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medium ramis curtissimis flores non gerentibus instructis, 

 setis crispulis albidis reversis pubescens, rubescens vel 

 fuscescens ? Folia numerosa, internodiis plerumque brevibus, 

 obtusa cuneato-ovata, inferiora opposita dentibus utrinque 

 1-2 obtusis, superiora subopposita vel alternantia dentibus 

 utrinque 3 obtusis. Bracteae alternantes, in tertia parte 

 inferiore latissimae, inferiores obtusae vel acutae dentibus 

 iitrinque 3 acutis, superiores acutae, dentibus 2-3 acutis. 

 Folia omnia planiuscula, sicca nigricantia, in pagina superiore 

 et inferiore setis sublongis crispulis albidis obsita. Flores 

 pauci subsessiles in spica brevi, frnctu pauluhim elongata. 

 Calyx indumenta ei foliorum et bractearum similis, dentibus 

 triangularibus acutis. Corolla parva 3-4 mm. longa alba 

 labiis aequilongis striis (cceruleis ?) notata ; lobi labii inferioris 

 subaequales, emarginati, macula flava picti ; lobi labii 

 superioris integri. Stigma curvatum. Capsula superne lata 

 truncata vix emarginata, basin versus angustata, longitudine 

 latitudinem circa duplo-superans, calycis denies non superans 

 plerumque subtzquans superne pilosa margine longe ciliata. 



" Euphrasia piccola is a remarkably elegant plant ; its 

 slender unbranched stem (though doubtless the short 

 branches or buds in the axils of the lower leaves would occa- 

 sionallybecome developed),its numerous leaves and shortinter- 

 nodes, its few and small flowers, and comparatively abundant 

 long white pubescence are very noticeable characters. Our 

 plant differs from E. micrantha, Brenner, by its flowers, which 

 exceed the bracts, the latter being acutely, not obtusely 

 toothed, by the entire lobes of the upper lip of the corolla, 

 and by the pubescence just alluded to. From dwarf un- 

 branched specimens of the usual type of curta, Fr., it differs 

 by its much smaller flowers, smaller and obtusely toothed 

 leaves, smaller bracts, and much more slender habit ; from 

 E. mollis by its more numerous leaves and short internodes, 

 its fewer-toothed bracts, and the entire lobes of the upper lip 

 of the corolla ; from E. gracilis by its smaller corolla, the 

 upper and lower lobes of which are equal, by its obtusely- 

 toothed leaves, and by the presence of the almost shaggy 

 white pubescence ; from small specimens of E. scotica by 

 the last-named character, and by the much smaller ovate 

 (not cuneate-oblong) leaves and bracts." 



