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SCROPHULARIACE^E. 



EUPHRAsiA OFFICINALIS (Common, Eye-bright). 



habit of a minute shrub. An infusion of this plant 

 makes a useful eye-water. Fl. July, August. Annual. 



11. SIBTHORPIA (Cornish Money-wort). 



1. S. Europcea (Cornish Money-wort). The only 

 species. An elegant little plant, clothing the banks of 

 springs and rivulets in most parts of Cornwall, and 

 occasionally met with in some of the other southern 

 counties. It approaches in habit Hydrocotyle vulgdris 

 (Marsh Penny- wort), but is smaller, and has downy, 

 notched leaves. The stems, which creep along the 

 ground in tangled masses, are slender and thread-like ; 

 the leaves small and of a delicate green ; the flowers 

 very minute and of a pale flesh-colour. Fl. June 

 September. Perennial. 



