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in central Delaware. Ranges from southeastern Massachusetts 

 to Virginia, so is to be expected in eastern Long Island. 



18. Castilleja Mutis; L. f. Suppl. 293. 1781 

 Type species, C. fissifolia L. f., of Colombia 

 1. Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng. 



Bartsia coccinea L. Sp. PI. 602. 1753. "Habitat in Vir- 

 ginia, Noveboraco . . . Hort. Cliff. 235." From L., 

 Hort. Cliff. 325. 1737, "Crescit in Virginia, unde 

 delatam communicavit DD. Gronovius," and from 

 Gron., Fl. Virg. 69. 1743, " Clayt. n. 293." Clayton 293, 

 the type, must be certainly the species here considered. 

 Rhinanthus coccineus (L.) Lam. Encyc. 2: 60. 1786. 

 Euchroma coccinea (L.) Nutt. Gen. N. Am. PI. 2: 55. 1818. 



Type of the genus Euchroma Nutt. 

 Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng. Syst. 2: 775. 1825. 

 Flowering from late April to early June, and soon ripening 

 fruit. 



Meadows and moist grassy slopes, loam or sandy loam, through 

 the Piedmont Region, more frequent westward; in the Coastal 

 Plain occasional in the Middle District of southern New Jersey. 

 Ranges from Maine to Manitoba south to South Carolina and 

 Kansas. 



19. Rhinanthus L. Sp. PI. 603. 1753 



Type species, R. Crista-galli L., of Europe 

 1. Rhinanthus Crista-galli L. 



Flowering in May and early June, fruiting in late June. 

 Fields and open places near Stratford, Connecticut. Probably 

 introduced from Eurasia, although said to be native north- 

 eastward. 



20. Pedicularis L. Sp. PI. 607. 1753 



Type species, P. palustris L., of Europe 



Stem 6-8 dm. tall, glabrous. Leaves shallowly lobed, the 

 sinuses narrow, the lobes with minute regular erenations. 

 Bracts auriculate near base. Rachis of inflorescence glab- 

 rous. Fused sepals of each side terminating in a slightly 

 enlarged crenate foliar tip, glabrous or with a very few long 

 hairs near base. Corolla with truncate apex of posterior 



