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its edges. Lateral lobes of the upper cor.-lip longer than broad 

 purple ; the central part truncate, Cor.-tube slightly curved 

 Style glabrous. Caps, often longer than broad. Anth. very 

 villose. Bracts yellowish with green points. a. platypterus 

 (Fries) ; seed not twice as broad as its wing. R. major Koch, 

 It. I. f . 975. /3. stenopterus (Fries) ; seed quite twice as broad 

 as its wing. R. major E. B. S. 2737. y. apterus (Fries) ; seed 

 not winged but rounded and longitudinally ribbed or furrowed 

 on the back. R. Reichenbachii Drej. Cultivated land. . 

 Hastings. /3. North of England and Scotland, y. Arbroath 

 and Monifief, Forfarshire. A. VII. VIII. E. S. 



11. BART'SIA Linn. Red Eye-brigbt. 



1. B. aljnna (L.) ; 1. opposite ovate slightly clasping bluntly 

 serrate. E. B. 361. Creeping. St. square, 4 8 in. high, 

 simple. Fl. forming a short dense leafy spike, purplish blue, 

 downy. Cal. purplish, viscid. Anth. hairy. Alpine pastures, 

 rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



12. EUPEAG'IA Griseb. Marsh Eye-bright. 



1. E. viscosa (Benth.) ; 1. opposite, upper 1. alternate ovate- 

 lanceolate sessile acutely serrate. Bartsia L. E. B. 1045. L. 

 sometimes linear-lanceolate. St. round, 3 12 in. high, simple. 

 Root fibrous. PL distant, axillary, upper ones crowded, yellow. 

 Anth. hairy. St., L, and cal. viscid. Damp places in the West 

 of E., South-west of S., and South of I. A. VII. IX. E. S. I. 



13. EUPHRA'SIA Linn. Eye-bright. 



1. E. officmdlis (L.) ; 1. ovate or oblong-lanceolate nearly 

 sessile serrate (3 5 teeth on each side), lobes of the lower cor.- 

 lip emarginate, of the upper lip patent sinuate-dentate, anth. 

 hairy, seeds with ribs. J. B. 1416. St. 18 in. high. Fl. 

 axillary, solitary, sessile, crowded towards the ends of the 

 branches. a ; glandular-pubescent above and on the calyx, caps, 

 oblong-obovate, seeds ovoid greyish. L. usually large and broad, 

 sometimes densely imbricate (E. ericetorum Jord. ?). /3. E. 

 nemorosa (Pers.), pubescent not glandular, caps, linear-oblong, 

 seeds fusiform yellowish. L. usually narrow, sometimes (E. 

 Salisbury ensis Funk.?) with very long teeth. Some authors 

 divide this into many species ; but even the above are scarcely 

 distinguishable at all times. Pastures, woods, heaths. A. VI. 

 VIII. Common Eye-bright. E. S. I. 



