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Show BRITISH GHEeNU UM HERBAL, The Sx EYEBRIGHT.' EVP A RNAS BO. hes very much to the labiated fhape : it is WHE flower Corififts of a fingle petal, and approac hollow andin- plain: the upper lip is forteinto 4 tube arid two lips’; the tubé is fhort and the cup fegments, and thefe are equal in fize, and obtufe’: three e into d divid is lip lower the dénted; fegments; andthe feed-vefiel is oblong, oval, unequal four into divided piece, finglé a of is compofed and compreéfied. his didynamia angiofpermias the flowers having four threads, two longer, Linttaus places this among ule. feeds being contained in a-capf and two fhorter ; atid the DL VSI ON Boos bedSikdon 4. Common Fyebright. Euphrafia.v and furThe root is long, white, flender, nifhed with numerous fibres. a deep The ftalk is round, firm, erect, of inches green, very much branched, and eight eat high. “Phe leaves are placed in pairs, and they have no footitalks: they ftand very thick, and they very are fhort, broad, deeply ferrated, and of a dark greéfi, but of a bright and flefhy 'furface. The flowers are large, and» white, variegated i Hh Hie with afew dots: they ftand in the bofoms of the leavés, principally toward the tops of the ftalks, and are very pretty; their bright whitenefs, and the deep green of the teft of the plafit, making a pretty contraft to one another. The ‘eed-veftel is oblong, and the feeds are very fmall. Yt ‘is. comrhon in our hilly meadows, and flowers in Atguft. C. Bauhine calls it Eapbhrafia oficinarum. Oia. thers, Exphrafia vulgaris, ot, fimply, Luphraf Byebvight ig famous againft diforders of the eyes. {hn conimon inflammations of the eyes the cufftom is to ufe the frefh exprefled juice by way of a collyfiam, wafhing them twice a day withit, and wearing piece offilk over thém. Tn worfe diforders the whole herb, dried and powdered, and taken for many months, half a dram twicéa day, is recorded to have done great ferviee. There ate actounts that feém well attefted of people reftored to fight by it The ‘diftilled water is recommended by fome for the fame purpofes, but that haslittle virtue. 8 BBaCi Fj B 8. edges, and pointed at the ends: they have no footftalks, and ate at firft of a brownith green colour, and ‘afterwards brownifh or redifh, with very little green: the whole plant, when it has ftood fome time, frequently becomes purple. The flowers are fmall, and of a dufkyred: they are very numerous, and ftand in the bofoms of the leaves all the way up the ftalk. The feed-vefiél is oblong, and larger at one end than the other: the feeds are very {mall and brown. It is frequent in dry paftures, and on barren and heathy groufid. ‘It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Eupbrafia pratenfis rubra, J. Bauhine, Eupbrafia parvo purpurea; and the coinmon writers, Crateogonon eupbrofine, fup- pofing fome refemblance in it to the cow-wheat, to’ be hereafter défcribed:’ It is alfo called in Englith, Bytbright cow-wheat. BRET] Sik The flowers rife fingly from the bofoms of Dol-Vel:S, 150) Nie TE HO RE PCN 1. Narrow-leaved yellow Eyebright. Euphrafia anguftifolia flava, Aé~ +f The root’is {mall, long, and furnifhed with a few fibres: it is whitifh, woody, and crooked. Theftalk is angulated or ridged, and appears fquare: itis flender, but firm, upright, branched, and a foot and half high. The toot is long, flender, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. The ftalk is round, upright, and hard, but brittle: it is very much branched, and eight or ten inches high, of a purplifh colour ufually, fomietimes of a pale green, anda little hairy. The feaves are placed in pairs, and have no footftalks: they are broad, fhort, and indented fharply at the edges: their colour is an ath or greyith green, but they have a gloffy fubftance, like thofe of the commoneyed ight. The flowers are fmall, and of a deep purple: they grow fret the bofoms of the leaves all the way up the ftalks from the middle to the top. The feed-veffels are oblong, and largeft at the ftand in pairs without foorftalks, and are of a dufky green, dented at the edges and fharppointed. The flowers are’ very numerous: they fland in long, clofe feries all up the’ tops of the branches, and are fmall, and of a gold yellow. The feed-veflel is oval, ‘but oblong ; and the feeds are {mall and whitith. It is frequent in Italy and Spain; and flowers in Avuguft. C, Bauhine calls it Euphrafia pratenfis lutea. Columa, Euphrafia lutea montana anguftifolia altera. Euphrofia flore rubro. The root is very flender, white, longifh, crooked, and furnifhed with numerous fibres, The ftalk is round, firm, redifh, fomewhat branched, and of a purplith colour. The leaves ‘ftahd alternately, and have no footftalks : they are very narrow; and undivided at the edges till they come toward the end, where they are broader than in any other part, and have two notches oppofite to one another, which give the tip of the leaf a three-pointed appearance. din the bofoms of the leaves \ 2 tops of the ftalks: theyare f a whitifh red. GY EN The root is fhort, crooked, woody, whitifh, and furnifhed with a fewfibres, The ftalk is round, firm, upright, of a is not common. MEL C, Bauhine calls it Teucrium puro caerulea. Ray, Euphrafia 3. Lowpurple Eyebright: flore rubra. This is a very fmall, but fingular and pretty fpecies. The root is fmall, oblong, divided, and hung about with many fibres. The ftalk is angulated, “fhort, redifh, and fomewhat hairy: it is feldom at all branched, andis about four inches high. The leaves ftand in pairs, and have no footftalks: they are fhort, broad, and very deeply indented, in fuch a manner that they refemble the fingered leaves of thofe plants which have them divided down. to the bafe into narrow and long fegments. plant, and purple. Thefeed-veffels are large, and the feeds whitith. It is a native of Italy, and flowers in May. C, Bauhinecalls it Euphrafia pratenfis latifolia Italica, Columna, Eupbrafi olia pratenfis. Thefe feveral fpecies agree in virtues with the common Englifh kind, and are in the fame degree of eftimation there that ours is here, This ‘plant bruifed and laid upon the eyes in cafes of inflammations is a fpeedy remedy, They throw a large quantity of it into their wine as it is making, andkeep it for old mens drinking, to preferve their fight. They alfo eat the young fhoots andtops of thefeveral fpecies among their fallading for the fame purpofe. Us AIL COW-WHEAT. It is a native of our northern counties, but ZCLL, 10h The feed-veffels are oblong, and the feeds are fmall. It is a native of Italy, and flowers in Augutt. Linnzus calls it Euphrofiafoliis inearibus tricufpidatis. The flowers are large for the bignefs of the 2. Eyebright, with three-pointed leaves, bafe; and the feeds are large.and whitith. 2. Purple Eyebright. |§ Pah iG.1-E 3: The leaves are long, and very narrow: they 7 Eupbrajfia foliis brevibus. 123 high: its colour is ufually a pale green, for - | theleaves all the way up to the top-part of the times redith; and it is lightly hairy, and ver | ftalk; and they are large andyellow. much branched. The feed-vefiel is oblong, and the feeds are The leaves growirregularly: fome toward the very {mall and redith. lower part of the ftalk generally ftand in pairs, It is a native of Cornwal, and of the ifland of but the greater part alternately: they have no | Jerfey ; and flowers in July. footftalks : they are broad, oblong, large, of a J. Bavhine calls it Criffe galli affinis planta dufky green, and rough furface; dented at the Romana, feu Crifte galli major Itelica. Ray, Exedges, and pointedat the ends. Phrafia major lutea latifolia paluftris. Euphrafia faliis tricufpidatis. « la lO f 3. Short-leaved Eyebright. HERBAL, AM PY RUM. a fingle petal, and approaches to the Jabiated fhape: it is formed into z vibus obtufs. e tube is long and crooked; the upper lip is galeated, flatted, and niped at the edges: the lower lip is divided into three:equal ibluntifegments, and purplifh colour, confiderably branched, and eight 4. GrteatMeaved Eyebright. or ten inches high. ‘The leaves ftand in pairs, and are very fre- Eupbhrafia major latifolia. querit upon the ftalk, except toward the bottom, where for three inches ‘it is generally naked: _ The root is long, flender, white, and furnifhed with a few fibres, they are longifh, narrow, Sharply ferrated at the The ftalk is round, upright, firm, and a foot ightly divided into four fegments: the feed-veffel is oblong, flatted, and high : is among the di, r: and th ingio(permia , the threads in each flowerbeing four ; two s contained in a-capfule, 2 Divi. |