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MELA. M P Y'RU M * *. 
Linncan Class and Order. Didyna'mia f, Angiospei/mia +. 
Natural Order. Mf.lampyra'cEjE §, Richard. — Lindl. Syn. p. 
1‘44. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 207 . — Rhinanthacea^, Dec. Fl.Fr. 
v. iii. p. 454. — Lindl. Introduct. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 230. — Don’s 
Gen. Syst. of Card, and Bot. v. iv. p.618 . — Scrophula'rin.f, 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 434. — Loud. Llort. Brit. p. 528. — Hook. Brit. 
FI. (4th ed.) p. 4 i 4. — Pediculares, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 99. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 96 . — Syringalks; subord. Primulosa: ; sect. 
JVIenthina. ; type, Scrophularia^cejE ; Burn. Outl.of Bot. v. ii. 
pp. 900, 958, and 978 . — Personat.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 2.) inferior, of 1 sepal, tubular, per- 
manent ; the border in 4 deep, straight, unequal, rather long and 
narrow segments. Corolla (fig. 3.) of 1 petal, ringent, moderately 
gaping ; tube oblong, curved ; throat a little dilated, compressed ; 
upper lip vaulted, compressed, notched, with a narrow, reflexed 
border at each side ; lower lip 3-clefl. Filaments (see figs. 4 & 5.) 
4, from the throat of the corolla, awl-shaped, shortish, incurved, 
meeting under the upper lip. Anthers converging, oblong, each 
of 2 oblong pointed lobes. Germen egg-shaped, pointed. Style 
thread-shaped, inclosed in the corolla. Stigma deflexed, blunt. Cap- 
sule (fig. 6.) oblong, oblique, 2-celled, 2-val ved, opening on one side. 
Cells 1-seeded. Seeds (fig. 10.) large, somewhat egg-shaped, attach- 
ed, by a short, thick, spongy stalk, to the base of the partitions. 
The tubular, 4-cleft calyx ; the corolla with the upper lip later- 
ally compressed, and turned back at the margin, and the lower 
3-cleft; the oblong, oblique, compressed, capsule, of 2, 1-seeded, 
cells ; and the large seeds, gibbous at the base ; will distinguish this 
from other genera in the same class and order. 
Four species British. 
MFLAMPY'RUM ARVENSE. Corn-field Cow-wheat. Purple 
Cow- wheat. Blue Cow- wheat. Poverty-weed. 
Spec. Char. Spikes conical, loose. Bracteas egg-shaped, pin- 
natifid, with setaceous segments. Calyx-teeth much longer than 
the lube. Corolla closed. 
Engl. Bot. t. 53. — Hook. FI. Lond. t. 63. — FI. Dan. t. 911 — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 
842. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2ndcd.) p. 270. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. iii. pt. I. p. 198. — Sm. 
FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 652. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 124. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 729. — 
Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 312. — Lindl. Syn. p. 195. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 284. — 
Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 174. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iv. p. 626. — 
Perry’s PI. Varvic. Sel. p. 51. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 260. — Melampyrum purpura- 
sceute comd, Bauh. Pin. p. 234. — Dill, in Ray’s Syn. p. *286. — Blackst. Sp. Bot. 
p. 51. — Melampyrum multis, sive Triticum vaccinum, Bauh. Hist. v. iii. pt. n. 
p. 439, with a figure. — M. ceeruleum, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 90. 
Fig. 1. A Braetea. — Fig. 2. Calyx. — Fig. 3. Corolla. — Fig. 4. Same opened. — 
Fig. 5. Stamens. — Fig. 6. Capsule. — Fig. 7. Section of ditto. — Fig. 8. Same with 
one of the valves removed.— Fig. 9. Capsule with valves opening. — Fig. 10. Seeds. 
— Fig. 4 & 5, magnified. 
* From melas, Gr. bleak ; and pyros, Gr. wheat ; from the seeds resembling 
grains of wheat. See fol. 31, note t. t See fol. 72, note J. 
j Differs from Scrophularinea in the capsule being 2, not many, seed. d. 
