Melamptjrum.'] lxii. scROPHULAPJACEja. 



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E. slaber Lam. K. minor Ehrli. 



from pr, a nose, and avdoc, ^floiver; in allusion to the beaded 

 upper lip of the corolla, which is very remarkable in the R. 

 Elephas. 



1, R. Crista- Gain L. (common Y.) ; leaves oblong-laceolate 

 serrate, flowers in lax spikes, calyx glabrous, appendages of 

 the upper lip of the corolla short roundish, bracteas ovate. 



E. B. t. 657. 



Meadows and pastures, abundant. ©. 5—7. — Stem 1—2 ft. high, 

 glabrous, often much branched and more or less spotted with purple. 

 \eaves veiny, somewhat blunt or only acute. Flowers axillary in the 

 upper leaves:or bracteas, and hence loosely spiked. The appendages of 

 the upper lip of the corolla are broader than long, bluish. Bracteas 

 green throughout, acute, but not with an elongated point. When the 

 fruit is ripe, the seeds rattle in the husky capsule, and indicate to the 

 Swedish peasantry the season for gathering in their hay. 



2. R. 



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y-) 



rate, flowers in crowded spikes, calyx hairy, appendages of the 

 upper lip of the corolla ovate, bracteas ovate. K. hirsutus Lam. 

 R. villosus Pers. R. Crista-Galli var. /3. i. 



Meadows and pastures. ©. 7, 8. —Of this we have no British 

 specimens. It is mentioned as a native of England by Mr. Benthara ; 

 but that Botanist refers to the figure in E. B. S. t. 27S7, which wo 

 '.consider to belong without doubt to the next. The leaves of the 

 present species are precisely as in the last : we have never seen it with 

 the calyx glabrous. Although small specimens may occur, it i& 

 usually the largest and stoutest of the genus. 



3. R. angustifolhis Gmel. (large hishj Y.) ; leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, upper ones especially acuminated, flowers in crowded 

 spikes, calyx glabrous, appendages of the upper lip of^the co- 

 rolla ovate or oblong, bracteas ovate acuminate. R. major Sm. ; 

 E.B.S.t.2737. 



Corn-fields in the north of England. 0. 7, 8. — Mr. Backhouse 

 observes that the present plant has denser and more bushy spikes than 

 ii. Cmifa-GaS/', and yellowish bracteas, each terminated by an elongated 

 green point. The upper leaves are much acuminated from a lanceo- 

 late base. The appendages of the upper lip of the corolla are wedge- 

 shaped, purple, usually longer than broad ; the germen is narrower, 

 and more tumid. The seeds are thick at the edge, with a membranous 

 margin, which is variable in breadth, sometimes almost wanting. ^^ 



5. Melampyeum Linn. Cov/-wheat» 



CaL tubular^ 4-toothed. Upper lip of the cor. laterally com- 

 pressed, turned back at the margin; lower Up trifid. Ovary 

 with 2 superposed ovules in each cell. Caj^s. oblong, 2-celled3, 



^ Mr Bentham observes to us that now, since it has been proved that this genus 

 IS parasitical. It IS probable that aU the supposed species ought to be united; aia 

 opmion in which we quite agree. tr i 



