86 DWARF RED RATTLt!. 



We have another wild species, the Tall Red 

 Rattle, or Marsh Lousewort, {Pedicidaris 

 pahistris,) which blooms during June, on wet 

 pastures and marshy grounds. It has a soli- 

 tary erect stem, about a foot high ; the flower 

 is large, and of a purphsh-crimson, and is a 

 handsomer species than the more common one. 

 It is found most abundantly in the counties 

 at the North of England, and is said to be 

 disagreeable and injurious to cattle. 



To this genus belongs that singular and 

 rare flower, which, though not common any- 

 where, yet graces with its golden blossoms 

 many a plain of dreary Lapland. The Sceptred 

 Lousewort {Pedicularis Seep tr urn Carolimim) 

 was so admired by Rudbeck, that he named 

 it in honour of Charles XII. Dr. Edward 

 Clarke, who saw it growing to the height of 

 four or five feet from the pebbled beds of the 

 water's edge, at Tornea, describes it in glowing 

 language, and sent seeds to the Cambridge 

 Botanical Gardens, but they produced no 

 plants there. Even when found in Norway 

 and Sweden growing wild, it is never so luxu- 

 riant as in its native Lapland. 



