720 Primulaceae. 
1020. (1.) Anagallis arvensis L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 211. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p.6. — Rehbch. Ie. XVII, tab. 41 fig. 1. — 
Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d@Ee., p. 103 no. 674. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., Supplem. p. 768. — Aschers.-Schweinf. 
Primit. Flor. Marmaric., p.658 no. 212. — Aschers. Flor. Rhinocol., 
p. 806 no. 173. — Sickenberg, Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 253. — Anagallis 
phoenicea Lam. Flor. Franc. Il, p. 285. — Anagallis coerulea Lam. 
Flor. Franc. II, p. 285. — Anagallis arvensis var. coerulea Boiss. Flor. 
Or. IV, p.6.— A neat, much branched, procumbent annual, 12 cm 
to near 30 cm long, with opposite, broadly ovate, sessile, and entire 
leaves. Pedicels considerably longer than the leaves, and rolled 
back as the capsule ripens. Calyx-divisions pointed. Corolla rotate, 
usually of a bright red within, but occasionally pale pink, or white, 
or bright blue. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Marmarica: Matruqa, along the coast to Abukir. — 
M. p. Rosetta; el-“Arish. — N. d. N. f. N. v. O. Everywhere common. 
Local name: sabtingheyt; qunfude (Ascherson); *ain-el-djemel 
(Roth); lubbéne (Schweinf.); umm-el-leben. 
Cosmopolitan species. 
1021. (2.) Anagallis latifolia L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 212. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p.1. — Rehbch. Ic., tab.41. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. @’Eg., p. 103 no. 675. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. 
WEg., p. 253. -—— Anagallis arvensis var. latifolia Post Flor. Sin. 
Syr. and Palest., p.517. — A neat annual plant, much branched 
from the base, 12—35 cm long or sometimes somewhat longer, 
with opposite orbicular, sessile and entire leaves. Pedicels longer 
than the leaves, and rolled back as the capsule ripens. Calyx- 
divisions pointed. Corolla rotate, usually of a bright red within, 
but occasionally pale pink, or white, or bright blue. — Flow. February 
to March. 
M. ma. N. d. N. v. O. Common everywhere on way-sides and 
along the irrigation-canals. 
Also known from most parts of the World. 
410. (3.) Samolus Linn. 
Calyx campanulate; tube adnate to the ovary; limb 5-fid. 
Corolla shortly campanulate, 5-lobed, with staminodia or squamae 
alternating with the lobes. Stamens short, inserted in the tube of 
the corolla. Ovary inferior; apex free. Capsule many-seeded, 
dehiscing by 5 apical valves. — Leaves alternate. Flowers small, white. 
A small genus, chiefly of the Southern Hemisphere, excepting the 
following, which is cosmopolitan. 
