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wards the top of the plant and there bright scarlet, among 

 which the irregular and unsynimetrical flowers are borne. 

 Sepals united, scarlet. Corolla greenish-yellow, 2-lipped, about 

 I in. long. In moist meadows and prairies. Maine and Ontario 

 to No. Carolina, and westward, usually rare near the coast. 

 June. Fig. 626. See No. 781. 



627. LousEWORT. Pedicularis canadensis. (Scrophulariaceae.) 

 A hairy perennial 8-15 in. high. Leaves alternate, lance-ob- 

 long, 3-5 in. long, deeply cut into many, toothed, segments. 

 Flowers yellow or yellow-red, strongly 2-lipped, about ^ 

 in. long, in a dense leafy terminal cluster. In dry woods and 

 thickets. Nova Scotia to Florida, and westward. May. Fig. 

 627. A related species, P. lanccolata, has more deeply cut 

 leaves and usually lacks hairs. It grows in wet places. Ontario 

 and New England to No. Carolina, and westward. August- 

 September. See No. 781. 



628. CARDINAL-FLOWER AND LOBELIAS. 



LOBELIA. 



Leafy-stemmed herbs with alternate, unlobed leaves, which 

 may be toothed or not. Flowers in clusters, usually in ter- 

 minal racemes. Corolla irregular, divided to the base and con- 

 spicuously 2-lipped, the three lower lobes larger than the two 

 upper ones. (Lobeliaceac.) See No. 945 for the aquatic 

 Water Lobelia. 

 Corolla ^-i in. long 



Corolla scarlet, about i in. long Cardinal-flower no. 629 



Corolla blue, or blue and white about ^ in. long 



Great Lobelia no. 630 



Corolla about ^ in. long 



Stems mostly unbranched Pale Lobelia no. 631 



Stems branched 



Hairy; leaves oval or lance-oval Indian Tobacco no. 632 



Smooth ; leaves linear or linear oblong 



Brook Lobelia no. 633 



629. Cardinal-flower. Lobelia cardinalis. A tall, mostly un- 

 branched perennial of moist shady places, 2-5 ft. high, with 

 alternate, lance-oval, minutely toothed leaves, pointed both 



