SCROPHULARINE.E. XCIV. EUPHRASIA. XCV. ODOXTITES. 



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p. 333. t. 176.) plant clammy, and clothed with glandular villi ; 

 stem branched, terete, erect ; leaves sessile, linear, obtuse, cre- 

 nated ; filaments downy; segments of corolla obtuse; calyxes 

 obtuse ; anthers, style, and capsules glabrous. If. . G. Native 

 of New Granada, on high plains between Suacha and Santa 

 Fe de Bogota, at the altitude of 1370 hexapods. Leaves 4-5 

 lines long. Upper lip of corolla concave, emarginate. Cre- 

 natures of leaves revolute. Capsule oblong, obtuse, compressed 

 a little. 



Sanlolina-like Eyebright. PI. 5 to 1 foot. 



15 E. STRI'CTA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) hispid; stem nearly 

 simple, somewhat tetragonal, strict ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 bluntish, crenated ; segments of lower lip of corolla rounded : 

 upper lip ovate, obtuse, concave ; filaments and anthers gla- 

 brous ; style and capsule pilose. I/ . G. Native of Quito, 

 on the declivities of Mount Antisana, and in temperate and 

 frigid places near the town of Chillo, at the altitude of 1350- 

 1700 hexapods. Leaves 7-8 lines long. Corolla yellow, 

 downy. Stamens hidden under the upper lip of corolla. Cap- 

 sule obtuse, compressed. Very nearly allied to the preceding. 



Strict Eyebright. PI. 1| foot. 



16 E. MELAMPYRO'IDES (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 334.) stem 

 panicled, nearly terete, hispid from reflexed bristles or hairs ; 

 leaves bluntly toothed at apex, hispid; cahxes clothed with 

 glandular villi, linear ; segments of the lower lip of corolla 

 obtuse, entire : upper lip sub-emarginate ; filaments glabrous ; 

 anthers, style, and capsules pilose. It . G. Native of Quito, 

 in the plains of Cachabamba, and near Pintac, at the foot of 

 Mount Antisana, at the altitude of from 1350 to 1600 hexa- 

 pods. Leaves 7-8 lines long. Corolla yellow. Capsule ob- 

 long, compressed. 



Melampyrum-like Eyebright. PI. 5 to 5 foot. 



17 E. MU'TICA (H. B- et Kunth, 1. c.) stem panicled, terete, 

 and is, as well as the leaves, hispid ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 coarsely serrate-crenated ; calyxes hispid, linear, sometimes 

 crenated at top ; segments of the lower lip of corolla obtuse : 

 upper lip emarginate ; corolla, style, and filaments pilose ; 

 anthers glabrous, niutic ; capsule hairy, oblong, obtuse, com- 

 pressed. If.. G. Native of Peru, in dry places between La- 

 carque and Ayavaca, at the altitude of 1300 hexapods. Leaves 

 an inch long. Corolla flesh coloured. 



3/u/ic-anthered Eyebright. PI. twining. 



Cult. The seeds of these plants may be sown on rockwork, 

 but none of the species as yet have been found to grow in 

 cultivation. 



XCV. ODONTTTES (from o&vc o&roe, odous odontos, a 

 tooth ; the plant is said to be good against the toothache. 

 Pliny, liv. 27. cap. 12.) Dill. gen. p. 117. t. 6. Stev. mon. 

 ped." p. 4. Pers. ench. 2. p. 150. Schkuhr, handb. t. 169. 

 Led. ti. alt. 2. p. 423. Euphrasia species, Lin. and other 

 authors. 



Lix. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermla. Calyx 4-cleft. Up- 

 per lip of corolla galeate : lower lip trifid, with linear, equal 

 segments. Anthers all mucronate, and a little exserted. Style 

 straight. Capsule obtuse, emarginate. Seeds angular. Branch- 

 ed, downy, annual, erect herbs. Leaves opposite, or the upper 

 ones are alternate. Flowers red or yellow, disposed in uni- 

 lateral, leafy racemes. 



1 O. KIT'BRA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 150. Led. fl. alt. Z. p. 424.) 

 stem branched ; leaves lanceolate, serrated : upper ones alter- 

 nate ; segments of the lower lip of corolla truncate. 0. H. 

 Native of Europe and Siberia, in meadows and moist pas- 

 tures ; plentiful in Britain, in like situations. O. vulgaris, 

 Stev. mon. ped. in mem. soc. nat. mosc. 6. p. 4. Euphrasia 

 odontites, Lin. spec. 841. Curt. fl. lond. 1. t. 44. Martyn, fl. 



rust. t. 42. Smith, engl. hot. 1415. Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 70. 

 Bartsia odontites, Huds. angl. 268. Hall. helv. no. 304. Riv. 

 mon. irr. t. 90. f. 2. Crataecgonum Euphrasine, Ger. 85.emac. 

 91-3. Gmel. sib. S. p. 213. no. 26. Stem hispid, tetragonal. 

 Corolla dusky red, or purple, sometimes varying to white, 

 hairy. Seeds elegantly latticed. 



Var. /3, verna (Pers. ench. 2. p. 150.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 toothed ; bracteas longer than the flowers. O H. Native of 

 Piedmont, in pastures. Euphrasia verna, Bell, append, fl. ped. 

 p. 33. \Villd. spec. 3. p. 194. Perhaps a distinct species. 

 Euphrasia sylvestris major purpurea latifolia, Column, ecphr. 1 

 p. 201. t. 202. f. 1. 



Red Eyebright. Fl. July, Sept. Britain. PI. ^ to 1 foot. 



2 O. LU'TEA ; leaves linear, serrated : superior ones quite en- 

 tire ; segments of the lower lip of corolla emarginate. Q. H. 

 Native of the South of Europe, on arid mountains ; and of Bar- 

 bary. Euphrasia lutea, Lin. spec. 841. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 398. 

 Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 35. E. Coris, Crantz, austr. p. 298. Hall. 



helv. no. 305. Odontites flore luteo, Riv. mon. t. 91 Mor. hist. 



3. p. 432. sect. 1 1. 1. 24. f. 16. Column. 1. p. 204. t. 203. This 

 resembles Odontites rubra ; but the flowers are yellow ; the 

 upper lip bearded and emarginate. Stem and leaves rough. 

 Capsule villous, shorter than the calyx. Calyx pubescent. 



re/fow-flowered Eyebright. Fl. July, Sept. CIt. 1816. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



3 O. LIKIFOLIA ; leaves linear, all quite entire ; calyx glabrous 

 or pubescent. Q. H. Native of France and Italy. Euphrasia 

 linifolia, Column, ecphr. 2. p. 68. t. 69. Lin. spec. p. 842. 

 Flowers yellow. Capsule hairy, exceeding the calyx. 



Flax-leaved Eyebright. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. PI. 

 to | foot. 



4 O. VISCOSA ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved, almost quite 

 entire ; calyxes clammy ; lateral lobes of lower lip of corolla 

 emarginate. Q. H. Native of Provence and Switzerland, in 

 sterile, gravelly places. Euphrasia viscosa, Lin. mant. 86. 

 Gouan. ill. 37. Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 36. Lam. ill. t. 518. f. 3. 

 Hall. helv. no. 306. Garid. aix. 351. t. 78. Plant pilose, 

 clammy. Flowers yellow. This differs from E. lutea, in the 

 leaves being linear-lanceolate, not strictly linear ; and in the 

 calyxes being villous and clammy, not glabrous. Corolla closed, 

 and not shorter than the stamens. Capsule hairy, equal in length 

 to the calyx. It is also to be distinguished from E. linifulia. 



Clammy Eyebright. PI. 1 foot. ? 



5 O. TENUIFOLIA ; leaves subsetaceously linear, caducous, all 

 entire ; calyxes nearly glabrous ; stem branched, twiggy, nearly 

 naked, terete. Q. H. Native of Portugal. Euphrasia tenui- 

 folia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 150. E. linifolia, Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 

 185, but not of Lin. Corollas yellow. Anthers woolly, not 

 exserted beyond the lips of the corolla. 



Thin-leaved Eyebright. PI. to f foot. ? 



6 O. CORSICA ; stem prostrate at the base, branched ; leaves 

 linear, quite entire ; flowers axillary, subspicate ; calyx equal 

 in length to the corolla. Q. H. Native of Corsica, on the 

 mountains. Euphrasia Corsica, Low. fl. gall. 2. p. 367. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Corsican Eyebright. PL prostrate. 



7 O. PDRPU'REA ; leaves linear, quite entire, glabrous ; ra- 

 cemes secund ; stamens about equal in length to the corolla ; 

 capsules oblong, villous. Q. H. Native of Barbary, in sandy- 

 places. Euphrasia purpurea, Desf. fl. ad. 2. p. 36. Stem dark 

 purple, stiffish, bluntly tetragonal ; branches terete, panicled. 

 Calyx 5-toodied. Corollas violaceous, size of those of E. vif- 

 cosa ; segments of the lower lip roundish, usually denticulated. 

 The purple stems and flowers readily distinguish diis from E. 

 tiscbsa and E. lutea. 



Purpfe-flowered Eyebright. PI. 1 to lj foot. 



