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lobes mucronatc ; the lower anther-lobes of the shorter stamens 
with the nuuTo often produced into an awn. Capsule oblong, 
compressed, obtuse or notched, opening loculicidally by 2 entire 
or bifid valves. Seeds very numerous and very minute, fusiform, 
striated. 
Small annuals or perennials, with branched stems and opposite 
leaves. Flowers in dense or interrupted spikes. 
The name of this genus of plants comes from evtypaaui (euphrasia), hilarity, in 
allusion to its reputed power of restoring impaired vision. 
SPECIES I— EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS. Linn. 
Plates DCCCCXCI. DCCCCXCII. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCXXXI. MDCCXXXIL 
Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 02. 
Annual. Leaves ovate or lanceolate; the lower ones inciso- 
crenate-serrate or crenate-serrate. Bracts leaflike, inciso-serrate. 
Calyx with the lobes narrowly-lanceolate, nearly equal. Corolla 
with the lobes of the upper lip spreading, those of the lower lip 
cmarg-inate. Capsule oblong, sub-truncate, slightly emarginate. 
Anthers pilose, mucronate, the two shorter ones with the inner 
cells produced into a long awn at the base. 
Var. a, genuina. 
Plate DCCCCXCI. 
E. officinalis, Fries, Sum. Veg. Scand. pp. 19, 195. 
Bracts ovate or ovate-triangular, rounded or subcordate at the 
base ; lower lip of the corolla longer than, or at least equalling, 
the tube. 
Var. 3, gracilis. 
Plate DCCCCXCII. 
E. gracilis, Fries, Mant. III. p. 62 ; Sum. Veg. Scand. pp. 19, 195. 
Bracts sub-rhomboidal, wedgeshaped at the base. Lower lip 
of the corolla shorter than the tube. Plant with the branches 
more slender and rigid than in var. a. 
In meadows, pastures, heaths, &c. Very common, and generally 
distributed. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Summer 
and Autumn. 
Stem 1 or 2 inches to 18 inches high, wiry, copiously branched 
