than that from Savoy ; and the colour of the flowers 

 js purple ; this is P. serotina, Adams. There is also a variety 

 from the Lena, (P. Stevenii, Adams,) which has the corolla yel- 

 low, with a purple helmet. 



Savoy Lousewort. PI. J to f foot. 



54 P. SYLVA'TJCA (Lin. spec. 845.) stem branched at the base; 

 leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate, deeply toothed ; spikes few-flow- 

 ered calyx glabrous, 5-toothed, inflated in the fructiferous 

 state galea of corolla very blunt, bidentate. Q. H. Native 

 of Europe and Siberia, in wet marshes and heaths, also in 

 woods. Smith, engl. bot. t. 400. Fl. dan. t. 225. Petiv. 

 brit. t. 86. f. 4. P. minor, Riv. mon. t. 92. f. 2. Aletorolo- 

 pbus III. Clus. 2. p. 211. f. 1. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 203. no. 13. 

 Habit of P. palustris, but differs in the want of the teeth on the 

 sides of the galea of the corolla. Two of the filaments bearded 

 at top. Capsule inclosed, oblique, mucronate. Corollas pur- 

 ple. Four of the calycine teeth are said to be crested. The 

 expressed juice of the herb, or a decoction, has been used with 

 advantage as an injection in sinous ulcers. The plant is said to 

 be injurious to sheep which feed upon it. 



Wood Lousewort. Fl. June. Britain. PI. | to 2 feet. 



55 P. FLA'VA (Pall. itin. 3. append, no. 97. t. R. f. 1. Stev. 

 mon. p. 45. Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 439.) stem simple, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves fleshy, deeply pinnatifid, with distant, oblong, 

 coarsely and doubly toothed segments ; calyx woolly, 5-tooth- 

 ed : teeth serrated, shorter than the foliaceous bracteas ; galea 

 of corolla obtuse, bidentate; filaments all glabrous. 1. H. 



Native of Dahuria, in gravelly places at the river Onon-Borsa ; 

 and of Altaia, in grassy places. P. sulphurea, Pall. itin. 3. p. 

 230, 321. Corolla like that of P. comosa, yellow, striped with 

 red. Galea very convex. What is P. flava, Sibth. et Smith, fl. 

 graec. ? 



Yellow-fiowered Lousewort. PI. 1 foot. 



56 P. COMOSA (Lin. spec. 847. Stev. mon. p. 46. t. 14.) 

 root fascicled ; stem simple, downy ; leaves pinnate : leaflets 

 pinnatifid and toothed ; calyx 5-toothed, exceeding the long, 

 entire bracteas; galea of corolla obtuse, bidentate. 1. H. 

 Native throughout the Russian empire, in fields ; in Europe, as 

 of the Pyrenees, alps of France, and Italy, even to Calabria. 

 Bieb. fl. cauc. no. 1195. Pall. itin. 1. p. 148. 2. p. 443. 

 All. ped. no. 229. t. 4. f. 1. Steph. icon. mosc. t. 5. All. 

 spec. 50. t. 11. f. 1. P. tuberosa, Pall. itin. 2. p. 38. Falck, 

 itin. 2. p. 211. P. bulbosa, Pall. itin. 2. p. 87. P. foliosa, 

 Pall. itin. 3. p. 510. P. conica laciniosa, pyramidata, imbricata, 

 and frondosa, Pall, in herb. Bieb. P. tuberosa, /3, Vill. dauph. 

 2. p. 427. Alectorolophos, alp. I. Clus. var. 210, with a figure. 

 The plant varies much in the leaves and colour of the flowers, 

 and in downiness. Segments of the calyx usually entire. Co- 

 rolla cream-coloured. Two of the filaments are more or less 

 bearded. Capsule shorter than the calyx, ovate, obliquely 

 mucronate. Spike short, dense. 



Var. /3 ; corolla white, or flesh-coloured. 1. H. P. tana- 

 cetifolia, Adams, mem. nat. scrut. mosc. 5. p. 102. no. 9. P. 

 incarnata, Pall. itin. 2. p. 404. 



Var. y; corolla purple. I/ . H. P. fasciculata, Bell, in Willd. 

 spec. 3. p. 218. B.C. fl. fr. 3. no. 2440. P. asparagoides, 

 Lapeyr. ex D. C. 1. c. 



Tayied-spiked Lousewort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1775. PI. 

 J to 2 feet. 



57 P. ALTA'ICA (Steph. mon. p. 48. t. 14. A. Ledeb. fl. alt. 

 ross. ill. t. 442. fl. alt. 2. p. 436.) stem simple ; radical leaves 

 pinnate, with ovate, bluntish, coarsely crenate-serrated leaflets ; 

 cauline leaves deeply pinnatifid, with serrulated lobes : upper- 

 most ones linear, crenated ; spike loose, elongated ; calyx foli- 

 aceous, cylindrical, obsoletely and bluntly 5-toothed, canescent, 

 spotted, about equal in length to the pinnatifid or serrated 

 bracteas; two of the filaments are bearded. %. H. Native 

 of Altaia, in grassy places at the river Tschuja, and in the 

 Kirghisean Steppe. Stem spotted with purple. Corolla yel- 

 low ; galea furnished with very short teeth. 



Altaian Lousewort. Fl. July. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



58 P. RU'BENS (Steph. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 519. Ledeb. 

 fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 435. fl. alt. 2. p. 435.) stem simple, smooth- 

 ish, pilose ; leaves lanceolate, bipinnate : segments acute, gla- 

 brous ; spike leafy ; calyx foliaceous, cylindrical, unequally 

 5-toothed : teeth and bracteas foliaceous, deeply serrated ; 

 teeth of galea drawn out into thickish beaks. 1.H. Native 

 of Siberia and Altaia, in marshes at the river Tscharysch and 

 Ursul. P. incarnata, Pall. itin. 2 & 3, in many places. P. 

 comosa, var. y, Steph. mon. p. 48. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 210. no. 

 21. Amm. ruth. p. 32. no. 41. Bracteas pinnatifid, exceeding 

 the calyx. Corolla purple. Two of the filaments bearded. 

 Capsule twice as long as the calyx. 



Rcddish-fiowered Lousewort. 



59 P. ACHILLEFOLIA (Steph. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 219. Le- 

 deb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 446.) plant canescent from down ; stem 

 simple; leaves pinnate: leaflets distant, deeply pinnatifid ; seg- 

 ments deeply toothed ; spike dense, elongated ; calyx foliaceous, 

 cylindrical, acutely 5-toothed, about equal in length to the foli- 

 aceous, deeply toothed bracteas ; two of the filaments are 

 bearded. 7(.. H. Native of Altaia, on dry rocks at the rivers 

 Tscharysch, Kurtschum, and Tschuja ; and of Caucasus. P. 

 comosa, var. ft, Stev. mon. p. 47. et 48. t. 14. B. ? Plant at 



PI. \ to 1 foot. 



