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I 1. E. leaves and coloured bractes divaricately coccinea. 
trifid ; calix bifid, nearly equal with the corolla, 
segments retuse and emarginate.— 
Bartsia coccinea, L. 
j Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 102. f. 5. 
I Painted~cup. 
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! A gorg'eous and much admired plant. The rich scarlet brac- 
I tes which are usually mistaken for flowers, constitute the 
; great beauty of the plant. Under afoot high. In the meadows 
, bordering the Wissahickon. Rare. Perennial. July. 
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I 292. MELAMPYRUM. Gen. pi. 999. {Pediculares.) 
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Calix 4-cleft. Upper lip of the corolla com- 
j pressed, margin folded back; lower lip 
grooved, trifld, subequal. Capsule 3-cell- 
ed, oblique, opening on one side ; cells %- 
seeded. Seeds cartilaginous, cylindric-ob- 
long. — *N*utt. 
1. M. slender; lower leaves linear, entire; floral i«“eare. 
leaves lanceolate, toothed behind ; flowers axil- 
lary, distinct. — Lamark, 
M. Americanum, Mich. 
all the leaves lanceolate. 0 uuifoiium. 
Cow-wheat. 
About a foot high. Flowers yellowish-white, tinged with 
pale-red. In woods and copses every where common, dif- 
fers in having much broader leaves. I have only found it 
in the woods near Woodbury, where it is abundant. Annual. 
July. /3. August and later. 
293. OROBANCHE. Gen. pi. 1045. {Pedicular es.) 
Calix 4 or 5-cleft, segments often unequal. 
Corolla ringent. Capsule ovate, acute, 1- 
celled, 3-valved; seeds numerous. K gland 
beneath the base of the germ. — J^utt. 
