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THE SCKOPHULAPJA FAMILY. 



A numerous genus in the mountains of colder regions of the northern 

 hemisphere, extending far into the Arctic Circle, and found also in 

 some of the tropical mountain-ranges. It is always readily known by 

 the foliage and calyx. 



Stems 1 to 2 feet high. Calyx with 2 short, broad, jagged lobes. 

 Upper lip of the corolla with a tooth on each side, at or 

 below the middle 1. Marsh P. 



Stems prostrate or spreading, not 6 inches long. Calyx 4- or 5- 

 toothed. Upper lip of the corolla without any teeth at or 

 below the middle 2. Common P. 



1. Marsh Pedicularis. Pedicularis palustris, Linn. 



(Fig. 704.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 390. Red Battle.) 



A nearly glabrous annual, with a ra- 

 ther thick root ; the stems erect, or, in 

 dry situations, decumbent at the base, 

 much branched, about a foot high, or in 

 water as much as 2 feet. Leaves often 

 opposite, pinnate, with short, ovate, 

 crenate or deeply cut segments ; the 

 floral ones alternate, and often twice 

 pinnate. Flowers almost sessile in the 

 axils of the upper leaves, of a deep pur- 

 ple-red. Calyx broad, with 2 broad, 

 short, irregularly cut or jagged lobes. 

 Upper lip of the corolla with 2 minute 

 teeth on its inner edge just below the 

 point, and 2 others below its middle. 

 Capsule oblique, the short point pro- 

 jecting beyond the calyx. 



In marshes, wet meadows, and watery 



ditches, in northern and central Europe, 



and Russian Asia, from the Altai to the Arctic regions. Generally 



spread over Britain, but not so common as the following species. Fl. 



all summer. 



2. Common Pedicularis. Pedicularis sylvatica, Linn. 



(Fig. 765.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 400. Lousewort.) 

 Rootstock perennial, with prostrate or spreading, branching stems, 



