and furrowed, serrated or indented, teeth pointed. Flowers axil- 
lary, solitary, very abundant, inodorous, forming a leafy spike, or 
raceme at the tops of the branches and stem. Calyx (fig. 1.) angu- 
lar, hairy, four-toothed, teeth nearly equal, spear-shaped, pointed. 
The Corolla (fig. 2.) varies much in size as well as colour, being 
commonly white, with deep purple streaks, and a yellowish palate. 
Anthers violet or brown, armed with 2 spines at the base. Germen 
(fig. 3.) a little hairy at the top. Style pubescent on the upper 
part ; stigma fringed, with very minute glands round the edge. 
Capsule (fig. 5.) 4-cornered at the bottom, compressed above, 
slightly notched at the end, a little hairy towards the top, and 
marked with black dots. Seeds few, somewhat angular, thin at the 
edges, strongly striated, or furrowed, at the sides. Sir J. E. Smith 
informs us that on the mountains of Scotland there is a more slen- 
der variety, with smaller but more richly tinted blossoms ; and that 
a dwarf, large-flowered, more purple variety, is common on the 
Alps. 
“ No gems,” says the Rev. Gerard Edwards Smith, in his 
pleasing little work above referred to ; “ No gems can equal this 
brilliant and lasting ornament of the turf. When Summer, with 
her gay companions, has deserted the woods and the fields, when 
the completion of the harvest has robbed the landscape of its richer 
features, the grassy downs are still glowing with the tufted Eu- 
phrasia, which scattered around, yet reminds us, by its beautifully 
varied white, of snow, a chill, though beneficial attendant of ap- 
proaching winter. Its whiteness is tastefully varied with purple 
and pale yellow ; as a hint, which though unwelcome, is kindly 
and delicately conveyed.” 
Eyehright is a weak astringent, and was formerly in much 
repute as a specific ophthalmic. Mr. Lightfgot informs us, that 
the Highlanders in Scotland make an infusion of it in milk, and 
anoint the patient’s eyes with a feather dipped in it ; and, accord- 
ing to Dr. Hooker, it is still much used in rustic practice as a 
remedy for diseases of the eye. Milton, who most probably 
from his own misfortune, had been induced to use this plant, 
makes the Archangel Michael employ it, to remove the film from 
the eyes of our first parents occasioned by eating the forbidden 
fruit : — 
“ But to nobler sights 
Michael from Adam’s eyes the film lemov’d, 
Which that false fruit that promis'd clearer sight 
Had bred ; then purg’d with Euphrasy and rue 
The visual nerve, for he had much to see.” 
It is, however, neglected by the faculty ; and even thought by 
some to be injurious, at least in inflammations of the eyes ; a friend 
of Lobel’s is said nearly to have lost his eyesight by the use of 
it. “ In such contrariety of sentiment,” says Mr. Curtis, “ it will, 
perhaps, be most prudent not to lay too much stress on so doubtful 
a remedy.” It is supposed to be an ingredient in Rowley’s 
British Herb Tobacco. 
Cows, horses, goats, and sheep eat it, swine refuse it. Uredo 
Rhinanthacedrum of Dr. Greville’s Flora Edinensis, is common 
on the leaves and stems of this, and some other plants of the 
natural family Rhinanthacece, about Oxford. 
