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Jyfi, nat. 407.- S^p.pl. 845. (Rai. i. r. h. /. 77. 

 A. D. £. H. I. K.L. Pet. herb, t, 36./. 3. 



Marfh Loufcwort. Jngljs, 



By the fides of lakes, and in bogs frequent. G. 7. 



Theftall: is ere6):, a cubit high, and branch'd. The 

 leaves are pinnated with about 20 pair of long 

 Pinn^, . which are again femipinnate with fhorc 

 indented Pinnule, The flowers grow in a loofe 

 fpike from the Jl^ of the leaves, on fliort foot- 

 llalks. The Calyx is reddifli, a little hairy, coin- 

 prefs'd fideways, bulging at the bafe, and has 

 two of the fegments crifted, or terminated with 

 leaf-like appendages. The fiowers are purple. 



fylvatica 2. PEDICULARIS caule ramofo, calycibus oblongis 



angulatis Isvibus, corollis labio cordato. Sp. pL 



^45- {Ger, em. \ojy. fig, inferior. Moris, hi ft. 



f JK /. 23./. 13. Pet. herb. t. '2,6. f 4. Oed. Ban. 



t. 225. opt. 



Common dwarf Loufewort. An^lis. 



In wet paflures and heaths frequent, o . VI. 



The (lalks lie proftrate on the ground : the leaves 

 are fimply pinnated, with roundifh, acutely fer- 

 rated pinna. The flowers grow in a clufier at 

 the top of the plant and fparingly on the branches, 

 fefllle, and of a pale purple or red color. The 

 lower dent of the Calyx is very fmall, the others 

 are crifl:ed. 



Thefe plants are rarely eaten by cattle, but v/hen 

 they are, they are fuppos'd to make them loufy, 

 whence the name. 



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