BARTSIA, PAINTED CUP : A genus of the angiospermia order, belonging to the didynamia class of plants ; and in the natural method ranking under the 40th order, Personate. The calyx is bilobous, emarginated and coloured ; the corolla less coloured than the calyx, with its upper lip longer than the under one. The viscous or marshy, called also yellow marsh eye-bright, was found by Mr Lightfoot in bogs and marshy places about Loch-Goyl, near Loch-Long in the district of Cowal in Argyleshire. The plant is about ten or twelve inches high, with an erect stalk downy and unbranched : the leaves are sessile, spear-shaped, and a little viscous ; the flowers are yellow, and the plant dries black. It is likewise found in marshy places in Cornwall in England. The alpina, or mountain eye-bright cow-wheat, hath heart-shaped leaves placed opposite, and bluntly serrated, with purple blossoms in leafy spikes. It is likewise a native of Britain, and is found near rivulets in hilly countries. Sheep and goats eat it. There are two other species.
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