RHINANTHACEJE. IV. MELAMPYRCM. V. PAREXTCCELI.IA. VI. TRIPHYSARIA. VII. CYMBARIA. OROBANCHEjE. 627 



field Cow-wheat. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. PI. 1 to li 

 foot. 



6 M. SYLVA'TICUM (Lin. spec. 843.) flowers axillary, secund ; 

 corollas gaping ; leaves long-lanceolate, quite entire ; calycine 

 segments linear lanceolate, acute. 0. H. Native of the north 

 of Europe, in woods ; and on the mountains in the south of 

 Europe; in England Fl. dan. t. 145. Smith, engl. bot. t. 

 804. Hall. helv. 307. This species is said to differ from M. 

 pratense, in the corollas being one half shorter, with a gaping 

 limb, and in the full yellow colour, not with a white tube as in 

 that species. 



Wood Cow-wheat. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



7 M. LIXEA'RR (Lam. diet. 4. p. 23.) flowers axillary; corolla 

 gaping ; lower leaves linear, quite entire : floral ones lanceolate, 

 toothed behind. O- H. Native from Canada to Carolina, in 

 woods, particularly on the mountains. M. Americanum, Michx. 

 fl. amer. bor. 2. p. 16. Habit of Euphrasia linifolia. Branches 

 subtetragonal. Corollas pale yellow, with a tinge of purple ; 

 superior lip obtuse, with a villous margin. 



Z,rnar-leaved Cow-wheat. PI. 1 foot. 



8 M. LATIFOLIUM (Muhl. cat. ex Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 58.) 

 we know nothing of this plant but the name. . H. Native 

 on the Delaware. 



Broad-leaved Cow-wheat. PI, 1 foot. ? 



Cult. The plants being all annual, the seeds of them may be 

 sown in the open ground. They are, however, very shy of 

 cultivation. 



V. PARENTUCE'LLIA (named in honour of Th. Parentu- 

 celli, of Sarzana in Lisuria, founder of the botanic garden at 

 Rome.) Viv. fl. libyc."p. 31. t. 21. f. 2. 



Lis. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx tubular, in- 

 flated, membranous, 5-toothed ; teeth linear-lanceolate, unequal, 

 beset with glandular hairs. Corolla with a slender tube, and a 

 bilabiate limb : upper lip ovate, concave, galeate ; lower linear, 

 pilose towards the throat, channelled, 3-lobed at top. Stamens 

 4, nearly equal from the base of the upper lip ; anthers globose, 

 didymous, conniving. Stigma thick, truncate. Capsule some- 

 what 2-celled, 2-valved ; dissepiment incomplete from the in- 

 flexed valves. Seeds inserted in parietal placentas, hanging by 

 short funicles. A hairy, annual, erect herb. Leaves opposite, 

 sessile, 5-7-nerved ; radical ones ovate, acute, deeply serrated : 

 superior and floral ones ovate-lanceolate, dentately cut : upper 

 ones tricuspidate. Flowers purple. This genus appears to be 

 nearly allied to Rhindnthut. 



1 P. FLORIBD'KDA (Viv. fl. libyc. p. 32.) Q. H. Native of 

 Libya, on hills by the sea-side. Hairs on the calyxes and 

 corollas, and other floral parts glandular. Flowers solitary, ax- 

 illary, spicate, or racemose ; pedicels very short. 



Bundle-flowered Parentucellia. PI. J to 1 foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Melampyrvm, p. 626. 



N I. TRIPHYSA'RIA (from rpeiQ rpta, treis tria, three; and 

 ^vffa, physa, a bladder ; the 3 segments of the lower lip of the 

 corolla are saccate.) Fish, et Meyer, cat. sem. hort. petrop. 

 1836. p. 52. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx tubular, 4- 

 cleft. Corolla personate ; tube filiform ; superior lip undivided, 

 subulate ; lower one tripartite ; segments saccate. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous, all fertile; anthers linear, mutic, 1-celled. Stigma 

 oblong, 2-lobed. Capsule oblong, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 

 small, blackish, oblong, wingless ; testa scrobiculate, closely 

 adhering to the nut. An annual herb, with the habit of Onco- 

 rynchus. 



1 T. VERSI'COLOR (Fisch. et Meyer, 1. c.) Q. H. Native 

 of New California, about Port Bodega. Leaves elongated, di- 

 lated at the base, half stem-clasping, pinnately lobed at apex, 

 cut, scattered ; lowers ones usually opposite ; floral ones scarcely 

 longer than the calyx. Flowers axillary, solitary, sessile. Co- 

 rolla white, at length rose-coloured ; tube filiform, twice as long 

 as the calyx ; upper lip straight, subulate, with inflexed mar- 

 gins ; lower one large, trifid ; segments obovate, each apicu- 

 lated by a small, erect segment, and furnished with a longitudinal 

 chink in the throat. 



Party-coioured-QoviereA Triphysaria. PI. ? 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Melampyrvm, p. 626. 



Tribe II. 



CYMBARIE\E (this tribe only contains the genus Cymba- 

 ria.) D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. vol. 37. July, 1835. p. 

 112. Embryo rather foliaceous, almost the length of the albu- 

 men. 



VII. CYMBA'RIA (from cufiftri, cymbe, a boat ; in reference 

 to the boat-shaped fruit.) Lin. gen. 751. Schreb. gen. no. 

 1008. Amm. ruth. 1. t. 1. f. 2. Juss. gen. p. 119. ed. 

 Usteri, p. 134. Gaertn fruct. 1. p. 252. t. 53. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx 10-parted, 

 unequal, with linear segments. Corolla with a ventricose tube, 

 and a bilabiate limb : upper lip arched, 2-parted : lower one 3- 

 lobed, obtuse ; palate prominent. Stamens 4, didynamous ; 

 anthers 2-cleft, prominent. Stigma obtuse. Capsule cordate, 

 2-valved ; placenta central, tetragonal, with the angles metn- 

 branously winged, therefore the capsule is falsely 4-celled, but 

 1-celled, ex Lin. Seeds angular, smooth, compressed. A plant 

 with the habit of Antirrhinum. Stem a little branched ; branches 

 opposite, sterile. Leaves opposite. Flowers few, axillary, usu- 

 ally solitary, nearly sessile, large, yellow. 



1 C. DAU'RICA (Lin. spec. 861. mam. 417.) leaves lanceo- 

 late ; calyx 10-toothed; upper lip of corolla 2-parted, reflexed. 

 11 . H. Native of Dauria, on the mountains, in exposed, stony 

 places. Amm. ruth. 47. t. 1. f. 2. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 198. no. 

 8. Plant hoary. Seeds compressed, with an irregular, mem- 

 branous edge. 



Daurian Cymbaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1796. PL 1 foot. 



2 C. ? BORYSTHE'NICA (Pall, ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 815.) 

 leaves linear ; calyx 5-cleft ; upper lip of corolla entire, erect. 

 % . H. Native of the province of Cherson, between Borys- 

 thene and Hypanim. 



Borysthene Cymbaria. PI. 1 foot. ? 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Pedicularis, p. 626. 



ORDER CLXXI. OROB A'NCHE^E (this order contains plants 

 agreeing with Orobdnche in the characters given below.) Juss. 

 ann. mus. 12. p. 445. Rich. Ledeb. fl. alt. 2. p. 450. D. 

 Don, in edinb. phil. journ. vol. 37. p. 113. July, 1835. Pedi- 

 culares, sect. III. Juss. gen. p. 101. ed. Usteri, 113. 



Calyx divided, permanent. Corolla tubular, hypogynous, 

 irregular, permanent, imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 4, didy- 

 namous, all fertile ; anthers usually spurred at the base. Ova- 

 rium 1-celled; stigma 2-lobed, or undivided. Capsule 1-celled, 

 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds inserted into narrow, parietal 

 placentas, which rise from the margins of the valves ; testa very 

 thin, membranous, reticulated by nearly square areolae. Albu- 

 men copious, cartilaginous. Embryo inverted in the top of the 

 albumen, excentric, minute, nearly globose, usuallv undivided. 

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