AT THE SEA-SIDE— NEAR THE COAST 105 



plish yellow. Leaves, entire, ovate, or oblong, without petioles ; 

 the upper, narrow bracts. Time, May to July. 



Calyx, tubular, unequally 5-toothed. Corolla, 2-lipped, the 

 under lip 3-lobed ; the upper, entire. Stamens, 4, lying under 

 the upper lip. 



Flowers, rather large, in a loose spike, all on short pedicels, i to 

 2 feet high. Found in wet, sandy soil along the coast. 



28. Eyebright 



Euphrasia officinalis ("cheerfulness"). — Family, Figwort. 

 Color, whitish, yellowish, or bluish. Leaves, those among the 

 flowers, bristly-toothed ; those on the stem lower down, oppo- 

 site, crenately-toothed or cut, ovate or lance-shaped. 



Calyx, tubular, bell-shaped, 4-cleft. Corolla, 2-lipped, the 

 upper lip with 2 broad and spreading lobes, under which arise 

 the 4 stamens. Lower lip 3-cleft, with all the lobes notched. 



A plant of small growth, with at least its musical name to 

 recommend it. Flowers in spikes. It maybe found along the 

 coast of Maine, among the White Mountains, and northward. 



29. Yellow Rattle 



Rhindntfius Crista-gdili. — Family, Figwort. Color, yel- 

 low. Leaves, opposite, narrow, coarsely- toothed; the floral 

 bracts being bristly-tipped. 



Calyx, 4-toothed, much swollen in fruit. Corolla, 2-lipped, 

 a small tooth each side of the apex of the upper lip ; the lower 

 lip 3-lobed, its lobes spreading, about ^ inch long. Seeds, 

 when ripe, broadly winged. They rattle in the enlarged dry 

 calyx, whence the popular name. 



Flowers crowded in one-sided spikes, nearly sessile. Same 

 range as the above. 



30. Bigelow's Glasswort. Samphire 



Salicornia mucronata or Bigelovii. — Family, Goosefoot. 



