limply Eyebright ; the other, E.odon- 
tites t or Red Eyebright. As the firft 
was to cure difeafes of the eyes, fo 
the latter, as I fuppofe from the fpe- 
cific name, was deemed a remedy for 
thofe of the teeth. They are eafily 
diftinguifhed. Of the officinalis the 
flowers are generally white or pur- 
plifhj the flalk purple and about 5 
or 6 inches long; the leaves, oval in 
pairs with very fharp teeth. Of the 
cdontites, the flowers are flefhcolour, 
in lateral fpikes; the flem green, 
much branched, ten or twelve inches 
long; the leaves are lance-fhaped, 
thinly indented and moft of them 
purple. 
Orchis, No. 12. I fhould imagine, that 
t ^ ie moment y u beheld this beauti- 
ful purple flower, you were ftruck 
with a family refemblance to a plant 
which you examined two months 
ago. It is indeed of the fame genus 
with the Orchis morio, which we met 
with near Impington, in the month 
of May. This is called Orchis pyra- 
midalis, Pyramidal Orchis, which ap- 
pellation. 
