50 DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 



broader, obtuse; corolla subrotate, stamina exserted; 

 capsule pubescent. Hab. From North Carolina to Flori- 

 da. Common. 3. tenuifoUa. Ph. Leaves smooth and 

 pseudopinnate; sej^ments filiform, divided; corolla nearly 

 rotate; stamina exserted; capsule smooth. Hab. Much 

 more rare tlian the preceding; in Georgia and Florida. 

 Stem hirsute, divaricately and profusely branched; leaves 

 extremely slender; flowers somewhat resembling those 

 of Cassia as well as the preceding; stamina linear-oblong, 

 in bath species nearly equal; capsule ventricose-ovute, 

 acute, with the summit compressed. 

 A North American genus. 



43^ PEDICULARIS. L. (Lousewort.) 



Cahx ventricose, half 5-cleft. Galea (or up- 

 per lip of the corolla) emarginate and compres- 

 sed. Capsule bilocular, mucronate, oblique. 

 Seeds angular, tunicated. 



Leaves opposite or alternate, multifid, mostly pinnati- 

 fid; flowers opposite or alternate, bracteate, aggregated 

 in short terminal spikes. 



Species. 1. P. Evphrasioides. 2. pallida. Stem 

 tall, smooth, and branched, pubescently lined; leaves 

 lanceolate, pinnaiifidly toothed, incisions crenulate and 

 scabrous on the margin; flowers distinct, subsessile; 

 point of the galea, truncated; calix bifid, segments 

 rounded. P serotina. Muhl. Catal. Hab. Very common 

 throughout the sandy swamps in New-Jersey. Flowers 

 straw yellow. Capsule short and broad ovate. 1 am ve- 

 ry well satisfied that P. lanceolata of Michaux is nothing 

 more than a specimen of this plant with a simple stem, 

 which I have frequently seen thoughout the western 

 states as far as the neighbourhood of St. Louis, Louisiana. 

 3. ^tadiata. 4. canadensis. — The following species with 

 No. 1. are either indigenous to Labradoror the North West 

 Coast. 5. re^nipinata. 6. recutita. 7- elata- 8. lapponica. 

 9. granlaiidica. 10 verticillata. ll.Jlammea. 



A genus of near 40 species, ind'genous to the colder or 

 alpine regions of Europe, America, and Siberia, extend- 

 ing to the ultimate limits of phsenogamous vegetation. 



437. MIMULUS. L, (Monkey-flower.) 



Calix prismatic, 5-toothcd. Corolla ringent: 

 tipper lip reflected at the sides; palate of the 



