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FLOWERS OF THE BOGS AND MARSHES 



The stems arc prostrate, ascendiiiL; at the ti[) and rootini;' at 

 intervals, creeping;, numerous, round or square, smooth, branched 

 with purplish joints. The lea\es are op[)osite, nearh' stalkless or but 

 shortly stalked, small, egg-shaped, entire, smooth. The flowers are 

 pink, large, borne on simple, erect, finally turned-back flower-stalks, 

 I -flowered, in the a.xils of the leaves. The flowers are bell-shaped, 

 large, with dark veins. The caly.x is shorter than the corolla and 

 dotted with red. The corolla is wheel-shaped or iLinncl-shaped. The 



Bog Pimpernel (Anm^allis lem-llo, Murr. ) 



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anther-Stalks are connected below. The capsule opens by a transverse 

 fissure in the centre. The cells where the capsule opens are linear and 

 loose, but larger, more rounded elsewhere. The seeds are brown, 

 flattened on one side, and toothed. 



Bog Pimpernel flowers from August to September. The height is 

 about 3 in. It is perennial, propagated by division, and worth culti- 

 vating. 



The flower is similar in form to that of Scarlet Pimpernel, but red 

 or pink with darker veins. The anther-stalks are united at the base 

 forming a cylinder, the flower campanulate, and rather large, the corolla 

 is wheel-shaped and erect, and the anther-stalks are very hairy, filling 

 the corolla, to prevent the honey from being spoilt by rain. The 



