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Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), which is common 

 in cornfields and on waste ground. It bears a small 

 flower, generally of a bright scarlet, but sometimes 

 pale pink, white, or even blue. In cloudy weather 

 the petals close over the flowers, from which it is 

 sometimes called the Poor Man's Weather-glass. 



Order LXII. Plumbagine<z (2 genera) 



The species belonging to this Order are usually 

 found growing near the sea. They are small tough 

 plants. The leaves are long, narrow, and near the 

 root ; the calyx is tubular and persistent, and, like 

 the corolla, 5-lobed. The 5 stamens are inserted 

 at the base of the tube of the corolla, and there are 

 5 styles or stigmas. 



The Sea Lavender {Limonium vulgare) has long 

 slender ribbonlike root-leaves several inches long, 

 and stalked ; and flower-stems exceeding a foot in 

 length, forked above, and bearing a terminal spike 

 of purple flowers. It is found in salt marshes, etc. 



The Thrift (Statice maritimd) grows commonly 

 on slopes near the sea, forming thick grasslike 



tufts of long leaves, from which rise bare stems 

 3 or 4 inches high, bearing a head of pink or, 

 more rarely, white flowers. Though by preference 

 a seaside plant, it thrives well in gardens, and is 

 often used for borders. 



Order LXII I. Globulariacece 



This is a small Order not found in Britain, but 

 in Alpine and Southern Europe and in Africa. It 

 is classed by some authors with the Scrap hulariacece. 

 The calyx has 5 teeth, the corolla is persistent, and 

 bilobate, the upper lip being bifid and the lower 

 trifid. There are 4 stamens, inserted high in the 

 tube of the corolla, and 1 style and stigma. 



Upright Globularia — Globularia vulgaris 



(Plate LXXVIII) 



This plant grows in sunny, rocky places, and 

 flowers in May. The root is perennial, and fibrous, 

 and from this rises a smooth pale green angular 

 unbranched stalk, somewhat curved at the base. 



