«l»l%M(cietl4*t. 



V^"H 



'i«(l, M<4i -sio HiA ^ai^n (Dr. Watt) Micti'ft 

 Ai<K<l>ti c-ixJl ^.--"Used to intoxicate 

 fish and to expel leeches from the 

 nostrils, in cerebral aflfections, leprosy, 

 hydrophobia, dropsy, epilepsy and mania. 

 Formerly it was used in Europe in 

 epilepsy, mania, hysteria, delirium, 

 enlargement of the liver, spleen, dropsy, 

 emaciation, stone, the plague, bites 

 of serpents and mad animals and in 

 numerous other diseases. 



Said to be poisonous to doys, pro- 

 ducing inflammation of the stomach." 



V9-^^Wi-«iS, 3isn (Lucerne) ^I'^lt^fl, JjcAl 



545125 ^ihm vitmi su«H «l«l »l(Al\J^ aHi<l <vct( (&?l. 



Al^ «HH HIH 6. 5iri( ^st svlrti [aiTt Jl«vt »IIH S. 

 «U4. ^ll^'H 5HI RH eivl d 1:- 



''The generic name is derived from 

 [ ] again, and [ ] to make 



glorious, or to cause mirth, from its 

 fabled virtue to remove sadness. This 

 name was most probably suggested from 

 the beauty of the flowers, or from the 

 fact that as the sun rises and sets, so 

 the sparkling Anagallis opens and 

 closes, hence the popular name Poor- 

 man's weather-glass." 



aH^lH 3tl(4m «i^<n <viiii^ & V From 

 anagelao-to laugh again; to cheer the 

 spirits." sHWm ^ rilH aniM'HlMi »il^^ d. 



**This is the common pimpernel, or 

 shepherd's weather-glass. It is found 

 occasionally in the Deccan in moist 

 places, and is common in the Pashan 



valley and in the S. Ghats. But it is 

 the blue flowered variety, comparatively 

 rare in England, which is oftenest 

 found. The only representative of the 

 Primrose order found in W. India 

 seems to be rather a doubtful native, 

 and is at all events, much better known 

 at home.'' 



Kv^lii \w\^\.\ Im^'W •>\%>{ (mP^misi 



( C-tM'll^'il 31ct M^M fMH »i^ ^^'><K1 ) iiiriiitt 

 «l^«H \mh\ ( *The flowers of the field ) 



"There is another little herb, very 

 common in our garden-plots in the 

 cold weather, and very common in 

 England also, whose Gujar^ti name I 

 cannot discover. In England we call 

 it the Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). 

 It rejoices my heart Avhen I see it here 

 in flower, every year, in January and 

 February. The only difference between 

 our pimpernel and the English one 

 is that the latter is commonly red, 

 while ours is always blue. (The English 

 anagallis is sometimes blue also.-c. m.) 

 It is a little cosmopolitan of the ve- 

 getable world as the sparrow is among 

 birds. You may know it by its flower- 

 stalks curving inwards and downwards 

 as soon as its flowers wither." 



tSl<Hi ^Wm ^H^il R=HR S«U^ $ |:-"The 

 Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) 

 to waken at seven and close soon 

 after two." 



Ml-N. 0. SAPOTACE^. 



• Common Thoughts on serious subjects.- 

 by the late Chester Macnaghten, M. A. Prin- 

 cipal Rajkumar College. Rajkote (Kattiawad). 



t British Wild Flowers Relation to Insects,- 

 (sleep of flowers) Sir John Lobbock. 



