Rhinanthus Crista Galli 
Yellow Rattle 
RHINANTHUS Lin. Gen. PL D:dynamia Angiospermia. 
Cal. 4- fidus, ventricofus. Capfuia 2-locularis, obtufa, comprefla. 
Raii Syn. Gen. 18. Herbaj fructu sicco singulari, flore monopetal©. 
RHINANTHUS Crip a Galli corollis labio fuperiore comp reflo breviore. Lin. Syjl. Vegetal, p. 459. 
Sp. Pl.p. 840. FI. Suec. 542. 
ALECTOROLOPHUS calycibus glabris. Haller. Hijl. 313. 
MIMULUS Crijla Galli. Scopoli FI. Cam . «. 751. 
PEDICULARIS pratenfis lutea vel Crifta Galli. Bauh. Pin. 163. 
CRISTA GALLI fcemina. I. B. III. 436. 
CRISTA GALLI. Ger. em. 1071. 
PEDICULARIS feu Crifta Galli lutea. Park. 713. Yellow Rattle or Cocks-comb. Raii Syn. * 2S4. 
Hudpm. FI. Angl. ed. 2 . p. 268. Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 322. 
RADIX annua, fimplex, albida, parum fibrofa. 
CAULIS pedalis circiter, ere£tus, fimplex, feu ramofus, 
quadrangulus, glaber, purpureo maculatus. 
FOLIA oppofita, remotiufcula, feflilia, cordato-lanceo- 
lata, obtufiufcula, venofa, laevia, fubtus tuber- 
culis albidis pulchre reticulata, ferrata, ferra- 
turis margine craflis et fubinvolutis. 
'JKUUT annual, 
w main, rurmined with lew 
BRACTEiE oppofita^, magnze, foliis fimiles at bafi la- 
tiores, et profundius incilie, ferraturis acumi- 
natis. 
FLORES flavi, fpicati, pedunculis breviffimis infidentes. 
CALYX : Perianthium monophyllum, fubrotundum, 
inflatum, compreffum, quadridentatum, den- 
tibus equalibus, pallide virens, venofum, per- 
fiftens, fig. j. 
COROLLA monopetala, ringens. Tubus fubcylindra- 
ceus, longitudine calycis ; labium fuperius ga- 
leatum, compreflum, emarginatum, margine 
anteriori utrinque violaceo; labium inferius trifi- 
dum, laciniis lateralibus planis, rugofis, inter- 
media majori, marginibus involutis, Jig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, longitudine labii 
fuperioris, fub quo recondita, quorum duo 
breviora. Anthers incumbentes, hinc bi- 
fidae, hirfutae, Jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM : Germen ovatum, comprefliim, glabrum. 
Stylus filiformis, flaminibus longior. Stigma 
obtufum, inflexum, Jig. 4. 
PERICARPIUM : Capsula orbiculata, mucronata, 
comprefla, bilocularis, bivalvis, Jig. 7. 
SEMINA plurima, majufcula, comprtfla, fi.brcniformia, 
libera, Jig. 8. 
| fibres, 
f STALK about a foot high, upright, Ample or branched, 
I fquare, fmooth, and fpotted with purple. 
I LEAVES oppofite, rather remote from each other, 
feffile, lanceolate with a heart-fhaped bafe, 
I bluntiih, veiny, fmooth, underneath beauti- 
| fully reticulated with white tubercles, fawed, 
I the notches thick on the edge, and fomewhat 
rolled back. 
I FLORAL-LEAVES oppofite, large like the leaves, but 
t broader at the bafe, and more deeply cut u:, 
I the notches pointed. 
f FLOWERS yellow, growing in a fpike, and fitting on 
I very fhort foot-ftalks. 
I CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, roundiui, 
I flated, flattened, having four equal teeth, of a 
if pale green colour, and permanent, Jig . 1 . 
I 
I COROLLA monopetalou', ringent. Tube fomewhat 
¥ cylindrical, the length c 
„ . o of the calyx ; the up* 
per lip helmet- fhaped, flattened, with a notch 
, on the end, die anterior edge blueifh on each 
I fide, the lower lip trifid, the lateral figments 
flat and wrinkled, the middle one largeft, the 
I edges rolled inward, Jig. 2. 
% STAMINA : four Fila: : :: • s, the length of the upper 
l Ii?» under whi J: they lie hid, two of which 
I are fhorter than the ethers. Antheras in- 
¥ cumbent, at one end bifid, and hairy, Jig. 3. 
I PISTILLUM : Germen ovate, flattened, fmooth. Style 
¥ filiform, longer than the flamina. Stigma 
I ^ blunt, and bent downwards, Jig. 4. 
^SEED-VESSEL: a round, flat Capsule of two cavi- 
I ties and two valves, terminating in a fhort 
$ point, jig. 7. 
I SEEDS feveral, rather 1 .. e , flattened, fomewhat kid- 
* ney-fhaped and i ofe, fig. 8. 
. The feeds of this plant, when ripe rattle in the hulks, and hence its name. Linnjeus informs us, that this 
circumftance guides the owedifh peaiant in mowing his grafs for hay. In the neighbourhood of London hay- 
making commences while this plant is in full bloom. J 
It abounds in moft of ourpaftures, and flowers early in June. 
Agriculturally confidered, we may rank it with the ufelcfs plants. 
In the third edition of Ray’s Synopfis Dillenius, on the authority of Dr. Richardson, adds another fpecies 
which he calls Pedicularis major angujlijolia ramojijjima jlore minore luteo , labello purpureo. Found near York and 
alfo in Northumberland. This, however, is confidered by fucceeding Botanifts as a variety only, and is not found 
with us. J w 
