Pedicularis.] DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 237 



2. M. ai'vense, Li. (purple Coto-wJieai); spikes oblong lax,bract- 

 eas lanceolate pinnatifid with setaceot-is segments, teetli of the 

 calyx much longer than the tube, lips of the corolla closed. E. 

 Bot. t. 53. 



Corn-fields and dry gravelly banks ; principally in Norfolk, and near 



Norwich. Isle of Wight, Dr Bromfitld. Fl. July. ©.— S])ikes of 



flowers much larger than in the preceding, and exceedingly handsome 



from the bright varied colour, yellow, purple, rose-colour and green, of 



the blossoms and bracteas. 



3. M. prutense, L. (^common yellow Cotv-ivheat) ; flowers axil- 

 lary secund, leaves in distant pairs, corolla 4 times as long as the 

 calyx closed, the lower lip protruded, upper bracteas mostly pin- 

 natiBd or toothed at the base. E. Bot. t. 1 13..^ — /5. smaller, some- 

 what succulent, bracteas quite entire- M. montanum, Johnst. FL 

 of Bar w. 



Groves and thickets (not in meadows, as the name would imi)ly), fre- 

 quent. — /3, Mountains. Fl. July, Aug. 0. — One foot or more high, 

 slender, with straggling opposite branches. 2^/cifers large, pale yellov/. 



4. M. si/lvdticum, L. (lesser-Jloivered yellow Ccnv-wheat); flowers 

 axillary secund, leaves in distant pairs, corolla scarcely twice as 

 long as the calyx, the lips equal in length a little open. E. Bot. 

 t. 804. 



Alpine woods, rare, in the north of England ; more general, but very 

 local, in Scotland. In several parts of Perthshire ; Auchindrane, woods 

 on the Doune, Craigs of Ness, &c., Ayrshire. Fl. July. 0. — 1 ft. high. 

 Bracteas always entire. Cor. deep yellow, very small, quite different 

 from the preceding. 



26. Lathr.I;a. Linn. Tooth-wort. 



1. L. sqiiamdria, L. {greater Tooth-wort); stem simple, flowers 

 pendulous in one-sided racemes, lower lip of the corolla 3- cleft 

 E. Bot. t. 50. 



Woods and coppices, apparently parasitic on the roots of Hasels, 

 Elms, and other trees, in various parts of England, Scotland, and Ire- 

 land. Fl. Apr. May. If. — Branching from the very base. Whole plant 

 succulent, with many, fleshy, tooth-like scales. Bracteas broadly ovate 

 or lanceolate. Floivers purplish. — See a valuable paper on the struc- 

 ture and growth of this plant, by J. E. Bowman, Esq. in Linn. Trans. 

 V. xvi. p. 2, accompanied by a beautiful plate. 



27. Pedicularis. Linn. Louse- wort. 

 1. P. palustris, L. (Marsh Louse-wort or tall Eed-Eattle) ; 

 stem solitary branched upwards erect, calyx broadly ovate hairy 

 ribbed Avith crenated nearly equal lobes. E. Bot. t. 399. 



Wet and marshy pastures. Fl. June, July. "U ? — Steyn I foot high, 

 with many lateral branches. Leaves pinnate ; pinnae ovate, almost 

 pinnatifid. Flowers large, handsome, deep rose-colour. 



2. P. sylvdtica, L. (Pasture Louse-wort or Dwarf Red-Rattle); 

 stem branched from the base and spreading, calyx oblong 

 angular glabrous in 5 unequal crenate and almost leafy segments. 

 E. Bot. t. 399. 



