SCROPHULARINE^I. [Linaria. 



five inches long. Lower leaves pinnatifid, the rest pinnated with 

 deeply serrated pinna, flowers large, handsome, pale, ?ose-coloured. 



4. BARTSIA. Linn. Bartsia. 



Calyx tubular, mostly coloured. Corolla ringent with a con- 

 tracted orifice ; upper lip arched, entire ; lower one in three, 

 equal, reflexed lobes. Anthers mostly hairy. Capsules 

 ovate, compressed, with two cells and many angular seeds. 

 Name in honour of John Bartsch, a Prussian Botanist, and 

 friend of Linnaeus, who died at Surinam. 



Didynamia. Angiospermia. 



1. B. viscosa, Linn. Yellow viscid Bartsia. Leaves ser- 

 rated ; upper ones alternate ; flowers lateral and distant ; steal 

 round ; root fibrous. Br. FL 1. p. 282. E. Ft. v. iii. p. 118. 

 E. Bot. t. 1045, 



Moist fields in the southern parts of the County of Cork, and County 

 of Kerry, not unirequent. At Ballylicky near Bantry and near Din- 

 gle, &c. abundant. Fl. Aug. 0. Plant downy. Stem solitary, some- 

 times a foot high, nearly simple. Leaves sessile, ovato-lanceolate, 

 veiny. Flowers from the bosom of the leaves, yellow, handsome. 



2. B. Odontifes, Huds. Red Bartsia. Leaves lanceolate, 

 serrated, the upper ones alternate ; flowers forming unilateral 

 racemes; stem square, branched; root fibrous. Br. FL 1. p. 

 283. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 119. E. Bot. t. 1415. 



Corn-fields and waste places, frequent. Fl. July, Aug. 0. Ra- 

 cemes many, long, erect. Flvwers reddish-purple. 



5. EUPHRASIA. Linn. Eye-bright. 



Calyx tubular. Upper lip of the corolla divided ; lower one of 

 three unequal lobes. Cells of the anthers spurred at the 

 base. Capsules ovato-oblong, 2-ceIled. Seeds striated. 

 Name from Euphrosyne, expressive of joy and pleasure, in 

 allusion to its properties. Didynamia. Anaiospermia. 



1. E. ojfficinalis. Linn. Common Eye-bright. Leaves ovate, 

 furrowed, sharply toothed. Br. FL 1. p. 283. E. Fl. v. in. p. 

 122. E. Bot. t. 1416. 



Pastures and sides of mountains, abundant. Fl. July. 0. Varying 

 in height according to situation. Flowers axillary, but crowded at the 

 extremity of the branches, white or reddish, streaked with purple. 

 The plant is still much used in rustic practice as a remedy for diseases 

 of the eye. 



fi. LINARIA. Juss. Toadflax. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla personate, spurred at the base, the 

 mouth closed by a projecting palate. Capsule ventricose, 



