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*u^.r. p. There is a pretty variety of this with a fmalkr 



flower, and the lower lip purple. 

 The feeds of both, when ripe, rattle in their cap- 



fules, and indicate the time of hay-harveft. 

 It has a bitter and fomewhat acrid tafte, but is eaten 

 by cattle. 



EUPHRASIA. Gen. pi. 741. 



Cal. 4-fidus, cylindricus. Caps. 2-locularis, ovato- 

 oblonga. Anther/^ inferiores altero lobo bafi fpi- 

 nofe. 

 6fficinaUs i. EUPHRASIA foliis ovatis lineatis argute dentatis. 

 Sp.pL 841. {Ger. em. 66^. Rivin. t. 90. Black- 

 well, t. 427. Moris, hiji.f. 11. /. 24./. 1) 



Anglis. Eyebright. 



Gaulis. Rein-an-ruifg. 



In dry barren paftures frequent. O. VII. 



The plant is from three to fix inches high, ered, 

 and branched : the leaves grow oppofite, fclTile, 

 and in pairs : the flowers grow from the ALe of 

 the leaves, on lliort footfl:alks, forming a fpike 

 at the fummits of the branches : the Corolla va- 

 ries in color, but the upper lip is generally pur- 

 piifh, fl:reaked with lines, the lower lip white and 

 ilreaked, and marked Vv'ich a yellow fpo: at its 

 bale. 



Ir has been reputed good for fore eyes, but the gen- 

 tlemen of the faculty have declared it does more 

 harm than good in applications of that kind, 

 there having been inftances of perfons rendered 

 T 7 almoft 



