FIQWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceas. 



A tiny annual with ovate or lance-shaped 



Euphrasia leaves slightly resembling Castilleja in as- 



offlchiah's pect, confined to the coast of Maine and 



White, yelIow= 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 or 



yellowish green. 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, 4-10 inches high. Possibly introduced 



from Europe. Found at Great Cranberry Island, Me., 



by Mr. E. F. Williams. Euphrasia Oakesii {Euphrasia 



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



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



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 , ^, .^ ^. ,, , , 



Rhina n thus ^^ ^^^® same Situations, with lance-shaped or 



Crista-gaUi oblong, dull green leaves coarsely toothed, 

 Yellow and growing oppositely, the floral ones 



July-August deeply cut and with bristle-tipped teeth. 

 The flowers Naples j^ellow (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 

 of the White Mountains, west to Lake Superior. 



Also known as Wood Betony. A very 

 Beefsteak slightly hairv species with simple stem. 



Plant or % L , ■ " i i n i i 



Louse wort ^^^ soft-hairy leaves, dull dark green, and 



Pedicular is finely lobed, growing on grassy slopes or 

 Canadensis in cojjses. The lower leaves are feather- 

 ^e^r^eiio"" ^^^^P^*^ ^^^^ ^^^^'^ stained with dull ma- 

 May-July genta, as is also the rather stout plant-stem ; 



the upper leaves are sparse and grow al- 



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