PAINTED CUP; a genus of the angiolpermia order, belonging to the didynamia class of plants. Of this there are two species: the viticola, or marlily; and the alpina. The first, called also yellow marsh cypri bright, was found by Mr Lightfoot in bogs and marlily 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.