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spikes, cal. glabrous, lobes of the upper lip of the cor. oblong, 

 bracts with an attenuate point incise-serrate. — Cal. often slightly 

 downy on its edges. Lateral lobes of the upper lip of the cor. 

 longer than broad, purple ; the central part truncate. Anth. 

 very villose. Bracts yellowish with green points. — Mr. Bentham 

 calls this R. angustifolia (Gm.), and applies the name of R. major 

 (Ehrh.) to the foreign JR. hirsutus (Lam.). The latter plant has 

 never been found in Britain. — a. platypterus (Fries) ; seed not 

 twice as broad as its wing. R. major Koch. R. I. f. 975. — 13. ste- 

 nopterus (Fries) ; seed quite twice as broad as its wing. R. major 

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

 and longitudinally ribbed or furrowed on the back. R. Reichen- 

 bachiiDve'y — Cultivated land. a. Hastings. ^. North of Eng- 

 land and Scotland, y. Forfarshire. A. VII. VIII. E. S. 



10. Bartsia Linn. 



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

 serrate. — £. B. 361. St. 17- 15.— St. square, 4—8 in. high, 

 simple. Root creeping. Fl. forming a short dense leafy spike, 

 purphsh-blue, downy. Cal. purphsh, viscid. Anth. hairy. — 

 Alpine pastures, rare. P. VI. VII. 



11. EuFRAGiA Griseb. 



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

 lanceolate sessile acutely-serrate. — E. B. 1045. Bartsia Sm. — L. 

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

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

 Anth. hairy. St., 1., and cal. viscid. — Damp places in the west 

 of England, south-west of S., and south of I. A. VII. — IX. 



12. Euphrasia imre. Eye-bright. 



i. Euphrasia. Anthers unequally mucronate. 



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



serrate (3 — 5 teeth on each side), lobes of the lower cor.-lip 



emarginate, of the upper lip patent sinuate-dentate, anth. hairy. 



JJ. B. 1416. — St. 1 — 8 in. high. Fl. axillary, solitary, sessile, 



crowded towards the ends of the branches. A peculiarly variable 

 plant, perhaps including 2 species.— 1. E. officinalis (L.) ; cal. 

 downy and glandular, teeth of upper 1. acute, caps, oblong-ob- 

 ovate emarginate mucronate, seeds ovate (greyish) with white 

 winged ribs and fine transverse lines between them. — 2. E. ne- 

 morosa (Pers.) ; cal. glabrous or pulverulent not glandular, teeth 

 of upper 1. long cuspidate, caps, hnear-oblong truncate mucro- 

 nate, seeds fusiform (yellowish) with white winged ribs and very 

 shgh't traces of transverse lines. See Fl. de France, ii. 605. — 

 Pastures, woods, heaths. A. VI.— VIII. Common Eye-hright. 



