174 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Melampyrum. 



Meadows, pastures. 



An. June. 



Stem four-cornered, often spotted with red. Ls., opposite, stalkless, 

 beneath grey, with a curious net-work of green veins. Spike 

 terminal, leafy. FL, on short stalks. Cor,, twice as long as the 

 calyx, yellow, upper lip compressed, tipped with two blue spots. 

 C'al., bladdery, with strong ribs, and a net-work of veins, pale 

 greenish -yellow, mouth contracted. 

 Cattle not fond of this plant, 



EUPHRA'SIA. Eye-bright.' 



E. officinalis. Common E. Leaves egg-shaped, fur- 

 rowed, deeply toothed. E. B. 1416. C. 5. 42. 

 Euphrasia. G. E. QQS, 



Heaths, mountainous pastures. 



An. July. 



Stem mostly branching from the bottom, often purplish. Ls., 

 stalkless. Fl., about the top of the stem, axillary, stalkless, soli- 

 tary. Cor., generally white, striped with purple, and stained 

 with yellow in front. 

 A weak astringent, in repute formerly in complaints of the eyes. 



The spot in its cor., something like a pupil, according to the 



exploded doctrine of signatures, an indication of marvellous 



virtues. See Sa.vifraga granulata. F. T. 



MELA'MPYRUM." Cow-wheat. 



(M. cristdtum. Crested G. Spikes four-cornered. 

 Bracteas heart-shaped, closely tiled, finely toothed. E. 

 B. 41. 



Woods, thickets. In a field that goes oif Moreton Green in the 



road from Wendover to Ellesborough, Bucks. Tur. 

 An. July. 

 Cor. yellow, upper lip purple.) 



(M. arvense. Purple C Spikes conical. Bracteas lax, 

 spear-shaped, wing-cleft. Calyx-teeth longer than the 

 tube. Corolla closed. E. B. 53. M. cceruleum, G. 

 E. 90. 



Cornfields, light soil. Packington, Warwickshire. Tur. 



An. July. 



Cor., yellow, tipped with purple. Bract., purple. Ls., spear- 



' Deserving of such an appellation from its bright eye-like blossoms. 



^ Melas, black, puros, wheat. The authority for accentuation, adopted ia 

 this work, in general, isJoIm Beckmann's Lexicon Botanicum, Exhihens Etymo- 

 logiani, &c. 8vo. 



