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spikes, cal. glabrous, lobes of the upper lip of the cor. oblong, 

 bracts with an attenuate point incise-serrate. Cal. often slightly 

 downy on its edges. Lateral lobes of the upper lip of the cor. 

 longer than broad, purple; the central part truncate. Anth. 

 very villose. Bracts yellowish with green points. Mr. Bentham 

 calls this R. angustifolia (Gm.), and applies the name of R. major 

 (Ehrh.) to the foreign R. hirsutus(Lam.}. The latter plant has 

 never been found in Britain. a. platypterus (Fries) ; seed not 

 twice as broad as its wing. R. major Koch. R. I. f. 975. /3. ste- 

 nopterus (Fries) ; seed quite twice as broad as its wing. JR. major 

 E. B. S. 2737. y. apterus (Fries) ; seed not winged but rounded 

 and longitudinally ribbed or furrowed on the back. R. Reichen- 

 bachii Drej. Cultivated land. a. Hastings. /3. North of Eng- 

 land and Scotland, y. Forfarshire. A. VII. VIII. E. S. 



10. BARTSIA Linn. 



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

 serrate. E. B. 361. St. 17- 15. St. square, 48 in. high, 

 simple. Root creeping. Fl. forming a short dense leafy spike, 

 purplish-blue, downy. Cal. purplish, viscid. Anth. hairy. 

 Alpine pastures, rare. P. VI. VII. 



11. EUFRAGIA Griseb. 



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

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

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

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

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

 of England, south-west of S., and south of I. A. VII. IX. 



12. EUPHRASIA Linn. Eye-bright, 

 i. Eiiphrasia. Anthers unequally mucronate. 



1. E. ojficinalis (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. 

 E. B. 1416. St. 1 8 in. high. Fl. axillary, solitary, sessile, 

 crowded towards the ends of the branches. A peculiarly variable 

 plant, perhaps including 2 species. 1. E. qfficinalis (L.) ; cal. 

 downy and glandular, teeth of upper 1. acute, caps, oblong-ob- 

 ovate emarginate mucronate, seeds ovate (greyish) with white 

 winged ribs and fine transverse lines between them. 2. E. ne- 

 morosa (Pers.); cal. glabrous or pulverulent not glandular, teetL 

 of upper 1. long cuspidate, caps, linear-oblong truncate mucro- 

 nate, seeds fusiform (yellowish) with white winged ribs and very 

 slight traces of transverse lines. See Fl. de France, ii. 605. 

 Pastures, woods, heaths. A. VI. VIII. Common Eye-bright. 



