90 COEOLLIFLOEJ3. 



Plant from 8 to 12 inches high, upright, not branched ; leaves 

 sessile, oblong or lanceolate, but very deeply lobed ; root-leaves 

 opposite, those of the stem alternate ; whole plant downy and 

 viscid. Flowers solitary, axillary, yellow ; lower lip of the corolla 

 striped with orange, fear the coal-pit at Bovey. Fields above 

 the Castle at Dartmouth. (E. B. t. 1045.) A. Vi.-x. 



2. B. Odontites (red B.) In cornfields, dry pastures, and 

 waste places. Stem hairy, from 6 to 10 inches high, angular, 

 branched. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, distantly but 

 sharply serrate. Flower-spikes numerous, crowning the stem ; 

 flowers purplish-red, with narrow leaf- like bracteas at the base 

 of each ; anthers yellow. Very common. (E. B. t. 1415.) A. 

 Yl.-vm. Euphrasia, Bab. 



EUPHRASI A. EYE-BRIGHT. 



E. officinalis (common Eye-bright.) In fields and pastures. 

 A pretty little plant, seldom more than a few inches high ; stem 

 generally branched, but sometimes simple ; leaves deeply toothed, 

 ovate. Flowers axillary, but thickly crowded into a terminal 

 head ; upper lip of the corolla 2-lobed, under one divided into 3 ; 

 flowers white or pinkish, with purple streaks. Very abundant in 

 all our pastures. (E. B. t. 1416.) A. v.-ix. 



RHINANTHUS. YELLOW-RATTLE. 



R. Crist a-galli (common Yellow-rattle.) In meadows and 

 pastures. Stem erect, from 1 to 2 feet high, quadrangular, 

 branched, dotted with purple spots. Leaves sessile, opposite, 

 lanceolate, acutely serrate. Flowers in the axils of the upper 

 leaves, yellow ; upper lip of the corolla beaked ; calyx tumid, 4- 

 cleft. Yery frequent in our meadows, etc. (E. B. t. 657.) A. 



MELAMPYRTJM. COW- WHEAT. 



M. pratense (common yellow C.) In woods and thickets. 

 Stem slender, from 12 to 18 inches ; high branches opposite 

 and branching. Leaves distant, in pairs, narrow-lanceolate, 

 slightly heart-shaped at the base, or ovate. Flowers in pairs, 

 axillary, large, of a pale yellow colour. Bradley wood, near 



