FIGWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceae* 



A tiny annual with ovate or lance-shaped 

 Eyebright , ,. . . . ,. ... . . 



Euphrasia leaves slightly resembling Castilleja in as- 



americana pect, confined to the coast of Maine and 



White, yellow- southern Canada. The pale olive green 

 ish, etc. leaves are indistinctly dull- toothed and 



small on the lower part of the plant, and 

 the upper, floral leaves are somewhat jagged and bristly 

 toothed. The inconspicuous flowers are whitish and 

 deep purple- veined. The corolla is two-lipped and a trifle 

 notched, the lower lip three-lobed and spreading, the 

 upper two-lobed (with reflexed sides), beneath it are the 

 four stamens. 410 inches high. Newfoundland, e. Que., 

 and coast of Me. Found at Great Cranberry Island, Me., 

 by Mr. E. F. Williams. Euphrasia OaJcesii (Euphrasia 

 officinalis var. Tartarica of Gray's Manual, Sixth Ed.) 

 is a very dwarf form scarcely attaining a height of 2J 

 inches, with tiny yellowish flowers, and more rounded 

 leaves with rounded teeth, growing in the Alpine regions 

 of the White Mountains (under the crest of Mt. Monroe), 

 and along the north shore of Lake Superior. 



A slightly similar taller annual confined 

 Yellow Rattle . 



RUnanthus ^ ^ ne same situations, w^ith lance-shaped or 

 Crista-galli oblong, dull green leaves coarsely toothed, 

 Yellow and growing oppositely, the floral ones 



July-August deeply cut an( i w j tn bristle-tipped teeth. 

 The flowers Naples yellow (straw color), and crowded on 

 a one-sided leafy spike. The corolla two-lipped, the 

 upper lip without lobes but slightly toothed on either 

 side part way down, the lower three-lobed. Four 

 stamens. Fruit-capsule round but flattened ; the seeds, 

 when ripe rattle in the inflated pod. 6-20 inches high. 

 Rocky soil, coast of New Eng., and the Alpine regions 

 or the White Mountains, west to Lake Superior. 



Also known as Wood Betony. A very 

 slightly hairy species with simple stem, 

 Louse wort an( * soft - hair y leaves, dull dark green, and 

 Pedicularis finely lobed, growing on grassy slopes or 

 Canadensis in copses. The lower leaves are feather- 

 Magenta, dull shaped and often stained with dull ma- 



May Jufy W S enta ' as is also the ra t her stout plant-stem ; 

 the upper leaves are sparse and grow al 



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