324 DIDYNAMIA ANGIGSPERMIA. 



almofl: blind by the ufe of ic The highlanders 

 do however ftill retain the praftice of it, by mak- 

 ing an infufion of it in milk, and anointing the 

 patient's eyes with a feather dipped in it. 



odonliUs 2. EUPHRASIA foliis linearibus, omnibus ferratis. Sp, 

 />/. 841. {Ger. em. 91./- 3- Moris, hijl. f. 11./. 

 24./. 10. Pet. herb. t. 36./. 7.; 

 Red Eye-bright. Anglis. 

 In Corn fields and by way fides not uncommon. 



G.VIII. IX. 

 The ftalk is erect, greatly branched, and ten or 

 twelve inches high. The flowers are red and 

 grov/ in fpikes, all leaning on one fide of the 

 branches. The Anthera are ferrugineous, hav- 

 ing all their lobes alike acuminated. 

 The whole plant has commonly a reddifii or fuf- 

 cous appearance. 



MELAMPYRUM. Gen. pi 742. 

 Cal. 4-ndus. Corolla labium fuperius comprefiTum, 

 margine replicato. Caps. 2-locularis obliqua, 

 hinc dehifcens. Semi na duo, gibba. jj 



praten/e I. MELAMPYRUM floribus fecundis lateralibus ; ' 



foliorum conjugationibus remotis, corollis claufis. 



Lin. fyjl nat. 4.06. Sp. pi. S^^. (Hortus Jicb- 



Jlett. ^friv. erd. 12. /. 2./. 2. 1 



Meadow Cow- wheat. Anglis. I 



In dry mountainous paftures and woods not uncom- I J 



mon. O. VII. 

 The ilalk is a foot or eighteen inches high, horizon- 

 tally 



