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purple and the lower one pale yellow. Again pale and dark 
clumps of the flowers will be found growing side by side. 
After the bloom has passed the plants are not pretty, as the 
fern-like leaves and pods are rather rough. 
Unfortunately, the plant is not credited with possessing any 
especial virtue, and we have no reason to believe it is identical 
with the ancient betony of history. 
NARROW-LEAVED COW-WHEAT. 
Melampyrum lineare. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Figwort. Pale yellow. Scentless. General. All summer. 
Flowers: small; solitary; axillary. Calyx: bell-shaped; four-cleft. 
Corolla: tubular ; two-lipped, the upper lip arched, the lower one three-lobed. 
Stamens : four. Pistil : one. Leaves: opposite ; lanceolate or narrower; the 
upper sparingly tipped with bristles. Stem : six to twelve inches high; erect; 
branching. 
Cow-wheat is so named because the Dutch at one time 
cultivated it as food for their cattle; and the Greek generic 
name, Melampyrum, meaning black wheat, refers to the colour 
of the seeds when mixed with other grain. The plant is very 
common in our open woods, and is not particularly attractive, 
SMOOTH FALSE FOXGLOVE. 
Dasysioma Virginica. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Figwort. "ellow. Scentless. New England to Minnesota’ August, September. 
southward to Florida. 
Flowers: large; growing in a leafy raceme. Calyx: short; campanulate, 
with five lobes. Corolla : large ; with five spreading lobes extending into a long 
tube, the inside of which is woolly. Stamens : four, in pairs, one pair shorter 
than the other ; woolly. Pisti/: one. eaves: opposite ; the lower ones finely 
divided, the upper ones lanceolate; entire. Stem: from three to six feet 
high ; branching; smooth. Root: parasitic. 
The figworts are one of the few families that remain with us 
after the composites have arrived. It would seem as though 
they were loath to leave us without some reminder of the 
more delicate bloom of the spring and summer. In full bud 
the plants are especially beautiful. In fact, the large showy 

