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SCROrHULARIACEAE. 



[Vol,. III. 



6. Pedicularis Canadensis L. 



Wood Betony. I/Dusewort. (Fig. 3335.) 



Pedicularis Canadensis L,. Mant. 86. 1767. 



Perennial, hirsute, pubescent, or glabrate be- 

 low; stems commonly tufted, ascending or 

 erect, 6'-i&' high, simple. Leaves alternate or 

 some of them opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 3'- 

 5 / long, all but the uppermost slender-petioled, 

 pinnately parted into oblong obtuse incised or 

 dentate lobes; flowers spicate, the spike short 

 in flower, s / -8 / long in fruit, the lower bracts 

 usually foliaceous, the others small; calyx cleft 

 on the lower side; 2-3-crenate on the upper, 

 oblique; corolla yellow.or reddish (rarely white) 

 7 // -io // long, the tube much longer than the 

 calyx, the galea arched, incurved, not beaked, 

 minutely 2-toothed below the apex; capsule 

 lanceolate, oblique, 7 // -8 // long, 1" wide, about 

 3 times as long as the calyx. 



In dry woods and thickets, Nova Scotia to Mani- 

 toba, south to Florida, Kansas, Colorado and North 

 Mexico. Ascends to 3000 ft. in Virginia. Called 

 also High Heal-all, Beefsteak plant. April-June. 



7. Pedicularis Furbishiae S. Wats. Miss 

 Furbish's Pedicularis. (Fig. 3336.) 



Pedicularis Furbishiae S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 

 375. 1882. 



Perennial, pubescent, at least above; stem strict, 

 simple, 2-3 high. Leaves lanceolate, alternate, 

 or some of them opposite, the lower loug-petioled, 

 4 / -6 / long, pinnately divided into ovate or oblong, 

 pinnatifid or incised segments, the upper sessile, 

 pinnately parted or lobed; calyx 5-lobed, the lobes 

 entire or dentate; narrow, somewhat unequal; cor- 

 olla yellow, 7 // -9 // long, the galea arched, trun- 

 cate, not beaked, 2-cuspidate at the apex; capsule 

 ovate. 



In swamps and along streams, Maine and New 

 Brunswick. July-Sept. 



8. Pedicularis flammea L,. Red- 

 tipped Pedicularis. (Fig. 3337.) 

 Pedicularis flammea I,. Sp. PI. 609. 1753. 



Perennial, glabrous or somewhat woolly; 

 stem simple, 2 / ~4 / high, with several linear-ob- 

 long, pinnately parted leaves. Basal and 

 lower leaves slender-petioled, i / -i)4 / long, 

 the uppermost sessile, the lobes ovate or ob- 

 long, incised-serrate; flowers about 6 // long, 

 pedicelled in a short spike-like raceme, longer 

 than the narrow bracts; calyx 5-toothed, the 

 teeth lanceolate, acute, unequal; corolla-tube 

 and the lower lip greenish yellow, the galea 

 slightly arched, very blunt, much longer than 

 the lower lip, its summit crimson or purple; 

 capsule'lanceolate, 6 // -S // long, 2-3 times as long as the calyx; fruiting pedicels 3 // -5 // long. 

 Labrador to Greenland, west to Alaska. Also in arctic and alpine Europe. Summer. 



