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EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS. 

 Common Eyebriglit. 



Class^W. DiDYNAMiA. — Order Yl. Angiospermia. 



Nat. Ord. SCROPHULARINE^. 



Gen. Char. Calyx tubular, four-cleft. Corolla two-lip- 

 ped ; the upper lip divided ; the lower one of three 

 nearly equal lobes. Cells of the lower anthers spuiTed 

 at the base. Capsule ovate-oblong, two-celled. Seeds 

 striated. 



Spec. Char. Leaves ovate, deeply toothed. Segments 

 of the lower lip of the corolla emarginate. 



SYNONYMES. 

 Euphrasia officinarum. Bauh. Pin. 233. Town. Paris. 194. 

 Euphrasia. Ger. Em. G63. Raii Syn. 284. Tragus. 328. 

 ruchs. 248, c. 92. 



Latin [ Eufrasia. Dod Pempt. 54. 



Euphragia vulgaris. Park Theatr. 1329. 

 Euphrasia officinalis. Lin. Sp. PI- 841. Eng. Fl. iii. p. 122. 

 (^ Eng. Bot. t. 1416. 



Description. — The root is annual, twisted, dark brown, slen- 

 der, and furnished with several minute, whitish fibres. The stems 

 are about three or four inches high, branched from the base, and 

 purplish, occasionally simple, nearly square, slighdy pubescent. 

 The leaves are small, disposed in pairs, nearly sessile, tending 

 upwards, somewhat concave, smooth, ovate, deeply toothed, 



