844 FLORA. 



5. Pedicularis Canadensis L. Wood Betony. Lousewort. (I. F. f. 

 3335.) Pubescent, or glabrate below; stems commonly tufted, 1.5-4.5 dm. high, 

 simple. Leaves alternate or some of them opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 7-13 cm. 

 long, all but the uppermost slender-petioled, pinnately parted into obtuse incised 

 or dentate lobes; spike 1-2 dm. 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) 1. 5-2 cm. long, the tube much longer than 

 the calyx, the galea arched, incurved, minutely 2 -toothed below the apex; capsule 

 oblique, 14-16 mm. long. In dry woods and thickets, N. S. to Manitoba, Fla. 

 Miss., Colo, and Northern Mex. April -June. 



6. Pedicularis Furbishiae S. Wats. Miss Furbish's Pedicularis. (I. F. \ 

 3336.) Pubescent, at least above; stem strict, simple, 6-9 dm. high. Leave.' 

 lanceolate, alternate, or some of them opposite, the lower long-petioled, I-I.5 dm. 

 long, pinnately divided into ovate or oblong, pinnatifid or incised segments, th< 

 upper sessile, pinnately parted or lobed; calyx 5-lobed, the lobes entire or dentate, 

 narrow, somewhat unequal; corolla yellow, 14-18 mm. long, the galea arched 

 truncate, not beaked, 2-cuspidate at the apex. In swamps and along streams, Me 

 and N. B. July-Sept. 



7. Pedicularis flammea L. Red-tipped Pedicularis. (I. F. f. 3337. 

 Glabrous or somewhat wooly; stem simple, 5-10 cm. high with several linear 

 oblong, pinnately parted leaves. Basal and lower leaves slender-petioled, 2.5-4 cm 

 long, the uppermost sessile, the lobes ovate or oblong, incised-seirate; flowers abou 

 12 mm. long, pedicelled in a short spike-like raceme, longer than the narrow bracts 

 calyx 5-toothed, the teeth lanceolate, acute, unequal; corolla-tube and the lowe 

 lip greenish-yellow, the galea slightly arched, blunt, much longer than the lowe: 

 lip; capsule lanceolate, 12-16 mm. long, 2-3 times as long as the calyx; fruitinj 

 pedicels 6-10 mm. long. Lab. to Greenland and Alaska. Also in arctic an< 

 alpine Europe. Summer. 



8. Pedicularis capitata Adams. Capitate Pedicularis. (I. F. f. 3338. 

 Stem scapose, leafless, or i-leaved, 2.5-13 cm. high. Leaves slender-petioled, pin 

 nately divided, the segments ovate or oblong, incised; flowers several in a capitat 

 cluster, 2.5-4 cm. long; calyx 5-cleft, the lobes foliaceous, incised or crenate; coroll 

 described as white; galea scarcely broadened above, slightly curved, obtuse, twic 

 as long as the lower lip; capsule oblong, a little longer than the calyx beaked o: 

 the outer side near the summit. Hudson Bay to Alaska. Summer. 



34. rhina'nthus L. 



Annual erect herbs, with opposite leaves, and yellow, blue, violet, or variegate 

 flowers, in terminal I -sided leafy-bracted spikes, or solitary in the upper axil: 

 Calyx compressed, 4-toothed, much inflated, membranous and conspicuously vein 

 in fruit. Corolla irregular, 2-lipped, the upper lip (galea) compressed, archec 

 minutely 2-toothed below the entire apex, the lower lip 3-lobed, shorter, the lob( 

 spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending under the galea; anthers piloJ 

 the sacs obtuse at the base, transverse, distinct. Capsule orbicular, flat, loculick 

 ally dehiscent, several-seeded. Seeds nearly orbicular, winged. [Greek, noq 

 flower, from the beaked corolla.] About 3 species, of the northern hemisphere. 



1. Rhinanthus Crista-Galli L. Rattle. Rattle-box. Yellow o 

 Pknny Rattle. (I. F. f. 3339-) Glabrous, or pubescent above; stem usuafl 

 branched, 1.5-4.5 dm. high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, sessil 

 coarsely serrate-dentate, 2-5 cm. long; bracts broader, ovate, or ovate- lanceolat 

 incised-dentate, the teeth acuminate or subulate-tipped; flowers yellow, 12-16 mr 

 long; corolla-tube longer than the calyx, commonly with a purple spot on one 

 both lips; fruiting calyx 8-12 mm. in diameter; capsule nearly as broad as tl 

 calyx. Xewi. and Lab. to Alaska, Ore., Quebec, Conn., N. Y.. Ont. and in th 

 Rocky Mts. to N. Mex. ; on the Atlantic Coast from R. I. to N. B. Common 

 northern Europe and Asia. June-Aug. 



35. MELAMPYRUM I.. 



Annual herb with opposite leaTCS, and small flowers solitary in the upper axil 

 or in bracted .-pikes. Calyx 4-toothed. the 2 upper teeth somewhat the longe 



