206 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
The leaves at the upper part have no stalks, and are soft and 
downy ; lower leaves on long foot-stalks. The whole plant 
smooth to the touch, and dull green. Fruit very rough. The 
large seeds are covered with spikes, so that they adhere to 
everything passing by at the time they are ripe, and thus are 
wonderfully distributed. Another species, found in the 
middle and eastern counties of England, but rarely, has more 
shining leaves, which are also of a brighter colour. It is 
called C. sylvaticum, Green-leaved Hound’s-tongue. 
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PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
COROLLIFLOREX. PRIMULACE. 
ANAGALLIS. (PiIMpPERNEL.) 
Generic Character. Calyx divided into five. Corolla wheel- 
shaped, no tube. Stamens hairy. Seed-vessel round, with many 
seeds. 
ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS. Scarlet Pimpernel. This flower, 
under the name of Poor Man’s Weather-glass, is well known, 
and its pretty, bright red flowers may be found in corn-fields, 
shrubberies, &c., from this time for several months. The 
flower is occasionally found blue and sometimes white, but 
these are only varieties, not new species. The leaves are 
