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SCROPHULARfN^E 



i. B. alpina (Alpine Bartsia), a low, unbranched species, with 



opposite, ovate leaves, and dull purple-blue flowers in a short, 



leafy spike. — Mountain pastures in the north ; rare. — Fl. June — 

 August. Perennial. 



13. Pedicularis (Red-rattle).— Partially parasitic plants, with 

 scattered leaves, and flowers generally red, in bracteate spikes or 

 racemes ; calyx inflated, somewhat leafy, unequally 5-toothed ; 



ODONTfTES rubra {Red Bartsia). 



corolla gaping, upper lip arched, flattened vertically, lower lip flat, 

 3-lobed ; capsule flattened, oblique ; seeds angular. (Name from 

 the Latin pediculus, a louse, the plant being supposed to produce 

 lice in sheep.) 



r. P. palustris (Marsh Red-rattle). — An erect, branched, herba- 

 ceous plant, 6 — 18 in. high, nearly glabrous, with reddish branches; 

 leaves deeply pinnately cut ; flowers large and crimson, in a leafy 

 raceme; calyx downy. — Marshes and bogs; common. It is often 



