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3. Pedicularis palistris L. Purple Pedicularis. Marsh Lousewort. Fig. 3848. 
Pedicularis palustris L. 607. 1753. 
iy Sorengite J. E. Smith in Rees’ Cyclop. 26: No. 4. 
1814. 
Pedicularis Wlassoviana Stev. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mose. 
6: 29. pl. 9, f. r. 1823. 
Pedicularis palustris var. Wlassoviana Bunge; 
Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 3: 283. 1847-49. 
Biennial or annual, glabrous throughout, or the 
petiole-bases ciliate; stem erect, much branched, . 
1°-2° high. Leaves 1’-2’ long, alternate, or some 
of them opposite, oblong-lanceolate in outline, 
all pinnatifid into oblong crenate or incised seg- 
ments; flowers in terminal rather loose spikes 
and solitary in the upper axils, 7’-9” long; calyx 
2-cleft, the lobes with an incised crested border; 
corolla purple, sometimes white, its tube twice as 
long as the calyx, the lip much shorter, the galea 
arched at the top, blunt or apiculate, not beaked, 
bearing a pair of minute teeth below its summit; 
capsule obliquely ovate, twice as long as the calyx 
when mature. 
In wet situations, Labrador to Alaska, south to 
Quebec, the Northwest Territory and Oregon. Ev- - 
rope. Summer. Red rattle, Cow’s-wort. ! 
4. Pedicularis lanceolata Michx. Swamp 
Lousewort. Fig. 3849. 
Pedicularis lanceolata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 18. 1803. 
Pedicularis auriculata J. E. Smith in Rees’ Cyclop. 26: 
No. 4. 1814. 
Perennial, glabrous or very nearly so throughout; 
stem stout, simple, or branched above, 1°-3° high, the 
branches erect. Leaves alternate and opposite, lanceo- 
late, or linear-lanceolate, 2’-5’ long, pinnately lobed, 
the lower petioled, the upper sessile, the lobes oblong, 
obtuse, short, crenate-dentate, the margins cartilagi- 
nous; spikes short; calyx 2-lobed, the lobes with folia- 
ceous margins; corolla yellow, 8’—10” long, the galea 
arched, terminated by a very short truncate beak, the 
lower lip erect-ascending ; capsule ovate, little exceed- 
ing the calyx, about 5” high. 
In swamps, Ontario to Connecticut, North Carolina, 
Manitoba, Ohio, Michigan, South Dakota and Nebraska. 
. | 53: Aug.—Oct. 
5 Pedicularis canadénsis L. Wood or Head Betony. Lousewort. Fig. 3850. 
Pedicularis canadensis L. Mant. 86. 1767. 
Perennial, hirsute, pubescent, or glabrate be- 
low; stems commonly tufted, ascending or 
erect, 6-18’ high, simple. Leaves alternate or 
some of them opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 3-5’ 
long, all but the uppermost  slender-petioled, 
pinnately parted into oblong, obtuse, incised or 
dentate lobes; flowers spicate, the spike short 
in flower, 5-8’ long in fruit, the lower bracts 
usually foliaceous, the others small; calyx cleft 
on the lower side; 2-3-crenate on the upper, 
oblique; corolla yellow, or reddish (rarely 
white), 7-10” long, the tube much longer than 
the calyx, the galea arched, incurved, not beaked, 
minutely 2-toothed below the apex; capsule 
lanceolate, oblique, 7-8” long, 2” wide, about 
3 times as long as the calyx. 
In dry woods and thickets, Nova Scotia to Mani- 
toba, Florida, Mississippi, Kansas, Colorado and 
North Mexico. Ascends to 3000 ft. in Virginia. 
High heal-all. Beefsteak-plant. Lousewort-fox- 
glove. Snaffles. April-June. 
