Euphrasia odontites. Red Eye-bright. 
EUPHRASIA Lmnai Gen. PI. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Reiit Syn . Gen. Herb.® fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalo. 
EUPHRASIA Odontites follis linearibus: omnibus ferratis. Linnai SyJL Fegetab. Sp . Pl. p. 841. PL 
Suecic. p, 2I3. v. 544. 
ODONTITES bra&aiis ferratis hirfutis. Haller . hift. v . 1. p. 134. n. 304. 
EUPHRASIA Odontites. Scopoli FI. Carniol. p. 435. 
EUPHRASIA pratenfis rubra. Bauhin Pin. p. 234. 
EUPHRASIA pratenfis rubra major. Parhinfon 1329. 
CRATiEOGONON Euphrofyne. Ger. emac. 91. Rail Syn. p .* 284. Eye-bright Cow-wheat. Hudfon 
FI. Angi. p. 234. 
RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa, lignea. 
CAULIS ere&us, ramofiffimus, lemipedalis, ad bipeda- 
lem, hirfutus, obtufe quadrangularis. 
ROOT annual, fimple, fibrous, and woody. 
STALK upright, very much branched, from fix inches 
to two feet high, hirfute, and obtufely fquare. 
RAMI cauli fimiles, oppofiti. 
FOLIA alterne oppofita, fefiilia, lineari-lanceolata, re- 
flexa, rariter dentata, hirfutula, venofa, venis 
parvis, fubtus hirfutis. 
BRACTEiE lanceolatas, fubere&se, purpurafcentes. 
FLORES fpicati, fecundi, fpicis apice fubnutantibus, 
CALYX : Perianthium monophyllum, tubulofum, 
quadridentatum, hirfutum, dentibus squali- 
bus, acutis, jig. i . 
BRANCHES like the ftalk and oppofite. 
LEAVES alternately oppofite, feffile, betwixt linear 
and lanceolate, turning back, thinly indented, 
flightly hirfute, veiny, veins few and hirfute 
underneath. 
BRx^CTExiE lanceolate, nearly upright, purplifh. 
FLOWERS growing in fpikes of a red colour, incli- 
ned all one way, the fpikes nodding a little at 
top. 
CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, tubular, qua- 
dridentate, hirfute, the teeth equal and fharp, 
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COROLLA monopetala, ringens, labium fuperius con- 
cavum, fubemarginatum, inferius tripartitum, 
laciniis obtufis, squalibus, fg. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, quorum duo paulo 
breviora, alba; Antherje bilobs, biloculares, 
apice filamentofs, bafi fpinulis duabus termi- 
nats, deorfum ubi filamentum inferitur ap- 
pendiculis clavatis pluribus inftru&ie, _/?§-. 3, 4, 5. 
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PISTILLUM: Germen ovatum, hirfutulum ; Stylus 
filiformis, in flore nondum explicato fub labio 
fuperiore Corolls involutus, poftea Corolla 
longior ; Stigma capitatum, fg. 6. 
PERICxARPIUM : Capsula ovato-Qblonga, comprefla, 
bilocularis, fg. 7. 
SEMINA plurima, albida, ftriata, fg. 8. 
COROLLA monopetalous, gaping, the upper lip con- 
cave and flightly notched in ; the lower lip di- 
vided into three, obtufe, equal l'egments,_/g-, 2. 
STAMINA : four Filaments, two fomewhat longeft, 
white; Anthers compofed of two lobes and 
two cavities, at top thready, at bottom termi- 
nated by two little fpines, and on the back part 
where the filament is inferted, furnifhed with 
feveral fmall club-fhaped threads or appendages, 
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PISTILLUM : Germen oval, hirfute ; Style filiform, 
before the flower opens bent in underneath the 
upper lip of the Corolla ; afterwards longer 
than the Corolla; Stigmata forming a little 
head, fg. 6. 
SEED-VESSEL an oval, oblong, flattifh Capsule, of 
two cavities, fg. 7. 
SEEDS feveral, whitifh and ftriated, 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 grow's in, and is now and then found with white flowers. 
It is not remarked either for its beauty or utility. 
