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lobes raucronate ; the lower anther-lobes of the shorter stamens 

 with the niucro often produced into an awn. Capsule oblong, 

 compressed, obtuse or notched, opening loculicidally by 2 entire 

 or bifid valves. Seeds very numerous and very minute, fusiform, 

 striated. 



Small annuals or perennials, with branched stems and opposite 

 leaves. Flowers in dense or interrupted spikes. 



The name of this genus of plants comes from tvfpacria (euphrasia), hilarity, in 

 allusion to its reputed power of restoring impaired vision. 



SPECIES I.-EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS. Linn. 



Plates DCCCCXCI. DCCCCXCII. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCXXXI. MDCCXXXII. 

 BiUot, FL Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 62. 



Annual. Leaves ovate or lanceolate; the lower ones ineiso- 

 crenate-serrate or crenate-serrate. Bracts leaflike, inciso-serrate. 

 Calyx with the lobes narrowly-lanceolate, nearly equal. Corolla 

 with the lobes of the upper lip spreading, those of the lower lip 

 emarginate. Capsule oblong, sub-truncate, slightly emarginate. 

 Antbers pilose, mucronate, the two shorter ones with the inner 

 cells produced into a long awn at the base. 



Var. a, genv.ina. 

 Plate DCCCCXCI. 

 E. officinalis, Fries, Sum. Veg. Scand. pp. 19, 195. 



Bracts ovate or ovate-triangular, rounded or subcordate at the 

 base ; lower lip of the corolla longer than, or at least equalling, 

 the tube. 



Var. 0, gracilis. 



Plate DCCCCXCII. 

 E gracilis, Fries. Mant. III. p. 62 ; Sum. Veg. Scand. pp. 19, 195. 



Bracts sub-rhomboidal, wedgeshaped at the base. Lower lip 

 of the corolla shorter than the tube. Plant with the branches 

 more slender and rigid than in var. a. 



In meadows, pastures, heaths, &c. Very common, and generally 

 distributed. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Anmial. Summer 

 and Autumn. 



Stem 1 or 2 inches to 18 inches high, wiry, copiously branched 



