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Scrophulariace®. 
E. officinalis. Caps. gen. as long or longer than the Is. 
Teeth of the Is gen. 1—3, those of the lower Is obtuse 
(with a broadly rounded terminal one), those of the 
upper Is acute, rarely (v. subaristata) acuminate with a 
short awn, or, in a very small high alpine form (v. minor 
Jord.) all obtuse. Yaried: pi. glabr. or more or less 
covered with a short pubescence.—Alp. and Jura. G.! 
W.! V.! B.! J.! A.! . . . minima Jacq. 1686. 
— Lower lip of the cor. never entirely yellow, upper lip 
white or tinted with violet, or cor. entirely violet. Caps 
gen. shorter than the Is. Teeth 3—5 on each side. Type 
of E. nemorosa . . . . . . .11 
11. Teeth of the upper Is acuminate, but without or with 
a short awn. Racemes gen. lax. FIs small. Capsules emar- 
ginate at the top. Stem branchy, especially about the 
middle, with rather spreading branches. E. rigidula Jord. 
—Yaried: with dense racemes and thick stem; teeth 
less acuminate (v. nitidula Reut.), and slender stems, 
lax racemes and capsules as long as, or longer than, the 
Is (v. macilenta = E. gracilis Gren. ?) —Pasturages, wood- 
sides, often with E. officinalis; G.! Y.! Neuchatel! Bern! 
Thurgau! Scliaffh.! the var. nitidula hitherto only in 
the Jura. 7, 8 . . . . nemorosa H. Mart. 1687. 
— Teeth of the middle and upper Is acuminate with a 
more or less long, capillary awn. Racemes dense (es¬ 
pecially towards the top). Capsules truncate or rounded 
at the top. FIs often rather larger than in the last. 
Stem gen. branchy from the base, with long, almost 
erect branches, and often bearing fls from the base 
upwards. Ls and cal. almost or entirely glabr. as in 
the last. E. aristata Favr. Grml., E. pectinata Ten.?— 
b. majalis Jord.! (stricta Schl. sec. Favrat). Ls light 
green, the fl.-ls broader, with more spreading teeth; 
racemes shorter. PI. often rather hairy, earlier, often 
with a simple stem.— As the last, but probably only in 
southern and south-western Switz. Tess.! Wall.! Geneva! 
b. Tess ! Wall.! 7, 8 . . ericetorum Jord. 1688. 
OBS. E. minima-salisburgensis according to Jiiggi on Pilatus ; E. erice¬ 
torum-sal isburgensis? Cheseret, Canton Valid (Favrat!). 
432. Lathraea. Lathraea. XIY, 29. 
1. The whole pi. whitish, with a rosy tint. Raceme uni¬ 
lateral, drooping at the top before flowering.—Parasitic 
on the rts of various trees with decid. ls; here and 
there (wanting in G.). 4 . . squamaria L. 1689. 
