GNONIALS. 215 LINARIADS. 
Violently both as a purgative and emetic, and has been said to be the basis of the 
gout medicine, called Eau Médicinale. In over-doses it is a violent poison, and 
according to Haller, renders, by its abundance, some of the Swiss meadows 
as pastures. 
Evrnrasia. Linneus. 
ya tubular, 4-toothed. Corolla bilabiate, with a flat limb. Capsule 
obtuse, many-seeded. Seeds striated, apterous. ; 
E. officinalis Linneus.—(EYEBRIGHT.) 
yes ovate, with about 5 teeth on each side ; lobes of the corolla veiny, 
lobed. 
fabitat, Downs, meadows, woods. 
quality. Slightly bitter and aromatic.—* Nearly inert.”—Pereira. , 
es. Catarrhal inflammations of the eye, cough, hoarseness. 
Franorscea. Pohl. 
Jalye 5-toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform, with a very slightly unequal 
limb. Stamens 4. Capsule dry. Seeds large, immersed in pulp. 
F. uniflora Pohl. F. Hopeana Hooker.—(Manaca.) Fig. 292. 
smooth shrub; leaves oblong or obovate, obtuse 5 flowers solitary, 
_ purple changing to white, with a narrow tubular calyx. : 
292 
: : ipharmic ; na bitter. 
ly. Purgative, emetic, emmenagogue, mete ere harmic ; 0 a 
Root and bark employed largely in Bra: against syphilis, under the name of - 
dercurio vegetal. ae 
Verpascum. Linneus. ei 
la rotate. Stamens 5, very unequal, the upper nearly abortive. — 
- Thapsus Linnzeus.—(MULLEIN. sae 
woolly, crenated, Feet from one to the other ; filaments weeioate 
with white wool, the two longest smooth or nearly s0. a ae 
Fig. 292.—Franciscea uniflora. 
Hien Taper.) Fig. 293. coe 
