332 THE STORY OF PLANT LIFE 



When He shed His Blood on the tree. 

 Arise up, Pimpernell, and goe with me, 

 And God blesse me, 

 And all that shall were thee. Amen." 



It was to be said twice a day for fifteen days in 

 succession, fasting in the morning, and in the evening 

 with a full stomach; no one can predict how much 

 good will follow. 



Anagallis arvensis. — In Fig. 74 the angled steiUy 

 the opposite, deeply -veined leaves, and the long-stalked 

 flowers, some closed, and others in fruit, with the narrow 

 calyx-lobes are figured. 



Water Violet {Hottonia palustris). 



Water Violet is an admirable example of an aquatic 

 plant with floating or submerged leaves, which are 

 much dissected, and arranged in a rosette, the whole 

 plant being anchored in the mud by long rooting 

 organs, which serve only as a means of attachment. 

 The aerial flowering stems appear to indicate that 

 the plant has migrated from the land to the water, 

 having been originally perhaps riparial. 



It is found in England and Ireland, in the last in 

 Co. Down. It appears to be less general in the West 

 of England, being a lowland plant confined to aquatic 

 habitats, in the Midlands and East of England, 

 though here and there it is found as far north as the 

 borderland. 



