Rhinanthus Crista Galli* Yellow Rattle. 



RHINANTHUS Lin. Gen. PL Didynamia Angiospermia. 



Cal. 4-fidus, ventricofus. Capfiula 2-locularls, obtufa, comprefla. 



Rail Syn. Gen, 18. Herb^ fructu sicco singulari, flore monopetalo. 



RHINANTHUS Crifta Gall/ corollis labio fuperiore compreffo breviore. Lin. Syft. Vegeiab. p. 459, 

 Sp. PL p-. 840. FL Suec. 542. 



ALECTOROLOPHUS calycibus glabris. Haller. Hifi. 313. 



MIMULUS Crjfla G-alli. Scopoll FL Cam. ».751. 



PEDICULARIS pratenfis lutea vel Crifta Galli. Bauh. Pin, 163* 



CRISTA GALLI fcemina. L B. III. 436. 



CRISTA GALLI. Ger. em. 1071. 



PEDICULARIS feu Crifta Galli lutea. Park. J 13. Yellow Rattle or Cocks-Comb. Rait Syn.* i&% h 



Rudfon. FL Angl. eel 1. p. 268. Lightfoot FL Scot. p. 322. 



RADIX annua, fimplex, albida, parum fibrofa. ?ROOT annual, fimple, whitifh, furniihed with few 



I fibres. 



CAULIS pedalis circiter, efe&us, fimplex, feu ramofus, % STALK about a foot high, upright, fimple or branched, 



quadrangulus, glaber, purpureo maculatus. | fquare, fmooth, and fpotted with purple. 



FOLIA oppofita, remotiufcula, feffilia, cordato-lanceo- | LEAVES oppofite, rather remote from each other, 

 lata, obtufiufcula, venofa, laevia, fubtus tuber- | feffile, lanceolate with a heart-fhaped bafe, 



culis albidis pulchre reticulata, ferrata, ferra- | bluntifh, veiny, fmooth^ underneath beauti- 



turis margine craffis et fubinvolutis. | fully reticulated with white tubercles, fawed, 



I the notches thick on the edge, and fomewhat 



"% rolled back. 



BRACTE^E oppofitse, magnse, foliis fimiles at bafi la- | FLORAL-LEAVES oppofite, large like the leaves, but 



tiores, et profundius incifae, ferraturis acumi- f broader at the bafe, and more deeply cut in, 



natis. I the notches pointed. 



FLORES flavi, fpicati, pedunculis breviffimis infidentes. J FLOWERS yellow, growing in a fpike, and fitting on 



% very fhort foot-ftalks. 



CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, fubrotundum, | CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, roundifh, in» 

 infiatum, compreffum, quadridentatum, den- | flated, flattened, having four equal teeth, of a 



tibus equalibus, paliide virens, venofum, per- | pale green colour, and permanent, Jig. u 



fiftens, fig. 1. I *«-»*."* 



COROLLA monopetala, ringens. Tubus fubcylindra- | COROLLA monopetalous, ringent. Tube fomewhat 

 ceus, longitudine calycis ; labium fuperius ga- % cylindrical, the length of the calyx ; the up- 



leatum, compreffum, emarginatum, margine | per lip helmet- fhaped, flattened, with a notch 



anteriori utrinque violaceo; /^/kot inferius trifi- | , on the end, the anterior edge blueifh on each 



dum, laciniis lateralibus plants, rugofis, inter- | fide, the lower lip trifid, the lateral fegments 



media majori, marginibus involutis, Jig. 2. J flat and wrinkled, the middle one largeft, the 



% edges rolled inward, fig. 2. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, longitudine labii | STAMINA : four Filaments, the length of the upper 

 fuperioris, fub quo recondita, quorum duo % lip, under which they lie hid, two of which 



breviora. Anthers incumbentes, hinc bi- | are fhorter than the others. Anthers in* 



fids, hirfutze, Jig. 3. I cumbent, at one end bifid, and hairy, Jig. 3. 



PIST1LLUM: GERMENovatum, compreffum, glabrum. |PISTILLUM: Germen ovate, flattened, fmooth. Style 

 Stylus filiformis, ftaminibus longior. Stigma | filiform, longer than the ftamina. Stigma 



obtufum, inflexum, fig. 4. f blunt > and bent downwards, Jig. 4. 



PERICARPIUM: Capsula orb'iculata, mucronata, | SEED-VESSEL : a round, flat Capsule of two cavw 

 compreffa, bilocularis, bivalvis, Jig. 7. f ties and two valves, terminating in a fhort 



I point, fig. 7. 



SEMINA plurima, majufcula, compreffa, fubreniformia, % SEEDS feveral, rather large, flattened, fomewhat kid* 

 libera, Jig. 8. % ney-(haped and loofe, fig. 8. 



The feeds of this plant, when ripe, rattle in the hulks, and hence its name. Linnjeus informs us, that this 

 circumftance guides the Swediuh peafant in mowing his grafs for hay. In the neighbourhood of London hay- 

 making commences while this plant is in full bloom. 



It abounds in moft of our paftures, and flowers early in June. 



Agriculturally confidered, we may rank it with the ufelcfs plants. « / * 



In the third edition of Ray's Synopfis, Dillenius, on the authority of Dr. Richardson, adds another ipecies, 

 which he calls Pedicularis major angulijolia ramofijjima Jlore minore luteo, labello purpurea. Found near York, and 

 alfo in Northumberland. This, however, is confidered by fucceeding Botanifts as a variety only, and is not found 

 with us. 



