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roundish, bracts ovate incise-serrate, seeds with a membranous 
border.—E. B. 657. R. I.! f. 974.—Lateral lobes of the upper 
lip of the cor. very blunt, shorter than broad, bluish. Bracts 
green throughout, nectary ovate. St. 1—2feet high Meadows 
and pastures. A. VI. Yellow Rattle. 
2. R. major (Ehrh.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate serrate, fl. in crowded 
spikes, cal. glabrous, lobes of the upper lip of the cor. oblong, 
bracts with an attenuated 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 poimts.—Mr. Bentham 
calls this R. angustifolia (Gm.) and applies the name of R. major 
(Ehrh.) to the foreign R. hirsutus (Lam.) but gives no reason for 
the change. The latter plant has apparently never been found 
in Britain.—z. platypterus (Fries) ; seed not twice as broad as its 
wing. R. major Koch. R. I. f. 975.—8. stenopterus (Fries) ; seed 
quite twice as broad as its wing. R. major E. B. 8. 2737.—y. 
apterus (Fries) ; seed not winged but rounded and longitudinally 
ribbed or furrowed on the back. R. Reichenbachii Drej.—Cul- 
tivated land. a. Hastings. Mr. Borrer. 8. North of England 
and Scotland. . Arbroath, S. Mr. W. F. L. Carnegie. le 
VIII. .S. 
10. Barrsta Linn. 
1. B. alpina (L.); 1. opposite ovate slightly clasping bluntly 
serrate.—HE. B. 361. St. 17. 15.—St. square, 4—8 im. high, 
simple. Root creeping. Fl. forming a short dense leafy spike, 
purplish-blue, downy. Cal. purplish, viscid. Anth. hairy.— 
Alpine pastures, rare. P. VI. VIL. 
1l. Eurracta 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. 
Root fibrous. FI. 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. Eveurasia Linn. 
i. Euphrasia. Anthers unequally mucronate. 
1. E. officinalis (L.); 1. ovate or oblong-lanceolate nearly sessile 
serrate (3—5 teeth on each side), cor. glabrous, lobes of the lower 
lip emarginate, of the upper lip patent sinuate-dentate, anth. 
hairy.—E. B. 1416.—St. 1—8 im. high. Fi. axillary, solitary, 
sessile, crowded towards the ends of the branches. A peculiarly 
