(seq. 14)

Pedicularis
Castilleja ? 1. Canadensis. Linn: Walt. Mich:
Radix. repens, fibrosus, perennis? stoloniferus.
1. Pinnatifida. Leaves pinnatifid, pinnae crenate
Caulis. Herbaceus annuus, foliaceus, teres striatus
succulentus, pu-
bentissimus, 6-12 pollicaris.
Flowers in spikes —
Folia. plura ad basin caulis, pauca caulina alterna, omnia
longo-lan-
ceolata ? pinnatifida, pinnis incisis dentatisque, subtus venoso-
reti-
culata, juniora pubescentia, adulta fere glabra. 3-6 pollicaria.
This plant which has not been described by any of our
Petioli. compressi, paulo ciliati, sub marginati.
botanists, appears to me to differ from the Castilleja only in the
Flores. in spica, coniferta, foliosa terminali.
Bractea? folium ad basin floris singuli, foliis simillimum.
Superioribus diminuentibus
lower lip of the Corolla, which is not shorter than usuall
in bi-
Calyx. Monophyllus, sub compressus, nervosus pubescens sub
angulatus, persistenst
apice bifidus sinc labio imperiore sed oblique deorsum
tomentatus —
labiate flowers. The calyx may be described as obliquely trunca-

Corolla. Monophylla. compressa, bilabiate basi sub gibba,
flavida purpurens tineta,
labio superior arcte compresso fornicato, genitalia amplectens,
apice emarginato
-ted, bifid at top. bidentato [drawing VV]. inferiore
compresso trilobato, lobis laterali
bus majoribus, rotundatis intermedio minore basi contracto et
rugis duabus plicato
Herbaceous root leaves large 6 to 8 inches long. Stem leafy
Stamina, filamenta — 4. filiformia sub aequalia, corolla paulo
breviora duo paulo brevior
nuda, duo longiora superne barbata. Antherae incumbentes
oblongae
round. Flowers in a spiky capitulum. Corolla yellowish
sometimes
sub didymae per latera erumpentes sub flavae.
tinged with purple, bracteae shaped like the leaves at the base
of
Pistillum. germen superum compressum, tenuiter
sulcatum in Stylum attenua-
tum tuberculo gibbo basi. Stylus filiformis corolla paulo longior
apice de-
each flower, the whole plant cloathed with a soft down which
flexus Stigma sub capitatum.
becomes nearly effaced on the old leaves —
Pericarpium. capsula subobliqua sulcata, apice compresso
acuto, bilocularis, univalvis, bivalvis
sutura superiore semper dehiscens.
Grows on the edge of a gall, just back of my house at Vall
Ombrosa
Semina. pauca in loculo singulo, obtusa, sub angulata.
has not yet been met with any where else. flowers in March &
April —
Habitat in umbrosis, Vallombrosa, in maritimis rarissima, flor
Mart. April
15. March 1811.