BARTSIA

(Lat.), n. f. Ba®rt’si?-a3. Named for J. Bartsch, a Pru ian physician. » bartsie. Ger., Bartsia, Bartschir. A genus of scrophularia ceo us herbs of the tribe Euphrasieæ, established by Linnæus. [B, 212.]—B. imbricata [Lapeyrouse]. A variety of the Euphrasia officinal is. [B, 180, 214.|—B. odontites [Hudson]. Ger., rother Augentrost. Syn.: Odontites rubra [Bentham] (seu serotina [Boi ier| Beehrasia odontites [Linnæus] (seu rubra [Per so on]). A s, ies indigenous to Cashmere and growing throughout northern and central Asia and in Europe; a low annual. The entire plant (herb a euphrasiæ rubræ) was formerly employed in toothache and in menorrhagia. {B, 180, 212.]