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domestic cattle, and turn black in drying. Sheep are 

 said to become scabby after feeding for a short time on 

 P. sylvatica, whence the name seems to have originated. 

 Goats eat the various species, as they do, generally the 

 most acrid plants. 



1. V. palustr'is. Marsh Louse »wort. Tall Red Rattle. 



Stem solitary, branched. Calyx ovate, hairy, ribbed, in 

 two unequally notched lobes. 



P. palustris. Lmn. Sp. PL 845. Willd. v. .3. 202. Fl. Br. 655. 



Engl. Bot. V. C. t. 399. Hook. Scot. 187. Bull. Fr. 1. 129. 

 P. n. 320. Hall. Hist. v. I. 139. 

 P. palustri.-; rubra elation Rail Syn. *284. 

 Pedicularis. Riv. Monop. Irr.t. 92. f. I.. 

 Tall Red Rattle. Peliv. H. Brit. t. 36./. 3. 



In marshes and boggy meadows. 



Perennial ? June, July. 



Root small, by some said to be annual. Stem solitary, erect, 12 

 or 15 inches high, leafy, angular, a little downy, with many la- 

 teral, spreading, opposite branches. Leaves partly opposite, 

 partly scattered, stalked, smooth, bright green, doubly pinna- 

 tifid ; the segments obtuse, bluntly notched, various in breadth. 

 Fl. axillary, opposite, solitary, nearly sessile, of an elegant crim- 

 son, darker in the upper lip, without scent ; lower lip minutely 

 fringed. Cal. with 2 principal lobes, variously notched. 



2. P. sylvatica. Pasture Louse-wort. Dwarf Red 



Rattle. ._____- -^ ' 



Stems several, spreading, simple. Calyx oblong, angular, 

 smooth, in five unequal notched segments. 



P. sylvatica. Linn. Sp. PI. 845. M'illd. v. 3. 203. Fl. Br. 656. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 6. t. 400. Hook. Scot. 188. FL Dan. t. 225. 



P. n.321. Hall. HisLv. I. 139. 



P. pratensis rubra vulgaris. Rail Syn. *284. 



P. pratensis purpurea. Bauh. Pin. 163. 



P. minor. Riv. Monop. Trr. t. 92. f.'2. 



Pedicularis. Ger.Em. \07\.f. Lob. Ic. 748./. 



Fistularia. Bod.Pempt.bbQ.f. 



Common Red Rattle. Petiv. H Brit t. 36./. 4. 



In moist, heathy, rather mountainous, pastures, frequent. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Of a more humble stature than the preceding, with several, spread- 

 ing or recumbent, unbranched stems, from a large, fleshy, ta- 

 pering, subdivided root, which Mr. Purton marks annual, as 

 Ray does that of both our species. The present has no appear- 

 ance of being so Leaves alternate, doubly pinnatifid and notch- 



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