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ovate, without stalks, and curiously dotted beneath. It de- 
rives its name of Poor Man’s Weather-glass, or Shepherd’s 
Barometer, from the corolla closing before rain. It, 
however, always closes soon after mid-day, though the sun 
may be still shining, 
ANAGALLIS TENELLA. Bog Pimpernel. <A_ beautiful 
little plant not flowering so early as the last, but in perfec- 
tion in July and August. It grows on wet mossy bogs, 
with fine creeping stems, and small roundish leaves. Flowers 
pink or rose-coloured, striped with a darker shade; of an 
elegant form, and on long foot-stalks. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
COROLLIFLORAZ. PRIMULACES. 
HOTTONIA. (Warsr-Viozet.) 
Generic Character. Calyx divided into five almost to the base. 
Corolla salver-shaped, with a short tube. Stamens inserted at 
the mouth of the tube. 
Horronta patustris. Water-violet, or Feather-foil. An 
aquatic plant, the large handsome pale-purple, or white 
flowers rising above the surface. ‘The leaves are very much 
divided, like a bunch of green threads, and all under 
