48 Class V. Order L 



An erect, downy plant, exhaling an unpleasant odour. Stem 

 about two feet high, round, hairy. Reaves covered on both 

 sides with a grayish down, lanceolate, entire, somewhat waved, 

 the lower ones petioled, upper ones sessile, clasping, inclining 

 to an oblong heart shap^e. Flowers in several racemes, which 

 are recurved at the end. Calyx downy. Corolla dull purple. 

 Seeds furnished with small hooks serving for their dispersion. 

 Road side. Charlestown. June. Biennial. 



55. ANAGALLIS. 

 ANAG-ALLIS ARVENSIS. L. Scarlet Pimpernel* 



Leaves ovate, dotted beneath; stem procum- 

 bent. Sm. 



An humble but very delicate flower. Stem square, pro- 

 cumbent. Leaves ovate, covered on the under side with pur- 

 ple dots. Flowers on axillary footstalks, bright scarlet. Cap- 

 sule spherical, bursting crosswise, a character at any time as- 

 certained by pressing it. In England it has received the name 

 of" Poor man's weather glass," from the circumstance that the 

 flowers close in bad weather, being very sensible to changes of 

 the air. Common at South Boston. rJune and after. Annual. 



56. LYSIMACHIA. 

 LYSIMACHIA CILIATA. L. Heart leaved Loosestrife. 



Leaves opposite, heart-oval, petioles ciliated, 

 flowers chiefly in pairs, drooping. 



This Lysimachia is distinguishable from the subsequent 

 species by its broader leaves obtuse at base, and its larger flow- 

 ers. Rises from one to two feet in height, gives off opposite, 

 dblong, pointed leaves somewhat heart shaped at base. Leaf 

 stalks fringed with hairs. Flowers usually in pairs, yellow, as 

 are all the following species, on simple axillary peduncles, 

 drooping ; petals crenate, acuminate. -Grows on Lynn beach, 

 island. June Julv. Perennial. 



