260 57. SCEOPHUIAEIACE^. 



an attenuate point incise serrate. — Cal. often slightly downy on 

 its edges. Lateral lobes of the upper cor. -lip longer than broad, 

 purple; the central part truncate. Cor. -tube slightly curved. 

 Style glabrous. Caps, often longer than broad. Anth. very 

 viUose. Bracts yellowish with green points. — a. platypterus 

 (Fries) ; seed not twice as broad as its wing. R. major Koch, 

 R. I. f. 975. — /3. stenopterus (Fries) ; seed quite twice as broad 

 as its wing. M. major E. B. S. 2737. — y. apterus (Fries) ; seed 

 not winged but rounded and longitudinally ribbed or furrowed 

 on the back. R. Reichenbachii Drej. — Cultivated land. a. 

 Hastings. (3. North of England and Scotland, y. Arbroath 

 and Monifief, Forfarshire. A. VH. VIH. E. S. 



11. Baet'sia Linn. Eed Eye-brigM. 



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

 serrate. — E. B. 361. ■ — Creeping. St. square, 4 — 8 in. high, 

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

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

 rare. P. VI. VIE E. S. 



12. Eufea'gia Qriseb. Marsh Eye-bright. 



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

 lanceolate sessile acutely serrate. — Bartsia L. E. B. 104.5. — 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. 



13. Euphea'sia Linn. Eye-bright. 



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

 serrate (3 — 6 teeth on each side), lobes of the lower cor.-lip 

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

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

 crowded towards the ends of the branches. — 1. E. offixdnalis 

 (Fr.) ; upper 1. roundish with a broad or subcordate base and 

 acute teeth, seeds ovate greyish with ribs. L. usually large and 

 broad, sometimes densely imbricate {E. ericetorum Jord. ?). — 

 2. E. nemorosa (Pers.) ; upper 1. oblong with a wedgeshaped 

 base and long acute slender teeth, seeds fusiform yellowish with 

 winged ribs. L. usually narrow, sometimes {E. Salisburgensis 

 Funk. ?) with very long teeth. — Some authors divide this into 

 many species; but even the above are scarcely distinguish- 



