DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. ^^l 



Jyfi. nat. 407. Sp.pL 845. (Rai. i. R. h. /. 77- 

 A. D. £. H. I. K.L. Pet. herb. t. 36./. 3. 



Marfn Loufcwort. Ang'h. 



By the fides of lakes, and in bogs f-equer^t. O. 7. 



TheftaU: is erect, a cubit high, and branch'd. The 

 leaves are pinnated with about 20 pair ot long 

 Prntia, which are again femipinnate with fliort 

 indented Pinnule. The flov/ers grow in a bole 

 fpike from the Al^ of \.\^ leaves, on lliort foot- 

 ftalks. The Caly^ is redd 101, a Lttle hairy, com- 

 prefs'd fideways, bulging at the bafe, and ha^ 

 two of the fegments crilled, or terminated with 

 leaf-like appendages. 1 he flowers are purple. 



PEDICULARIS caule ran-iofo, calycibus oblongis 



angulatis Ixvibus, coroUis labio cordato. 5/>. /)/• 



845. {Ger. em. 1077. jig. inferior. Moris, hi ft. 



/.i\,t. 23./. 13. Pet. herb. t. 36./. 4. Oed. Dan. 



t. 225. opt. 



Common dwarf Loufewort. Anglis. 



In wet paftures and heaths frequent. O. VI. 



The ftalks lie proftrate on the ground : the leaves 

 are fimply pinnated, v/i:h roundi(h, acutely fer- 

 rated pinna. The flowers grow in a ciulkr at 

 the top of the plant and fparingly on the branches, 

 fefllle, and of a pale purple or red color. The 

 lower dent of the Calyx is very fmall, the others 

 are crifl;ed. 



Thefe plants are rarely eaten by cattle, but when 

 they are, they are fuppos'd zo make them louiy, 

 whence the name. 



If 



