DIDYNAMIA— ANGIOSPERMIA. Rhinanthus. 119 



is indeed a Bartsia, but, a distinct species 5 seeProdr. Fi.Grcec. 

 r. 1.427. 



3. B. Odontites. Red Bartsia. 



Leaves lanceolate, serrated ; the upper ones alternate. 

 Flowers forming unilateral clusters. Stem square, branch- 

 ed. Root fibrous. 



B. Odontites, Huds. 268. Fl. Br. 648. Engl. Bot. v. 20. t. 1415. 

 Relh. 240. Hook. Scot. \86. 



Euphrasia Odontites. Linn. Sp. PI. 841 . Willd. v. 3. 194. Curt. 

 Lond.fasc. 1 . t. 44. Mart. Rust. t. 42. Fl. Dan. t. 625. 



E. pratensis rubra. Bauh. Pin. 234. Raii Syn. *284. 



E. altera. Dod. Pempt. 55. f. Lob. Ic. 496. f. Dalech. Hist. 

 1167./. 



Odontites, Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 90./. 2. 



O.n. 304. Hall. Hist. v.\.\M. 



Crataeogonon Euphrosine, Ger. Em. 91. f. 



Red Eye-bright, Petiv. H. Brit. t. 36. f. 7. 



In meadows and pastures, especially on a cold and wet clay soil. 



Annual. July, August. 



About a foot high, more or less ; copiously branched, each branch 

 terminating in a leafy unilateral cluster, or rather spike, of nu- 

 merous, rose-coloured, scentless powers, whose calyx is tinged 

 with a dull violet hue. Every part, even the calyx and corolla, 

 is finely downy ; the stem rough with deflexed hairs. Anthers 

 hairy at the back and lower part, as in the other species, though 

 otherwise smooth ; their lobes are acute, but hardly bristly. 

 Seeds angular, striated. 



304. RHINANTHUS. Yellow Rattle. 



Linn.Gen.304. Juss.iOl. Fl.Br.649. Lam.t.b\7. Gcertn.t.6A. 

 Pedicularis species. Tourn. t. 77 , B, F, M. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 303. 



Cal. compressed, somewhat inflated, rounded, bladdery, 

 vemy, permanent ; the margin in 4 nearly equal, acute, 

 deep teeth, broad at their base. Cor. ringent, nearly 

 closed ; tube almost cyhndrical, the length of the calyx ; 

 upper lip narrowest, hooded, compressed, slightly cloven; 

 lower broadest, expanded, divided half way into 3 ob- 

 tuse segments, the middle one rather the largest. Filam. 

 thread-shaped, shorter than the upper lip, and concealed 

 within it. Anth. incumbent, 2-lobed, hairy, not promi- 

 nent. Germ, ovate, compressed, with a channel at each 

 side. Style thread-shaped, curved, somewhat longer 

 than the stamens. Stigma deflexed, obtuse. Caps, round- 

 ish-ovate, compressed, obtuse with a small point, of 2 



