No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 317 



ANAGALLIS L. Pimpernel. 



Anagallis arvensis L. (of cultivated ground). 



Common Pimpernel. Poor Man's Weather-glass. 



Sandy or rocky ground and waste places. Rare inland : 

 Southington (Andrews), Oxford (Harger). Frequent on or 

 near the coast. June — Sept. Naturalized from Europe. 



The var. caerulea (Schreb.) Ledeb. (sky-blue) is rare 

 in lawns or waste ground: Granby (I. Holcomb), Norwalk 

 (Miss A. E. Carpenter). 



EBENACEAE. EBONY FAMILY. 

 DIOSPYROS L. Persimmon. 



Diospyros virginiana L. 

 Common Persimmon. 



Rare. In New Haven, at Lighthouse Point, there is a 

 grove of about one hundred and twenty-five small trees on 

 the beach not far from the water's edge. Here they are ex- 

 posed to fierce winds and winter storms which drive the salt 

 water up around them, consequently they are not in a flourish- 

 ing condition. This station is said to have been known as 

 early as 1846, when the ground where they now stand was 

 grassy and fertile. This is the only known station for this 

 species in New England, and it is possible that it may not 

 be native here but introduced from some more southern local- 

 ity. July; fruit Oct. 



OLEACEAE. OLIVE FAMILY. 

 FRAXINUS L. Ash. 



Fraxinus americana L. 

 White Ash. 



Frequent. Woods and fields. May. 



The wood is hard, white and tough ; valued for interior 

 finish, furniture, carriage-building, ladders, oars, tool-handles 

 and agricultural implements. The bark is medicinal. 



Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 

 Fraxinus pub esc ens Lam. 

 Fraxinus Darlingtonii Britton. 



