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PRIMULACE2E. (PRIMROSE FAMILY.) 
site lanceolate entire leaves, which are dotted, like the yellow 
flower, &c., with purplish glands. Flowers small, densely crowd¬ 
ed in stalked spikes or close racemes, from the axils of the middle 
leaves. 
1. N* tliyrsiflora, Reichenb. (Lysimachia thyrsiflora, L. 
L. capitata, Pursh.) — Cold swamps. June. 
6. GLAUX, L. Sea-Milkwort. 
Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft, the lobes ovate, petal-like. Corolla 
wanting. Stamens 5, on the base of the calyx alternate with its 
lobes. Pod 5-valved, few-seeded. — A low fleshy perennial, with 
opposite oblong and entire sessile leaves, and solitary nearly sessile 
(purplish and white) flowers in their axils. (An ancient Greek 
name, from yXavKos, sea-green.) 
1. O* maritima, L. — Sea-coast of New England as far south 
as Cape Cod. June. — A span high, bearing many pairs of leaves. 
Tribe II. ANAGALLIdE^E. The Pimpernel Tribe. 
^ • AI¥ AO AIjIuIS, Tourn. Pimpernel. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla wheel-shaped, with almost no tube, 
5-parted, longer than the calyx, the divisions broad. Stamens 5. 
Pod membranaceous, circumcissile, the top falling off like a lid, 
many-seeded. — Small, spreading or procumbent herbs, with op¬ 
posite or whorled entire leaves, and solitary flowers on axillary 
peduncles. 
1. A, arvensis, L. (Common Pimpernel.) Leaves ovate, 
sessile, shorter than the peduncles; petals obovate, obtuse, fringe 
with minute teeth, longer than the stamens. (J) — Waste sandy 
fields, introduced from Europe. June-Aug. — Flowers variable m 
size, scarlet, sometimes purple, blue or white, quickly closing at the 
approach of bad weather; whence the popular name of “ Poor Man s 
Weather-glass .” 
Tribe IE. SAMOLlSiE. The Water-pimpernel Tribe. 
sAlHOLrS, L. WAter Pimpernel. Brook-weed. 
Calyx 5-cleft, the tube adherent to the base of the ovary. ^°~ 
rolla somewhat bell-shaped, 5-cleft, with 5 sterile filaments in the 
sinuses. Stamens 5, on the tube of the corolla, included. T° d 
