Euphrasia odontites. TRed Eye -bright. 



ECPHRASIA Linnai (fen. PL Didynamia Angiospermia. 



Rail Syn. Gen. Herb;e fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalo. 

 EUPHRASIA Odontites foliis linearibus : omnibus ferratis. hlnnal Syf. Vegetab. Sp. PL p. 841. PL 



Suecic. p, 213. n. 544. 

 ODONTITES bra£teis ferratis hirfutis. Haiku hift. v. x. /.134. n. 304. 

 EUPHRASIA Odontites. Scopoli FL CarnioL p. 435. 

 EUPHRASIA pratenfis rubra. Bauhin Pin. p. 234. 

 EUPHRASIA prateniis rubra major. Parkin/on 1329. 



CRATiEOGONON Euphrofyne. Ger. emac. 91. Rail Syn. p.* 284. Eye-bright Cow-wheat. Hudfon 

 PL Angl. p. 234. 



RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa, lignea. | ROOT annual, fimple, fibrous, and woody. 



CAULIS ere&us, ramofiffimus, iemipedalis, ad bipeda- % STALK upright, very much branched, from fix inches 

 lem, hirfutus, obtufe quadrangularis. I to two feet high, hirfute, and obtufely fquare. 



? 

 RAMI cauli fimiles, oppofiti. % BRANCHES like the ftalk and oppofite. 



% 

 FOLIA alterne oppofita, feflilia, lineari-lanceolata, re- % LEAVES alternately oppofite, feffile, betwixt linear 



flexa, rariter dentata, hirfutula, venofa, venis | and lanceolate, turning back, thinly indented, 



parvis, fubtus hirfutis. | flightly hirfute, veiny, veins few and hirfute 



% underneath. 



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BRACTEiE lanceolate, fubere&ae, purpurafcentes. % BRACTEiE lanceolate, nearly upright, purplifh. 



FLORES fpicati, fecundi, fpicis apice fubnutantibus, f FLOWERS growing in fpikes of a red colour, incli- 



% ned all one way, the fpikes nodding a little at 



I top. 



CALYX : Perianthium monophyllum, tubulofum, % CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, tubular, qua- 



quadridentatum, hirfutum, dentibus aequali- | dridentate, hirfute, the teeth equal and fharp, 



bus, acutis, jig. 1. % jig. 1. 



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COROLLA monopetala, ringens, labium fuperius con- £ COROLLA monopetalo us, gaping, the upper lip con- 



eavum, fubemarginatum, inferius tripartitum, % cave and flightly notched in ; the lower lip di- 



laciniis obtufis, aequalibus, jig. 2. | vided into three, obtufe, equal fegments,/^, 2. 



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STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, quorum duo paulo ?. STAMINA: four Filaments, two fomewhat longeft, 

 breviora, alba ; Anthers bilobae, biloculares, | white; Anthers compofed of two lobes and 

 apice filamentofae, ball fpinulis duabus termi- y two cavities, at top thready, at bottom termi- 

 nate, deorfum ubi filamentum inferitur ap- t nated by two little fpines, and on the back part 

 pendiculisclavatispluribusinftruclas,^-. 3, 4, j. I where the filament is inferted, furnifhed with 



£ feveral fmall club-fhaped threads or appendages, 



I fg- 3> 4, 5- 



PISTILLUM: Germen ovatum, hirfutulum ; Stylus ¥ PISTILLUM : Germen oval, hirfute ; Style filiform, 



filiformis, in flore nondum explicato fub labio | before the flower opens bent in underneath the 



fuperiore Corollas involutus, poftea Corolla f upper lip of the Corolla ; afterwards longer 



longior ; Stigma capitatum, jig. 6. | than the Corolla ; Stigmata forming a little 



J head, fg. 6. 

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PERICARPIUM: Capsula ovato-oblonga, comprefla, | SEED-VESSEL an oval, oblong, flattifh Capsule, of 



bilocularis, fg. 7. t two cavities, fg. 7. 



SEMINA plurima, albida, ftriata, fg. 8. | SEEDS feveral, whitifh and ltriated, fg. 8. 



This fpecies of Eyebright, which is exceedingly different from the common fort, grows very common in 

 Paftures, fometimes in Corn-fields, and flowers in July and Auguft : it differs very much in fize according 

 to the place it grows in, and is now and then found with white flowers. 



It is not remarked either for its beauty or utility. 



