DID YN AMI A ANGIOSPERMIA. 32^:5 



vai\ p. There is a pretty variety of this v/lth a fmallcr 



flower, and the lower lip purple. 

 The feeds of both, when ripe, rattle in their cap- 



fules, and indicate the time of hay-harvcft. 

 It has a bitter and fomewhat acrid tafte, but is eaten 

 by cattle. 



EUPHRASIA. Gen. pi 741. 



Cal. 4-fidus, cylindricus. Caps. 2-lociilaris, ovato- 

 oblonga. Anthers inferiores altero lobo bafi fpi- 

 nofas. 

 efficinalis i. EUPHRASIA foliis ovatis linearis argute dentatis. 

 Sp,pL B41. {Ger. em. 66^. Rivin. t. 90. Black- 

 well, t. 427. Moris, hift.f. 11. /. 24./. 1) 



Anglts. Eyebright. 



Gaulis. Rein-an-ruifg. 



In dry barren paftures frequent, G . VIL 



The plant is from three to fix inches high, ere6l, 

 and branched : the leaves grow oppofite, fefllle, 

 and in pairs : the flov/ers grow from the AU of 

 the leaves, on fliort footftalks, forming a fpike 

 at the fummits of the branches : the Corolla va- 

 ries in color, but the upper lip is generally pur- 

 plifli, ftreaked with lines, the lower lip white and 

 flreaked, and marked with a yellow fpot at its 

 bafe. 



It has been reputed good for fore eyes, but the gen- 

 tlemen of the faculty have declared it does more 

 harm than good in applications of that kind, 

 there having been inftances of perfons rendered 

 Y 2 almoil 



