404 monograph of the british species of euphrasia. 



4, Euphrasia nemorosa 



H. de Mai-tius, Prodr. Floi'iT? Mosqnensis, p. 107 (1817).— Per- 

 soou, Synopsis plant, seu enchirid. ii. p. 149 (1807) pro var. — 

 Wettst. Mon. p. 118. 



Caulis erectus crassus rarissime simplex, plerumque in parte 

 inferiore usque ad medium caulis vel solum in media parte ramosus, 

 5-40 cm altus, rubescens vel rufescens, pilis crispulis reversis 

 eglandulosis pubescens hinc inde glabrescens vel bifariam pube- 

 scens, in parte inferiore foliis deciduis mox denudatus, ramis erectis, 

 sape itenun ramosis, oppositis. Folia infima obtusa, utrinque denti- 

 bus 1-3 obtusis, media et superiora ovata vel ovato-lanceolata op- 

 posita acuta, medio fere latissima, utrinque dentibus acutis, sed )ton 

 aristatis 4-7. Bractese suboppositae latitudine folia caulina super- 

 antes, sed breviores, basin versus latissimre, utrinque dentibus 4-6 

 acutissimis vel breviter aristatis, patentes vel snbarcuato-recurvcE. 

 Folia omnia viridia, ijlaherrima in specimiuibus siccatis griseo- 

 viridia, nmi nitida, siibtus plicata. Spica initio condensata, mox elon- 

 gata. Flores subsessiles. Calyx glaber, fructifer subinflatus, denti- 

 bus brevibus. Corolla cca. 5 mm longa, labio superiore bilobo, lobis 

 minute denticulatis, labio inferiore trilobo, lobis emarginatis, extus 

 hirsuta, albida, labio superiore Cferuleo picta et macula lutea striis- 

 que cieruleis in labio inferiore vel tota plus minus cserulea. Cap- 

 sula cuneato-obovata, matura cahjcem (ncjiunis vel sfepius snperaji.i, 

 emarginata, margine longe ciliata, ceterum pilosa vel glabra. 



Syn. K. officinalis v. parvifiora Eeicb. Fl. Germ, exurs. n. 

 2444 (1830)32). ?— £". officinaiis ^ alpestris, No. 3, Kocb, Synop. 

 Flor. Germ, et Helv. ed. i. p. 545 (1837). — E. tetraquetra Arrond. 

 in Bull. soc. polym. 1862, p. 96. — Hist. nat. d. Morbiban. Bot. 

 p. 76 (1867).— Grenier, Flor. Jur. p. 568 (1865).— £. nemorosa 

 Gremli, Neue Beit. z. Fl. d. Scbw. I. S. 18 (1880).— i?. officinalis 

 V. tetraquetra Breb. Flor. Norm. ed. 2, p. 183, sec. Grenier, I.e. 



Exsicc. Billot, Flor. exs. no. 2724*"' (as E. ericetoram). Reich. 

 Exs. no. 243 (as E. officinalis). 



Tab. 875. Tab. 378, fig. 169-177. Bull. Herb. d. 1. Fr. tab. 

 233.—? Lam. iii. d. genre, pi. 618. Fig. 2 (bad).— Sowerby, Eug. 

 bot. 3rd Ed. vol. vi. tab. dccccxci. fig. sinistra ? — Wettst. Mon. 

 Taf. iv. fig. 169-177, Taf. viii. fig. 1. 



Fl. August-October. 



DisTRiB. Mid, North, and East France ; Belgium ; Switzer- 

 land ; South-west Germany ; Northern Bohemia ; Denmark ; Nor- 

 way ; Sweden ? ; England ; Scotland ; Ireland ; Channel Islands. 



DiSTRiB. IN England and Wales: Berks, Newbury (1846) ; A. 

 B. Jackson. Cornwall, Helston (1883) ; J. Cunnack. Downderry 

 (1885); W.S.Millar. Near Ashridge Wood ; A. B. Jackson (1896). 

 Cumberland, Rosthwaite (1884). Derby, Matlock (1881); H. J. 

 Groves. Near Buxton (1884). Devon, Post Bridge, Dartmoor 

 (1885); IF. F. Marshall. Dorset, Ranston (inclining to E. carta, 

 1892). Portland (Groves ; H. Fl.) ; Wettst. Mon. *Hants, Fresh- 



* E. nemorosa is the prevalent species in Hants, not E. ericetorum (= E. 

 stricta) as stated in 'Flora of Hampshire,' 1883. 



