Samolus.] PRIMULACE^. 195 



bent; corolla minutely notched. Br. Fl. 1. p. 87. E.Fl.v.'u 

 p. '280. E. Rot. t. 529. 



Corn fields and sandy commons, frequent. Fl. June, July. 0. — 

 Flowers bright scarlet, sometimes purplish pink when growing on 

 sandy grounds, as is the case at Portmarnock where it is very abun- 

 dant. 



2. A. ccerulea, Schreb. Blue Pimpernel. Leaves ovate, 

 sessile, dotted beneath ; margins of the corolla toothed, scarcely 

 at all glandulose. Br. Fl. Up. 87. E. Fl. v. up. 280. E. Bot. 

 t. 1823. 



Corn fields near Warrenpoint, below Newry, where it was first 

 pointed out to me in 1816, by Mrs. Lyne. Fl. June, July. Q. — 

 Nearly allied to the last. 



3. A. tenella, Linn. Boy Pimpernel. Leaves roundish, 

 somewhat pointed, stalked ; stem creeping; stigma acute. Br. 

 Fl. 1. p. 89. E. Fl. v. i. p. 281. E. Bot. t. 530. 



Wet mossy bogs and moist sandy places, frequent. Plentiful at 

 Portmarnock, Howtb, Glencree and other places near Dublin. Island 

 Magee, and near Bangor; Mr. Templeton and Mr. Campbell. Fl. 

 July, Aug. %. — A beautiful little plant, growing in large tufts. Flowers 

 rose-colour, somewhat bell-shaped, on slender stalks. 



•j- Somewhat allied to Primidacece. 

 7. Samolus. Linn. Brook-weed. 



Calyx half superior. Corolla somewhat campanulate, 5-lobed. 

 Stamens 5, bearing anthers, and opposite the segments of the 

 limb ; five sterile, and alternate. Capsule half inferior, 

 ovate, half 5-valved, 1-celled. Placenta central, loose. Seeds 

 numerous, fixed by one end, albuminous. Embryo included; 

 radicle next the umbilicus. — Name, some say from the island 

 Samos, where Valerandus a botanist of the sixteenth cen- 

 tury, is said to have gathered our Samolus Valerandi. 

 Others, as Theis, from San, salutary, and mos, a hoy in 

 Celtic, because it was used by the ancients for the curing of 

 diseases in hogs. Penlandria. Monogynia. 



1. S. Valerandi, Linn. Common Brook-weed. Leaves 



obovate, obtuse ; clusters corymbose, many-flowered ; bracteas 



solitary, in the middle of each partial stalk. Br. Fl. 1. p. 98. 



E. Fl. v. i. p. 323. E. Bot. t. 703. 



Marshy and watery places, especially in a gravelly soil. Fl. July. 



%. — Stem 8 — 10 inches high, rounded, glabrous, as well as the 



ovate, subpetiolate, and entire fleshy leaves. Flowers small, white. 



Calyx small, 5-cleft, persistent ; the segments surmounting the rounded 



capsule. 



