294 SCROPLULAKIACE.fi. (FIG WORT FAMILY.) 



20. ASTlLl,EIA, Mntis. PAINTED-CUP. 



Calyx tubular, flattened, cleft at the summit on the anterior, and usually on 

 thq posterior side also ; the divisions entire or 2-lobed. Tube of the corolla in- 

 cluded in the calyx ; upper lip long and narrow, arched and keeled, flattened 

 laterally, enclosing the 4 unequal stamens ; the lower short, 3-lobed. Anther- 

 cells oblong-linear, unequal, the outer fixed by the middle, the inner pendulous. 

 Pod many-seeded. Herbs (parasitic on roots), with alternate entire or cut- 

 lobed leaves ; the floral ones dilated, colored, and usually more showy than the 

 pale yellow or purplish spiked flowers. (Dedicated to Castillejo, a Spanish 

 botanist. ) 



1. C. coccinea, Spreng. (SCARLET PAINTED-CUP.) Hairy; stem 

 simple ; root-leaves clustered ; those of the stem lanceolate, mostly incised ; the 

 floral 3-cleft, bright scarlet towards the summit ; calyx almost equally 2-cleft, the 

 lobes nearly entire, about the length of the greenish-yellow corolla. (1) (2) 

 (Euchroma coccinea, Nittt. ) Low grounds; not uncommon. May -July. 

 A variety is occasionally found with the bracts dull yellow instead of scarlet. 



2. C. septeiitrionalis, Lindl. (MOUNTAIN PAINTED-CUP.) Smooth 

 or sparingly hairy ; leaves lanceolate, often incised ; the floral oblong or obo- 

 vate, incised or toothed, whitish, rarely tinged with purple ; calyx deft more deeply 

 in front, the divisions 2-cleft, the ovate-oblong lobes mostly shorter than the whit- 

 ish corolla; lower Up of the corolla very short. 1J. (Bartsia pallida, Biyel.) 

 Alpine region of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, and Green Mountains, 

 Vermont; also northward. August. (Eu.) 



3. C. Sessiliflora, Pursh. Hairy, low (6' -9' high); leaves mostly 3- 

 cleft, with narrow diverging lobes ; the floral broader and scarcely colored: spike 

 many-flowered, crowded ; calyx deeper cleft in front, the divisions 2-cleft, shorter 

 than the tube of the long and narrow greenish-yellow corolla ; which has the 

 lobes of the lower lip slender, pointed, half the length of the upper. Prairies, 

 Wisconsin (Lapham) and westward. Corolla 2' long. 



21. SCHWAtBEA, Gronov. CHAFF-SEED. 



Calyx oblique, tubular, 10-12-ribbed, 5-toothed : the posterior tooth much 

 smallest, the 2 anterior united much higher than the others. Upper lip of the 

 corolla arched, oblong, entire ; the lower rather shorter, erect, 2-plaired, with 3 

 very short and broad obtuse lobes. Stamens 4, included in the upper lip : an- 

 ther-cells equal and parallel, obscurely pointed at the base. Pod ovate, many- 

 seeded. Seeds linear, with a loose chaff-like coat. A perennial minutely pu- 

 bescent upright herb, with leafy simple stems, terminated by a loose spike of 

 rather large dull purplish-yellow flowers ; the leaves alternate, sessile, 3-nerved, 

 entire, ovate or oblong, the upper gradually reduced into narrow bracts. Pedi- 

 cels very short, with 2 bractlcts under the calyx. (Dedicated to C. G. tfchwalbe, 

 an obscure Dutch botanist.) 



1. S. Americana, L. Wet sandy soil, from Sandwich, Massachusetts, 

 and New Jersey, southward, near the coast : rare. May - July. Plant 1 - 2 

 high. 



