3^4 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



almoft blind by the nfe of it The highlandcrs 

 do however flill retain the pradlJce of it, by mak- 

 ing an infufion of it in milk, and anointing the 

 patient's eyes with a feather dipped in it. 



odmtiies 2. EUPHRASIA foliis linearibus, omnibus ferratis. S'p. 

 ■pi. 841. {Ger. em. 91./. 3. Moris, hifi, f, 11. /. 

 24./. 10. Pet, herb. t. 36./. 7 J 

 Red Eye-bright. Anglisu 



In Corn- fields and by way fides not uncommon. 

 G.VlIi. IX. 



The ftalk is erecl, greatly branched, and ten or 

 twelve inches high. The flowers are red and 

 grow in fpikes, all leaning on one fide of the 

 branches. The Anthers are ferrugineous, hav- 

 ing all their lobes alike acuminated. 



The whole plant has commonly a reddlfh or fuf- 

 cous appearance. 



MELAMPYRUM. Gen. pi. 742. 

 Cal. 4-fidus. CorolU labium fuperius comprefilim, 

 margine replicato. Caps. 2-locularis obliqua, 

 hi no dehifcens. Semina duo, gibba. 



pratenfi i. MELAMPYRUM floribus fecundis lateralibus ; 

 foliorum conjugationibus remotis, corollis claufis. 

 Lhi.JyJl naL 4.06. 6^.^/. 843. (Hortus Auh- 

 Jiett. ^Jiiv. ord, 12. /. 2./. 2. 



Meadow Cow-wheat. An^lis. 



In dry mountainous pafl:ures and woods not uncom- 

 mon. O. VII. 

 The ftalk is a foot or eighteen inches high, horizon- 

 tally 



