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21. MELAMPYRUM L., Sp. Pl. 605. 1753 
Type species, M. cristatum L. of Europe 
Main stem-leaves linear or lanceolate-linear. Bracts 
conspicuously fimbriate near base, with teeth fre- 
quently as long as the width of the blade. Capsules 
mostly 6—7 mm. long, curved and usually attenuate- 
beaked. Seeds 2—2.5 mm. long, brown to blackish. 
Main stem-leaves linear-lanceolate to nearly ovate. 
Bracts slightly or not fimbriate near base, the teeth 
shorter than the width of the blade. Capsules fre- 
quently larger, reaching 8-9 mm. long, slightly or 
not curved and less or not attenuate-beaked. Seeds 
often larger, reaching 3 mm. long, usually black. 
1. M. lineare. 
ta. M. lineare latifolium. 
1. MELAMPYRUM LINEARE Desr.; Lam. Encyc. 4: 22. 1796. 
“Rapportée de la Caroline par M. Fraser . . . (v.s.)” 
Description made from a very small and young plant, 
but certainly of the form here considered. Characteriza- 
tion of calyx as 5-toothed surely erroneous. 
Flowering from mid-June to September, and soon aeiiss. 
fruit. 
Sandy soil, pineland and in open deciduous woodland, common 
throughout the Coastal Plain; inland occasional and mostly 
transitional to var. Jatifolium. Ranges from Massachusetts to ~ 
North Carolina, and, including varieties, inland northward 
across the continent. 
Ia. MELAMPYRUM LINEARE LATIFOLIUM (Muhl.) Beauverd 
Melampyrum americanum Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2: 16. 
1803. ‘‘Hab. a sinu Hudsonis ad montosam Carolinam. 
[A. Michaux:.” Description evidently of the prevalent 
inland broader-leaved plant. ; 
Melampyrum latifolium Muhl. [Cat. 57. 1813. momen 
nudum]; Eaton, Man. Bot. N. & M. St. ed. II 316. 1818. 
From Muhlenberg’s Catalog, the type station is in Dela- 
ware. Type not seen, but evidently is of the inland 
broader-leaved plant. 
Melampyrum americanum latifolium (Muhl.) Eaton, lc. ed. 
III. 350. 1822. 
Melampyrum pratense americanum (Michx.) Benth. in DC. 
Prod. 10: 584. 1846. 
