256- 57. SCEOPHTJLAEIACKS. 



to the foreign J?. 7wVs«te (Lajii.). 'Ihe latter plant has never 

 been found in Britain.— a. platyiTterUs (Fries) ; seed not twice 

 as broad as its wing. JR. major Koch, R. I. f. 975. — /J. ste7iopte- 

 rus (Fries) ; seed quite twice as broad as its wing. H. major 

 E. B. S. 2737. — y. apterus (Fi-ies) ;. seed not winged but rounded 

 and longitudinally ribbed Or filwowed on the back. S. Meichen- 

 baoMi Drej. — ^^Cultivated latid. ' ' a. Hastings. /3. North of Eng- 

 land and Scotland, y. Forfarshire.' A. Vll. VIII. E. 0. 



10. Baei'sia Linn. Eed Eye-bright. 



1. B. alpina (L;) ; 1. opposite ovate slightly clasping bluntly 

 serrate. — >^. 17. 15. — Creeping. St. square, 4 — 8 m. high,' 

 simple. Fl. forming a bhort dense leafy spike, purplish, blue, 

 downy. Cal. purplish, viscid. Anth. hairy. — Alpine "pastures, 

 rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



11; Ettfea'oia Griseb. Marsh Eye-bright. 



1. -E. viscdsa (Benth.) ; 1. opposite, upper 1. alternate ovate- 

 lanceolate sessile acutely serrate. — Bartsia Sm. — L. sometimes 

 linear-lanceolate. St. round, 3 — 12 in. high, simple. Root 

 fibrous. Fl. distant, axillary, upper ones crowded, yellow. Anth. 

 hairy. St., 1., and Cal. viscid. — Damp places in the West of E., 

 South-west of S., and South of I. A. vn.— IX. E. S. I. 



12. Etjphra'sia Linn. Eye-bright. 

 i. Euphrasia. Anthers unequally, mucronate. . 



1. E. officinalis (L.) ; ovate or oblong-lanceolate nearly sessile 

 serrate (S — 5 teeth on each side),- lobes- of the lower cor.-lip 

 emarginate, of the upper lip patent sinuatcrdentate, anth. hairy. 

 —St'. 1 — 8 in. high. Fl. axillary, solitary, sessile, crowded to- 

 wards the ends of the branches. Seeds ovate (greyish) with 

 white winged ribs and fine transverse lines between them ; or 

 fusiform (yellowish) with very slight traces of transverse lines. 

 Some authors divide this species into many. — Pastm-es, woods, 

 heaths. A. 'VI. — VIII. Comniort Eye-hrigM. E. S. I. 



ii. Odontites (Dub}'). Anthers with 2 equal points. 



2. E. Odontites (L.) ; /. narrowed from near the base opposite 

 linear-lanceolate-attenuate remotely sen-ate^ floral I. usuallv 

 longer than the fl. unth 2 — i-teeth and an entire end, cal.-seg- 

 ments as long as their tube lanceolate acute, cor. pubescent open, 

 lobes of the lower lip oblong, ant7i. xisith 2 equal points hairy, 

 style protruded even before the fl. opens, caps, oblong. — Bartsia 

 Sm. — St. about a foot high, much branched. Fl. many, pink, 

 in leafy unilateral spikes. Filaments, anth., and stam. hairy. 



