PRIMULACE^E 



were remaining, and in no year did he find any flowers 

 after the middle of June. June is also the month given in 

 the herbarium of the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Associa- 

 tion. 



Mr. Mathews is so very happy in his description of this 

 dainty dweller of the shaded thickets that I cannot refrain 

 from quoting him: "A delicate and interesting little wood- 

 land plant, with a long, horizontal creeping root, which 

 sends upward an almost bare or few scaled thin stem, 

 terminating in a circle of sharp-pointed, lance-leaved, 

 light green leaves, thin, shiny, and tapering to both ends. 

 There are five to nine leaves in the circle, from the centre 

 of which proceed two thread-like stalks, each bearing a 

 fragile, white, star-shaped flower w r ith six to seven pointed 

 divisions. The stamens are long and delicate, with tiny 

 golden anthers." 





PRIMULACE^E 



Scarlet or white 

 June-August 



PRIMROSE FAMILY 

 Anagallis arvensis, L. 



Bird's-tongue, 

 Inn Flower, 

 Eycbright, 

 Shepherd's 

 Delight, 



Poorman's 



Weatherglass, 

 Shepherd's 



Weatherglass, 

 Shepherd's Clock, 

 Poison Chickweed, Wink-a-peek, 

 Scarlet Pimpernel, Shepherd's 

 Red Chickweed, Warning, 



Burnet Rose, Shepherd's 



Red Pimpernel, Sundial. 



Bird's-eye, 



Anagallis: ancient Greek name, probably signifying to 



delight once more. 

 Arvensis: Latin to signify belonging in a field. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: gardens and waste ground 

 everywhere. 



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