MONOGBAPH OF THE BRITISH SPECIES OF EUPHRASIA. 4:05 



water, Isle of Wight, 1883. Shedfielcl (1872). Sidmonton (1896) ; ?. 

 Lancaster, Liverpool (1883) ; ?. Norfolk, Fladeii Fen (1886) ; 

 Ar. Bennett. Northampton, Pipewell (1885). Eadnob, Llauwrtyd 

 (1891) ; W. H. Purchas. Somerset, Conglebury (1884) ; J. W. 

 White. Between Cheddar and Shipton (1892) ; W. S. Millar. 

 Stafford, Ecton Hill, on limestone (1892) ; W. H. Purchas. Bid- 

 dulph (1885); W. H. Painter (J. Britten). Surrey, Vachery Pond 

 (1884) ; IF. H. Beeby. Boxhill (1825) ; Dorking (1829) ; J. Woods 

 Herb. Wokingham (Ig. ? ; H. Fl.) Wettst. Mon. London (Caruel ; 

 H. Fl.) Wettst. Mon. Sussex, Storringfcon (1853) ; Graffam Com- 

 mon ; J. Woods Herb. Warwick, Honingtou (1885). Honington 

 (1886 " ad curtam vergeus " Wettst. in htt.) York, York (Nichol- 

 son ; H. Haus.) Wettst. Mon. Bramham Eocks near Ripon (1880) ; 

 G. Nicholson. Micklefield (1877) ; ?. 



DisTRiB. IN Scotland: Aberdeen, " Braemar (Townsend; H. 

 Sch.)" (1890) Wettst. Mon. Shetland, Grasswater (1890) ; W. H. 

 Beeby. 



DiSTRiB. IN Ireland: Mayo (Ig. ?; H. Fl.); Wettst. Mon. Meath, 

 V. tetraquetra, Oldcastle ; W. S. Millar. West Meath, Lac Lean 

 [Lough Lene ?J Thieleus ; H. Lans.) ; Wettst. Mon. 



Channel Islands. Guernsey, near Doyle's column (1892) ; 

 W. S. Millar. 



This is probably the most generally distributed species in 

 England in grass pastures, on grassy banks &c. 



From A', stricta E. nenwrosa may be known by its smaller 

 flowers, by the less aristate teeth of the bracts, more branched stem, 

 emarginate capsule, glabrous calyx, and patent or outwardly curved 

 bracts. From E. (jracilis by its stouter and less branched stem, 

 larger, not shining bracts which are plicate beneath when dry. 

 From E. carta by its glabrous leaves bracts and calyx. 



Slender forms of E. nemorosa are sometimes diiiicult to dis- 

 tinguish from E. (jracilis, the more abrupt termination of the spike 

 besides the dead, not shining, and plicate bracts of the former will 

 assist in determination. 



Forms which are decidedly intermediate between E. nemorosa 

 and E. carta occur (see Prof. Wettstein's remarks in Mon. p. 133), 

 which Prof. Wettstein calls E. carta var. (jlabrescens. He considers 

 the distinctly geographical and morphological separation of E. carta 

 and E. nemorosa a proof of the distinction of these two as species. 



Prof. Wettstein expresses it as his opinion, that though Henricus 

 de Martins [Prodr. B'lorce Mosquensis, p. 107, 1817) first used Per- 

 soon's varietal name nemorosa as designating a species, his nemorosa 

 was not exclusively, if at all, Persoon's plant. Persoou's descirip- 

 tion of /'.'. ojficinalis v. nonorosa in Synopsis Plantaram, p. 149 

 (1807) agrees perfectly with our plant and so does Bulliard's figure 

 " Bulliard Herb. d. 1. Fr. tab. 233," quoted by Pcrsoon. But in 

 later years Persoon applied his name " nemorosa'' to specimens, in 

 his Herb., of J'L stricta Host, the cluiracters of which do not at all 

 agree with those given for his nemorosa in 1807. Why the Prof, 

 throws this doubt onH. de Martins' "nemorosa " and gives priority 

 to Persoon I do not see, as De Martins' description. I.e., runs thus : 



