(2G6.) 
PKDICULA'RIS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Dihyna'mia f, Angiospe'rmia+. 
Natural Order. ScrophularEneve §, Dr. R. Brown. — Lindh 
Syn. p. 187.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 228. — Mack. FI. Hib. 
p. 198. — ScROPHULA'RiNiE, Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 434. — Sm. Engl. 
FI. v. iii. p. 115. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 528. — Pediculares, Juss, 
Gen. PI. p. 99. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 96. — Syringales ; subord. 
Primuloste; sect. Menthinak ; type, Scrophulariacea? ; Burn. 
Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 958, & 978. — Personat.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, inflated, ge- 
nerally 5-cleft, or unequally 2- or 3-lobed, somewhat leafy. Co- 
rolla (fig. 2.) of 1 petal, ringent, tubular, 2-lipped ; upper lip long, 
compressed, arched, often notched; lower lip flat, spreading, 3- 
lobed. Nectary, a gland under the germen. Filaments (fig. 3.) 4, 
thread-shaped, concealed by the upper lip of the corolla. Anthers 
incumbent, 2-lobed, acute at the lower part, compressed. Germen 
(see fig. 5.) egg-shaped. Style (see fig. 5.) thread-shaped, longer 
than the stamens. Stigma simple, deHexed. Capsule (fig. 6.) ob- 
long, or egg-shaped, pointed, oblique, of 2 cells and 2 valves, 
bursting ac the summit, the partitions from the centre of each 
valve. Seeds (see figs. 7 & 8.) few, angular, pointed, attached 
to a roundish receptacle ( placenta ) at the base between the 
partitions. 
The inflated, generally 5-cleft, or unequally 2- or 3-lobed calyx: 
the compressed upper lip of the ringent corolla; the 2-celled cap- 
sule; and the angular, pointed seeds; will distinguish this from 
other genera in the same class and order. 
Two species British. 
PEDICUL.VRIS SYLVA'TICA. Wood Lousewort. Pasture 
Lousewort. Dwarf Red Rattle. Rattle Grass. 
Spec. Char. Stem much branched at the bottom, simple above, 
spreading. Calyx oblong, angular, smooth, in 5 unequal, crenate, 
and almost leafy segments. 
Engl. Bot. t. 400. — Curt. Brit. Entomol. v. x. t. 451. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 845. — 
Haas. FI. Anal. (2nd ed.) p. 271. — VVilld. Sp. PI. v. iii. pt. i. p. 203. — Sm. FI. 
Brit. v. ii. p. 656. ; Engl. Fi. v. iii. p. 129. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p.7.32.— Lindl. 
t>yn. p 190. — Hook. Brit. FI. p.286. — Lighif. FI. Scot. v.i. p.327. — Sibtlt. FI. 
Oxon. p. 194. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 136.— Davies' Welsh Bot. p. 60.— Purr. 
Midi. FI. v. i. p. 290. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd edit.) p. 252. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 
188. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 136. — FI. Devon, pp. 104 6c 147. — Johnst. FI. of Berw, 
v. i. p. 137. — Winch's FI. of Northumherl. 6c Durham, p. 41. — Walker’s FI. of 
Oxf. p. 176. — Jacob's West Devon 6c Cornwall Flora. — Bab. FI. Bath, p. 36. — 
Mack. Caial. of PI. of Bel. p. 58. ; FI. Hibe-n. p. 20\.—Pediculdris pratensis 
rubra vulgaris, Bay’s Syn. p. *284.— Pedicularis, Johnson’s Ger. p. 1071. — 
Pediculdria sylvuiica, Gray’s Mat. Arr. v. ii. p. 312. 
LocALiTifcS. — Moist pastures, and on heaths; frequent. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. Stamens and Pistil. — ‘Fig. 4. A Stamen 
magnified. — Fig. 5. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 6. Capsule. — Fig. 7. A 
transverse section of ditto. — Fig. 8. A Seed. 
* From pediculus , a louse ; from its imaginary property of infesting sheep 
with such vermin. Withering. 
t Sec folib 31, note t. J Sec folio 72, note t. 
1 See folio 50, a. 
