melampyrum

[Greek melampyrm -cow wheat: pref. mel an-, and Gr. pyros = wheat.] Bot .: Cow-wheat; a genus of Scrophulariacese, tribe Euphrasiete. Calyx tubular, four-toothed; corolla personate, the upper lip laterally compre ed and turned back at the margin, the lower trifid; capsule oblong, two-celled, the cells one to two-seeded. Distribution, Europe and temperate Asia. Known species, six. měl-ăn-, pref. [MELANO-.] =a ray.]