238 57. SCROPHULARIACES, 
variable plant. Fries “ pro tempore” distinguishes 2 species— 
1. E. officinalis (L.); 1. ovate, floral-l. cordate-triangular or 
-ovate ;—2. E. gracilis (Fries) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate, floral-l. with 
a wedgeshaped base ;—No. 1 is common in Britain; No. 2 is less 
generally distributed, it inhabits mountain sides and elevated 
heaths and is more slender and elegant than No. 1.—The caps. 
varies in shape, the upper lip of the cor. in toothing, and the 
whole plant except the cor. in pubescence.—Pastures, woods, 
heaths. A. VI.—VIII. Eye-bright. 
ii. Odontites (Duby). Anthers with 2 equal points. 
2. E. Odontites (L.); 1. narrowed from near the base opposite 
linear-lanceolate-attenuate remotely serrate, floral-l. 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, lobes 
of the lower lip oblong-obtuse, anth. with 2 equal points hairy, 
caps. oblong.—Bartsia Sm., E. B. 1415.—St. about a foot high, 
much branched. Fl. numerous, pink, in leafy unilateral spikes. 
Filaments, anth., and stam. hairy.—8. E. rotundata (Ball); 1. 
sessile lanceolate crenate-serrate, fl.-l]. nearly entire equallimg or 
falling short of the fl., cal.-segments $ as long as their tube 
broadly triangular, cor. pubescent, lobes of lower lip broadly 
rounded nearly equal, caps. broadly oval almost rounded. Fila- 
ments, anth., style, and stigma nearly glabrous. A. N. H. ser. 2. 
iv. 30.—Corn-fields and waste places. A. VII. VIII. 
13. SistHorpia Linn. 
1. S. europea (L.).—E. B. 649.—An elegant trailing plant with 
slender filiform creeping stems, and alternate long-stalked round- 
ish reniform leaves with a few large crenations. Fl. very small, 
axillary, solitary, on short stalks, pmkish, inconspicuous.—Dam 
shady places in the south and south-west. P. VI—IX. KE. 1. 
14. Veronica Linn. 
* Racemes axillary. (Root perennial.) 
1. V. seutellata (L.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate acute sessile minutely 
denticulated, racemes alternate, fruitstalks reflexed, caps. of 2 
flattish orbicular lobes, st. erect.—E.B.782. St. 58. 3.—Root 
stoloniferous. St. weak, elongated. Fi. pale flesh-coloured, with 
darker lines. Sep. small, lanceolate, acute, shorter than the 
capsule.—f. pubescens (Koch); st. hairy. V. Parmularia “ Poit.” 
a boggy places. P. VI.—VITI. 
2. V. Anagallis (u.); 1. lanceolate serrated acute sessile, ra- 
cemes opposite, fruitstalks spreading, caps. elliptical slightly 
notched, st. erect.— Ei. B. 781.—Root stoloniferous. St. thick, 
