
DIDYNAMIA, GYMNOSPERMIA. _ 
1. E. leaves and coloured bractes divaricately coccinea. 
trifid ; calix bifid, nearly equal with the corolla, 
segments retuse and emarginate.—.Viuit. 
Bartsia coccinea, L. 
Icon. Pluk. alm. t. 102. f. 5. 
Painted-cup. 
A gorgeous and much admired plant. The rich scarlet brac- 
tes which are usually mistaken for flowers, constitute the 
great beauty of the plant. Under afoot high. In the meadows 
bordering the Wissahickon. Rare. Perennial. July. 
292. MELAMPYRUM. Gen. pl. 999. (Pediculares.) 
Calix 4-clefi. Upper lip of the corolla com- 
pressed, margin folded back; lewer lip 
grooved, trifid, subequal. Capsule 2-cell- 
ed, oblique, opening on one-side; cells 2- 
seeded. Seeds cartilaginous, cylindric-ob- 
long.— WVutt. 
1. M. slender; lower leaves linear, entire ; floral lineare. 
leaves lanceolate, toothed behind ; flowers axil- 
lary, distinct.—Zamark, 
M. Americanum, Mich. 
all the leaves lanceolate. & latifolium. 
Cow-wheat. 
About a foot high. Flowers yellowish-white, tinged with 
pale-red. In woods and copses every where common. 4&. dif- 
fers in having much broader leaves. I have only found it 
in the woods near Woodbury, where it is abundant. Annual. 
July. 2. August and later. 
293. OROBANCHE. Gen. pl. 1045. (Pediculares.) 
Calix 4 or 5-cleft, segments often unequal. 
Corolla ringent. Capsule ovate, acute, 4- 
celled, 2-valved; seeds numerous. A gland 
beneath the base of the germ.—.Vutt. 
