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EUPIIK A'SIA*. 
Linnean Class and Order. Dioyxa'mia f, Angiospe'rmiaJ. 
Natural Order. Rhinantha'cEjE, Dec. — Lind!. Introrl. to the 
Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 230 . — Scrophulari'nete, Lindl. Syn. p. 
187. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 434 . — Scrophui.a 'rinas, Loud.Hort. 
Brit. p. 528 . — Pedicula'res, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 99. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 96. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, tubular, cylin- 
drical, ribbed, permanent ; the margin in 4 deep, nearly equal, 
pointed teeth. Corolla (fig. 2.) of 1 petal, ringent, open ; tube as 
long as the calyx, cylindrical ; upper lip slightly concave, with 
several notches ; lower lip spreading, divided into 3, more or less 
unequal, obtuse, cloven, or inversely heart-shaped, lobes. Fila- 
ments (fig. 4.) thread-shaped, directed towards the upper lip. An- 
thers incumbent, large, of 2 roundish lobes, pointed at the base, the 
points of the lower anthers elongated into straight bristly spines. 
Germen (fig. 3.) egg-shaped. Style (fig. 3.) thread-shaped, as long 
as the stamens. Stigma blunt, undivided. Capsule (fig. 5.) 
oblong, blunt, compressed, emarginate, (notched at the summit,) of 
2 cells and 2 membranous valves. Seeds (figs. 6 and 7.) several, 
very small, elliptical, compressed, furrowed or striated on each 
side. 
The 4-cleft calyx ; spinous anthers ; 2-celled capsule ; and 
furrowed or striated seeds ; will distinguish this from other genera 
in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
EUPHRA'SIA OFFICINA'LIS. Common Eyebright. 
Spec. Char. Leaves egg-shaped, furrowed, sharply toothed. 
Eng. Bot. t. 1416.— Curt. FI. Fond, t.335. — Linn. Sp. FI. p. 841. — Muds. FI. 
Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 269. — VYoodv. Med. Bot. Suppl. t. 220. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii, 
p. 650. Eng. FI. v. iii. p. 122. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 728. — Cray’s Nat. Arr. 
v. ii. p. 309 — Lindl. Syn. p. 191. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 283. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. 
p.323. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 192. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 134 — Furt. Midi. FL 
v. i. p. 289.— Relit. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p. 250. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 186. — 
Grev. FI. Edin. p. 135. — Bev. G. E. Smith's FI. of S. Kent, p. 32. — FL Devon, 
pp. 103 & 147. — Johnston’s FI. of Berwick v. i. p. 135. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 
174. — Euphrasia, Kay’s Syn. p. *284. — Johnson's Gerarde, p. 663. 
Localities. — On heaths, downs, and in mountainous meadows, and pastures. 
Common. 
Annual. — Flowers from June to September. 
Root fibrous and whitish. Stem from 1 to 6 inches high, upright, 
square, leafy, downy, either simple or branched. Leaves sessile, 
almost entirely opposite, small, egg-shaped, downy, strongly ribbed 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. Germen, Style, and Stigma.— Fig. 
4. Stamens. — Fig. 5. Capsule. — Figs. 6 & 7. Seed. — All, except fig. 6, more or 
less magnified. 
* From Euphrosyne, Gr. expressive of joy and pleasure ; in allusion to its 
properties. Dr. Hooker. 
F See Latnium album, p. 31. note -fi. 
t From aggos, Gr. a vessel, and sperma, Gr. a seed ; the seeds in this order 
of the Linnean class Didynamia being enclosed in a seed-vessel. It contains 
the Persondtrc (masked flowers) of Lin.n.eus ; and most of the Pediculares 
and Scrophxddria: of Jussieu. 
