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red, frequently very brightly coloured near the summit. Corolla yellow- 
ish, long, the upper lip narrow enclosing the stamens, the lower much 
shorter, with the segments plaited, acute. ( Anthers long, linear, with the 
lobes unequal, cohering, producing a polleniferous disk. Nutt.) 
Grows in damp soils in the middle and upper districts of Carolina and 
Georgia. 
I ? lowers June — August. 
MELAMPYRUM. : Gen. Plant. 999. 
Calyx 4 fidus. Co- 
rolla ? labium superius ] 
compressum, margine • 
replicato. Capsula 2 s 
locularis, obliqua,hinc 
dehiscens. Semina 2 ] 
in loculo singulo. : 
i 
1. Line are. Lamark. 
M. foliis inferiori- 
bus linearibns, inte- ; 
gris, floralibus lanceo- 1 
latis postice dentatis ; 1 
floribus axillaribus i 
distinctis. 
Calyx 4 cleft. Up- 
per lip of the corolla 
compressed with the 
margin folded back. 
Capsule 2 celled, ob- 
lique, opening on one 
side. Seeds 2 in each 
cell. 
Lower leaves line- 
ar, entire, the upper 
lanceolate, toothed at 
base ; flowers axilla- 
ry, solitary. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 200. Pursh 2. p. 430. Nutt. 2. p. 58. 
M. Americanum. Mich. 2. p. 16 . 
Annual. Stem about 12 inches high, branching, terete, slightly pubes- 
cent. Lower leaves linear, the upper generally lanceolate, all opposite, 
on short petioles, the youngest dentate near the base. Floivers axillary, 
small, on short peduncles. Corolla pale yellow, 2 lipped, the lower lip 
3 cleft. Stametis nearly equal. Capsule oblique, compressed, acute, re« 
fleeted ? Seeds cartilaginous, oblong. 
Grows in the mountains of Carolina. Dr. Macbride. 
