PLUMBAGO OR LEADWORT. Plumbaglnacese. 



p . A low spreading annual ; the common 



Anogallis Poor Man's Weather-glass of England, 



arvensis which has become naturalized in this coun- 



Red, pur- try. The small solitary flowers are a 



J C ' ^A t variet y of colors, scarlet, purple, white, 

 etc. The corolla has five broad divisions 

 but hardly any tube. The leaves are ovate, stemless, 

 and toothless, and grow oppositely in pairs, or in circles. 

 Stem 6 inches long. Waste sandy places, Eastern States, 

 generally near the coast. The flowers open only in sun- 

 shine, and close at 4 o'clock. 



PLUMBAGO OR LEADWORT FAMILY. 

 Plumbaginacece. 



Perennial herbs with small, perfect, regular flowers of 

 five parts— i. e., five-lobed corolla, five stamens, and five 

 styles ; the flower-tube funnel-formed and plaited ; the 

 ovary one-celled and bearing a solitary seed. Seaside 

 plants. 



A seaside plant with a slender much- 

 Se ®~ av * nder branched stem growing from a thick 

 Rosemary woody root very astringent in character, 



Statice the branches rather erect. The leaves, 



Limonium also starting from the root, are blunt lance- 



var. CaroZt?iiana g } ia p e( j or bovate, long-stemmed, tooth- 

 j j _ less or nearly so, and tipped with a bristly 



September point ; the mid-rib is prominent. The 



branches bear many solitary, or 2-3 (in a 

 group) tiny lavender flowers with a curious tooth be- 

 tween each of the five tiny lobes ; the lobes of the calyx 

 are also very acute. The character of the plant is branchy 

 and naked-stemmed, with flowers so insignificant that 

 the delicate lavender color is much eclipsed by the rather 

 light subdued green. 1-2 feet high. In salt marshes 

 from Me., south. Found in Nantucket, Mass. 



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