PRIMULACEJE. 247 ANAGALLIS. 



1 — 2 feet high, bearing at top a regular, cylindric or conical raceme, 6—8 

 inches long. Peduncles an inch in length, quite spreading, each with a 

 subulate bract at base. Stamens 2 long and 3 short, united at base. Flowers 

 yellow, spotted with purple. Capsules 5-.seeded. After flowering it throws 

 out bulblets from the axils of the leaves, which' will produce new plants the 

 following spring. July. Per. Upright Loosestrife. 



3. L. cilia'ta. 



Flowers nodding; peduncles chiefly in pairs; /ertres cordate-ovate, opposite; 

 petioles ciliate. A handsome species, larger than the foregoing, found in 

 gravelly soils, and near rivulets. Root creeping. Stem somewhat 4- sided, 

 2 — 3 feet high, simple or with a few opposite branches. Leaves large, pointed, 

 somewhat cordate at base, on petioles fringed wnth cilese, the upper ones ap- 

 parently quaternate. Flowers large, yellow, axillary. Stamens inserted into 

 a ring, nearly equal, with 5 alternate and intermediate rudimentary filaments 

 or teeth. July. Per. Heart-leaved Loosestrife. 



4. L. hy'brida. 



Flowers nodding ; peduncles axillary ; corolla crenulate ; leaves opposite, 

 lanceolate, petiolate, acute at each end ; petioles ciliate ; stem smooth, 1 — 2 

 feet high, somewhat branched. Grows in swamps. Its stem and flowers 

 resemble those of L. ciliata, from which species it is chiefly distinguished by 

 its narrower, lanceolate, never cordate leaves, and its more numerous and 

 leafy branches, each of which bears a whorl of 4 leaves and 4 flowers at the 

 end. Stamens with intermediate processes. Jl. Per. Hybrid Loosestrife. 



5. L. QUADRIFO'LIA. 



Peduncles 1-flowered, a-xillary, in 43 ; haves verticillate, in 4s and Ss, sub- 

 sessile, oval, acuminate, punctate ; segments of the corolla oval, entire, often 

 obtuse. Grows in low grounds, on river banks, &c. Stem 16 inches high, 

 somewhat hairy, simple, with many whorls of 4—5 leaves, each bearing a 

 flower-stalk in its axil. Corolla yellow with purple lines. Stamens unequal, 

 united at base into a short tube. Anth. purple. Jn. Per. Four-leaved Loosestrife. 



4. ANAGA'LLIS. 



Corolla rotate, deeply 5-cleft; stamens 5, hirsute; capsule 

 globose, circumscissile. 



Gr. a,vct.yi\a,ci), to laugh ; from its reputed medicinal eflicacy in expelling 

 hypochondria. Herbs with square stems and opposite leaves. Fls. solitary, 

 axillary. Cal. deeply cleft in 5 acute, spreading seg. perm. Fil. shorter than 

 cor. erect, slender. Anth. cordate. Slig. capitate. Sds. numerous. 



A. arve'nsis. 



Stem procumbent; 1 eaves oxvLie, sessile, dotted beneath ; segments of coroZ/a 

 crenate-glandular. Stem square, G inches high, branching, with sessile leaves 

 and small but beautiful scarlet-colored flowers in their axils. Capsules 

 globular 1-celled, splitting across into 2 valves. Corolla scarlet, throat pur- 

 ple. A beautiful trailing plant in sandy fields, &c. It has been called " the 

 poor man's weather-glass"; for its flowers either do not open, or close up 

 again in wet weather, being affected by the moisture of the atmosphere. In 

 fair weather its flowers open at about 8 o'clock, A. M., and close <igain at 2 

 P. M. ; whence it also serves as one of Flora's timepieces. Flowers in the 

 summer months. Per. Scarlet Pimpernel. 



