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7. PEDICTJLARIS (Eed-rattle). Calyx inflated, its 

 segments somewhat leafy; corolla gaping, upper Up 

 arched, flattened vertically, lower lip plane, 3-lobed ; 

 capsule flattened, oblique ; seeds angular. (Name in 

 allusion to the disease produced in sheep which feed in 

 places where it grows.) 



8. EHINANTHUS (Yellow-rattle). Calyx inflated, 4- 

 toothed ; corolla gaping, upper lip flattened vertically, 

 lower lip plane, 3-lobed ; capsule flattened, blunt ; seeds 

 numerous, flat and bordered. (Name in Greek signify- 

 ing nose-flower, from its peculiar shape.) 



9. BARTSIA. Calyx tubular, 4-cleft; corolla gaping, 

 with a contracted throat, upper lip arched, entire, lower 

 Up 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, gladness, from the 

 valuable properties attributed to it.) 



11. SIBTHORPIA (Cornish Money- wort). Calyx in 5 

 deep spreading segments ; corolla wheel-shaped, 5-cleft, 

 nearly regular ; capsule nearly round, flattened at the 

 top. (Name in honour of Dr. Sib thorp, formerly pro- 

 fessor of botany at Oxford.) 



* * Stamens 2. 



12. VERONICA (Speedwell). Corolla wheel-shaped, 

 unequally 4-cleft, lower segment the narrowest. ( Vero- 

 nica is the name of a saint in the Romish Church, but 

 why given to this plant is unknown.) 



* * * Stamens 5. 



13. VERBASCUM (Mullein). Calyx 5-parted ; corolla 

 wheel-shaped, 5-cleft, irregular ; stamens hairy. (Name 



