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seldom above 6 inches long. Leaves al- 

 ternate, pinnate, with deeply cut, small 

 segments. Flowers sessile in the upper 

 axils, pink-red or rarely white. Calyx 

 broadly oblong, with 5 unequal teeth 

 or short lobes, the longer ones often 

 toothed. Tube of the corolla much 

 longer than the calyx, the upper lip 

 with one minute tooth on each side, 

 under the point. 



In moist pastures, and meadows, all 

 over western, central, and northern Eu- 

 rope, but disappearing in the south and 

 the east. Common in Britain. Fl. 

 spring and summer. 



Fig. 7^5. 



XIV. MELAMPYEE MELAMPYRUM. 



Erect or spreading herbs, probably semi-parasitical like the Rattle, 

 with opposite leaves and branches ; the floral leaves often passing into 

 coloured bracts ; the flowers yellow, purple or variegated, either axil- 

 lary or in terminal leafy spikes. Calyx tubular or campanulate, with 

 4 teeth. Corolla with a distinct tube ; the upper lip compressed, entire 

 or with a small tooth or lobe on each side in front; the lower lip 

 spreading, with 3 short lobes, and a more or less projecting palate 

 closing the mouth of the tube or nearly so. Capsule ovate, oblique, 

 with from 1 to 4 oblong seeds. 



A small but distinct genus, confined to Europe and northern 

 Asia. 



Flowers variegated with purple, in short leafy spikes. 

 Spikes closely imbricated, 4-sided. Floral leaves 



broadly cordate and finely toothed 1. Crested M. 



Spikes oblong, rather loose. Floral leaves ovate, 



acuminate, with long slender teeth 2. Purple M. 



Flowers yellow, in distant axillary pairs, all turned one 



way. 

 Upper floral leaves toothed at the base. Flowers pale 



yellow, 6 lines long or more 3. Common M. 



Floral leaves all entire. Flowers deep yellow, 3 or 



4 lines long 4. Small -flowered M. 



