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PRIMULACE^. 



large, handsome, pink and yellow, arranged in whorls 

 around a leafless stalk, which rises several inches out 

 of the water. 



3. CYCLAMEN (Sow-bread). 



1. 0. hedercefolium (Ivy-leaved Sow-bread). The 

 only species found in Britain, and probably not a 

 native. Kemarkable for its globular, brown root, and 

 nodding flesh-coloured flowers, the lobes of which are 

 bent back. As the fruit ripens, the flower stalk curls 

 spirally, and buries it in the earth. The root is in- 

 tensely acrid. Fl. April. Perennial. 



ANAGALLIS ARVENsis (Scarlet Pimpernel) and A. TENELLA (Bog Pimpernel). 



4. ANAGALLIS (Pimpernel), 



1. A. arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel). Leaves egg- 

 shaped, dotted beneath, sessile ; petals crenate. Culti- 

 vated ground, abundant. A pretty little plant, with 

 bright scarlet flowers, which expand only in fine weather, 

 ^ad have consequently gained for the plant the name of 



