294 SCROPHULARIACE/iC. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 



20. CASTILTEIA. Mutis. PAINTED-CUP. 



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

 the 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-pcedcd. 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-COP.) Hairy; stem 

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

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

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

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

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



2. C. pall Ida, Kunth. (MOUNTAIN PAINTED-CUP.) Smooth or sparingly 

 hairy, the stern woolly ; leaves lanceolate, often incised ; the flower oblong or 

 obovate, incised or toothed, whitish, rarely tinned with purple; calyx cleft 

 more deeply in front, the dh'iaS.ons '2-clcft. the ovnte-oblong lobes mostly shorter 

 than the whitish corolla , lower lip of the corolla not vcr y nhort. 11 (Burtsia 

 pallida. Bifid.) Alpine region of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, and 

 Green Mountains, Vermont ; also northward. August. (Eu.) 



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

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

 many-flowered, crowded ; calyx deeper clejl in front, t/ie divisions 2-cleft, shorter 

 than tho 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), Illinois, and westward. Corolla 2' long. 



21. SCIIWALBEA, Gronov. CHAFF-SEED. 



Calyx oblique, tubular, 1 - 1 2-ribbed, 5-toothed : the posterior tooth much 

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

 corolla arched, oblong, entire; tho lower rather shorter, erect, 2-plaited, with 3 

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

 ther-cclls 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-ncrved, 

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

 cels very short, with 2 bractlets under the calyx. (Dedicated to C. G. Schwalbe, 

 an obscarft Outch botanist.) 



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

 wul Sew Jersey, southward, near the coast : rare. , May - July. Plant 1 - 2 

 high. 





