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lobed ; capsule flattened, blunt ; seeds numerous, flat, and bor- 

 dered. (Name in Greek signifying nose-flower, from its peculiar 

 shape.) 



9. Bartsia. Calyx tubular, 4-cleft ; corolla gaping, with a con- 

 tracted throat ; upper lip arched, entire ; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes 

 bent back ; capsule flattened, pointed ; seeds numerous, angular. 

 .'Name in honour of John Bartsch, a Prussian botanist.) 



10. Euphrasia (Eye-bright). Calyx tubular, 4-cleft ; corolla 

 gaping ; upper lip divided ; lower lip in 3 nearly equal lobes ; 

 anthers spurred at the base ; capsule flattened, blunt, or notched ; 

 seeds numerous, ribbed. (Name from the Greek, Euphrosyne, glad- 

 ness, from the valuable properties attributed to it.) 



11. Sibthorpia (Cornish Money-wort). Calyx in 5 deep, spread- 

 ing segments ; corolla wheel-shaped, 5-cleft, nearly regular ; capsule 

 nearly round, flattened at the top. (Name in honour of Dr. 

 Sibthorp, formerly professor of botany at Oxford.) 



12. Mimulus (Monkey-flower). Calyx 5-lobed ; corolla 2-lipped, 

 gaping ; seeds numerous. (Name from the Greek, mimo, an ape, 

 from a supposed resemblance which the flower bears to that fan- 

 tastic quadruped.) 



Stamens 2 



13. Veronica (Speedwell). Corolla wheel-shaped, unequally 4- 

 cleft, lower segment the narrowest. (Veronica is the name of a 

 saint in the Romish Church, but why given to this plant is unknown.) 



Stamens 5 



14. Verbascum (Mullein). Calyx 5-parted ; corolla wheel- 

 shaped, 5-cleft, irregular ; stamens hairy. (Name from the Latin, 

 barba, a beard, from the shaggy leaves of some species.) 



1. Digitalis (Foxglove) 

 1. D. purpurea (Purple Foxglove). The only British species. A 

 stately plant 2-6 feet high, with large wrinkled, somewhat downy 

 leaves and a tall stem, bearing a long raceme of numerous purple 

 bell-shaped flowers, which droop after expansion. On the inside the 

 flowers are beautifully spotted, and occasionally an elegant white 

 variety is found. The name Foxglove is a corruption of folk's-glove ; 

 that is, Fairies' gloves. The powdered leaf, though poisonous in 

 large doses, is a valuable medicine in cases where it is desired to 

 lower the pulse. Common in dry, hilly places and in woods, but 

 never on limestone. Fl. June, July. Biennial. 



2. Anthirrhinum (Snapdragon) 



1. A. majus (Great Snapdragon). Leaves narrow, tapering \ 

 spikes many-flowered ; sepals egg-shaped, blunt, much shorter than 



