bartsia

[Named by Linnæus after a friend of his, Dr. John Bartsch, M.D., a Pru ian botanist.] Botany: A genus of plants belonging to the order Scrophulariaceæ, or Figworts. The calyx is four-cleft; there is no lateral compre ion of the upper lip of the corolla, whilst the lower lip has three equal reflexed lobes. Three species occur in Britain: the Bartsia odontites, or Red Bartsia, which has reddish purple pubescent flowers, and is common; B. viscosa, or Yellow Viscid Bartsia; and B. alpina, Alpine Bartsia, which has large, deep purplish-blue flowers. * băr'-û (1), s. [BARROW (1).]