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B. Flowers in spikes : M. arvense, L. ; corolla with 

 yellow throat and purple lips, bracts pinnatifid at the 

 base, spotted, leaves lanceolate ; fields, local. M. crista- 

 tum, L. ; spikes very dense, quadrangular, bracts ovate- 

 cordate, finely pectinate, purple, corolla yellow tipped 

 with purple, leaves linear-lanceolate; woods and fields, 

 local. 



14. TOZZIA, L. 



Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves ; 

 calyx very short, tubular, 5 -toothed ; corolla 2-lipped, 

 upper lip bifid, lower lip 3 -cleft ; leaves opposite, sessile. 



T. alpina, L. ; stem erect, square, scaly at the base, 

 corolla golden-yellow with red spots on the lower lip, 

 leaves ovate, crenate-dentate ; moist alpine places, fre- 

 quent. 



15. RHINANTHUS, L. (Alectorolophus, Wimm.). 



Flowers yellow, in unilateral spikes, with broad bracts ; 

 calyx ventricose, compressed, 4-toothed, enclosing the 

 seed-vessel like a bladder ; corolla 2-lipped ; stamens 4, 

 concealed in the upper lip of the corolla ; capsule com- 

 pressed ; seeds winged ; leaves opposite, narrow, toothed. 

 Annual herbs, parasitic on roots, black when dry. 



R. Crista-galli, L. (minor, Ehrh.), Yellow Rattle; 

 corolla-tube as long as calyx, lobes of upper lip short, 

 leaves linear-oblong ; damp meadows, common. R. major ; 

 Ehrh. ; plant taller (iJ-2 ft.), flowers larger, corolla-tube 

 longer than calyx, lobes of upper lip elongated ; damp 

 pastures, frequent. R. hirsutus, Lam. ; calyx and bracts 

 very hairy ; cultivated land, frequent. R. alpinus, Baumg. ; 



