312 57. SCROPHULAKIACE^:. 



8. MIM'TTLUS Linn. 



*1. M. Langsdorffii (Bonn) ; 1. roundish ovate veined, lower 

 ones stalked, uppermost 1. clasping, st. creeping, fl. yellow. Sy. 

 E. B. 967. M. luteifsed..\m. An American plant, naturalized 

 in many boggy places. P. VI. IX. E. S. I. 



9. PEDICTTLA'KIS Linn. 



1. P. palus'tris (L.) ; st. solitary erect branched throughout, 1. 

 pinnatifid, segments oblong blunt lobed, cat. ovoid pubescent, 2- 

 lobed, lobes incise-dentate crisped. E. B. 399. Upper lip of 

 the cor. \vith a short truncate beak with a triangular tooth on 

 each side. Fl. large, crimson. St. 12 18 in. high, angular, 

 with alternate branches. Whorl of ovate-acute scales at root- 

 crown. Marshy and boggy places. A.? V. VII. Lousewort. 



E. S. I. 



2. P. sylvat'ica (L.) ; st. branched at the base erect, branches 

 long spreading prostrate, 1. pinnatifid, segments ovate lobed, cal. 

 oblong glabrous irregularly 5-lobed, upper lobe lanceolate, other 

 lobes with 3 leaflike divisions. E. .Z?. 400. Upper lip of the 

 cor. as in the last. Fl. large, rose-colour. Summit of the ped. 

 with a loose membranous cuticle enclosing the base of the calyx. 

 Primary st. erect, often very short ; branches prostrate. Whorl 

 of ovate-lanceolate crenate undivided reflexed leaves at root- 

 crown. Wet heathy and rather hilly pastures. P. ? V. VIII. 

 Eed Rattle. E. S. L 



10. RHIXAN'THTJS Linn. Yellow Battle. 



1. R. Crista-gal' li (L.) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate serrate, fl. in lax 

 spikes, cal. glabrous, lobes of the upper cor. -lip short roundish, 

 bracts ovate incise-serrate, seeds, with a membranous border. 

 E. B. 657. R. minor (Ehrh.). Lateral lobes of the upper cor.- 

 lip very blunt, shorter than broad, bluish. Bracts green 

 throughout. Style downy near the top. Caps, as long as broad. 

 Cor.-tube straight. St. 1 2 feet high, nearly simple. Rarely 

 (var. Drummond-Hayi White) cal. pubescent with short hairs. 

 [A taller form with black-dotted st. is \ax.fallax (Druce) ; a bushy much- 

 branched form with narrow 1. from N. of Scotl. is apparently the var. 

 angustifolius G. & G.] Meadows and pastures. A. VI. E. S. J. 



2. R. major (Ehrh.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate serrate, fl. in crowded 

 spikes, cal. glabrous, lobes of the upper cor. -lip oblong, bracts with 

 .an attenuate point incise serrate. Cal. often slightly downy on 



