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2. Pedicularis bracteosa Benth. (Bracted Lousewort). Glabrous except 



on the pedunculate spike, 3-5 dm. high, rather stout ; leaves large, pinnately 

 parted or divided and the segments again deeply cut-toothed ; bracts ovate, acu- 

 minate ; corolla pale-yellow, about 2 cm. long and longer than the bracts, its galea 

 much longer and larger than the lip. Open woods in the mountains. 



11. ELEPHANTELLA 



Like Pedicularis^ but the calyx obliquely campanulate, the upper lip strongly 

 arched and elongated into a narrow upturned beak. 



1. Slepliantella Groenlandica(Retz.)Rydb. (Long-beaked Elephantella). 

 A glabrous perennial, 2-5 dm. high, rather slender and erect ; leaves lanceolate, 

 deeply pinnatifid and segments again pinnatifid or toothed ; spike naked ; corolla 

 red or purple, its tube included in the 5-toothed caly^ ; beak of galea about twice 

 as long as the rest of the corolla. Marshy or wet ground in the mountains. 



LXII. PLANTAGINACEiE (Plantain Family) 



Herbs with a basal cluster of ribbed leaves, and naked stems 

 terminating in spikes of 4-parted sympetalous flowers. 



1. PLANTAGO (Plantain) 



Herbs with 4 sepals, wheel-shaped and 4-lobed corolla, 4 protruding stamens, a 

 single slender style with long hairy stigma, and a superior S-celled pod opening by 

 a lid. 



» Leaves broad and strongly ribbed, smooth. 



1. Plantago major L. (Common Plantain). Smooth or somewhat hairy; 

 leaves ovate, oblong, oval or slightly heart-shaped, often toothed, abruptly nar- 

 rowed into a channeled petiole, the strong ribs distinct to the base ; spike dense, 

 obtuse; pod ovoid, lid opening near the middle; seeds reticulated. Roadsides and 

 near dwellings. Introduced from Europe. 



2. Plantago eriopoda Torr. (Saline Plantain). Glabrous except for more 

 or less yellowish-brown wool among the bases of the leaves ; leaves rather thick 

 and fleshy, 5-7-nerved, petioled, mostly oblong and entire ; spike long ; sepals 

 oblong-obovate, scarious except the midrib ; capsule longer than the calyx, its lid 

 opening below the middle. Frequent on moist alkaline ground. 



* * Leaves narrow and not strongly ribbed ; plant more or less white-woolly. 



3. Plantago Purshil B. & S. (Pursh's Plantain). A silky white-woolly 

 annual, 7-15 cm. high ; leaves Hnear. 3-nerved, narrowed into margined petioles ; 

 spike dense, very woolly ; the narrow bracts about equaling the flowers ; capsule 

 about twice as long as the calyx, opening near the middle. Dry sandy slopes. 



LXIII. CAPRIFOLIACEiE (Honeysuckle Family) 



Shrubs or herbs with opposite leaves, tubular or rotate 4- or 

 5-lobed corolla, 4 or 5 stamens on the corolla-tube, and an infe- 

 rior 4- or 5- (or 2- or 3-) celled ovary becoming a berry, stone- 

 fruit or pod. 



