An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 2. Melampyrum latifolium ^luhl. Broad-leaved Cow-Wheat. Fig. 3857. Melampyrum latifolium Muhl. Cat. 57. 1813. Similar to the preceding, widely branched, i°-i2°high ; but the leaves all entire, short-petioled, the lowestsmall, spatulate, obtuse, the middle ones lanceolate orovate, acuminate, narrowed .at the base, 2-3 long, thefloral ovate or ovate-lanceolate, shorter, acute, m
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 2. Melampyrum latifolium ^luhl. Broad-leaved Cow-Wheat. Fig. 3857. Melampyrum latifolium Muhl. Cat. 57. 1813. Similar to the preceding, widely branched, i°-i2°high ; but the leaves all entire, short-petioled, the lowestsmall, spatulate, obtuse, the middle ones lanceolate orovate, acuminate, narrowed .at the base, 2-3 long, thefloral ovate or ovate-lanceolate, shorter, acute, mostlyrounded at the base; corolla purple, veiny, larger; cap-sule little longer than wide, short-beaked. In dry woods, Delaware (according to Muhlenberg) ;mountains of Virginia to Georgia and Tennessee. Genus i. BLADDERWORT FAMILY. 225 Family 29. LENTIBULARIACEAE Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 686. 1847.* Bladderwort Family. Aquatic plants, or if terrestrial usually on moist ground, the leaves in a basalrosette, or borne along floating stems, or more or less root-like, or wanting. In-florescence scapose. Flowers solitary or racemose, perfect, irregular. Calyxinferior, 2-5-lobed or parted, persistent. Corolla hypogynous, gamopetalous,2-lipped, the upper lip entire or 2-lobed, the lower lip entire or 3-lobed, usuallywith a nectariferous spur. Stamens 2, borne upon the base of the corolla; anther-sacs confluent into i. Ovary superior, usually subglobose, i-celled; placenta sub-globose, central, free; ovules 2 or more, usually very numerous; style short orobsolete; stigma 2-lipped, the anterior lip larger, lamelliform. Fruit a capsule,bursting irregularly, or dehiscent by valves. Seeds variously appendaged or sculp-tured ; embryo in the axis, often imperfectly developed; endosperm none. About 16 gen
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