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able at all times. — Pastures, ■woods, heaths. A. "VT. — ^VTII. 

 Common Eye-bright. E. S. I. 



14. Odontites, Buhy. 



1. O. rubra (Pers.) ; I. narrowed from near the base opposite 

 ILnear-lanceolate-attenuate remotely serrate, floral I. usually 

 longer than the fl. with 2—4 teeth and an entire end, cal. -seg- 

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

 lobes of the lower lip oblong, style protruded even before the ii. 

 opens, caps, oblong. — Bartsia Odontites Huds. E. B. 1415. — 

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

 leafy unilateral spiies. Filaments, anth., and stam. hairy. 

 — «. O. verna (R.) ; branches ascending straightish, 1. rounded 

 below, cal.-teeth narrowed below. — /3. 0.serotina{R.); branches 

 spreading and curving up, 1. narrowed below, cal.-teeth narrowed 

 below. — Euphrasia rotundata (Ball), A. iV. H. ser. 2. iv. 30, has 

 not been again found. 1 have seen no specimen. — Corn-fields 

 and waste places. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



15. SiBTHORp'iA Linn. 



1. 8. europts'a (L.). — E. B. 694. — ^A slender trailing plant 

 with fiUform creeping stems, and alternate long-stalked roundish 

 reniform leaves with a few large crenatures. Fl. very small, 

 axillary, solitary, on short stalks, pinkish, inconspicuous. — 

 Damp shady places in the South and South-west. P. VI. — IX. 



E.I. 



16. Veeon'ica Linn. Speedwell. 



* Racemes axillary. {Root pei-ennial.) 



1. V. scutettdta (L.) ; I. linear-lanceolate acute sessile minutely 

 denticulate, racemes alternate, fruitstalks slender reflexed, caps, 

 of 2flattish orbicular lobes, st. erect. — E. B. 782. — Stoloniferous. 

 St. weak, 1 ft. high, glabrous or hairy. Fl. pale flesh-coloured, 

 with darker lines. Sep. smiill, lanceolate, acute, shorter than 

 the capsule. — Boggy places. P. VI.— VIII. E. S. I. 



2. V. Anagal'lis (L.) ; I. lanceolate serrate acute sessile, ra- 

 cemes opposite, fruitstalks spreading, caps, oval slightly notched, 

 St. erect. — E. B. 781.— Stoloniferous. St. glabrous, thick, suc- 

 culent, hollow, 12 — 24 in. high. Fl. pale blue. Sep. lanceolate. 

 Racemes sometimes glandular. Whole plant usually glabrous. 

 —In stagnant water. P. VI. — VIII. Watei- Speedwell. 



E. S. I. 



