ORD. II.] 



20. A. CRISTA GALLI. 



Rhinanthus Crista galli Linn., WUld. Sp. PI 3. 188. FL^ 

 Dan. 981. Engl Bot. 637. Schh t. 169. 



Mimulus Crista galli et Alectorolophus, Scop. Cam. n, 751. 

 752. 



Geographical Distribution. 



This is properly a northern plant, which grows in Europe 

 as far as the North Cape (70^), in Iceland, Siberia, Kamts- 

 katka, and North America ; as far as Hudson*'s Bay, and 

 scarcely passes, towards the south, beyond the 44° or 43° ; 

 for Tauris, Transylvania, and the South of France, appear 

 to constitute the most southern limits of its distribution. 



Uses. 



I am not acquainted with any useful property of it. On" 

 the contrary, the rattle is a hurtful weed in our meadows/ 

 and is not eaten by any animal. Its seed, mixed with" 

 meal, gives it a dark appearance, and makes the bread indi- 

 gestible. 



, CLASS XV. 



Order I. 



This Order is called that of the Siliculosa, or silicle-beari 

 ing plants, because their fruit is almost as long as broad/ 

 (96:) Yet hefe, as eveiy where else, there are transitions: 

 Farsetia R. Br., on the one side, and Bray a Sternb., and 

 Nasturtium R. Br., on the other, are so nearly related to this 

 order, that we may sometimes call their fruit a Silicula, some- 

 times a Siliqua. Several of these silicles are fruits of another 

 species, nuts, in particular, which do not burst, as in BuX 

 ftiasy Crambe, CaJdIe, Succovia, Monch, But, as the plants' 



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