122 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. V. 



sule globular, pointed, one-celled, ten-valved. Seeds numerous, 



angular. Named from lysis, dissolving, and mache, battle. 101. 



* Stalks many-flowered. 



1. L. vulgdris. Great Yellow Loose-strife. Clusters panicled, ter- 

 minal, leaves between egg-shaped and lance-shaped, acute. Root 



creeping: stems four feet high, erect, angled: flowers yellow. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in July : grows in wet shady places : rare. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xi. pi. 761. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 278. 318. 



2. L. thyrsiftora. Tufted Loose-strife. Clusters lateral, stalked. 



Root creeping : stems two feet high, erect, simple : leaves numerous, 

 opposite, sessile, lance-shaped : flowers small, yellow. Perennial : 

 flowers in July : grows in watery places : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 176. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 279. 319. 



** Stalks single-flowered. 



3. L. nemorum. Wood Loose-strife. Yellow Pimpernel. Leaves 



egg-shaped, acute; stem procumbent; stamens smooth. Stems from 



six to twelve inches long : flowers golden-yellow. Perennial : flowers 

 from May to September : grows in woods and thickets : common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. viii. pi. 528. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 279. 320. 



4. L. Xummuldrin. Creeping Loose-strife. Money-wort. Leaves ap- 

 proaching to heart-shaped; flowers solitary ; stem prostrate, creeping; 



stamens glandular. Stems compressed with four prominent angles, 



from one to two feet long : flowers pale lemon-coloured. Perennial : 

 flowers in June and July : grows in wet meadows, and on the borders of 

 rivulets : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 528. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 280. 



321. 

 17. ANAGA'LLIS. PIMPERNEL. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five acute, 

 spreading segments, permanent. Corolla of one petal, wheel- 

 shaped, without a tube, the limb nearly flat, divided into five egg- 

 shaped segments. Filaments slender, erect, shorter than the 

 corolla, covered with glandular hairs ; anthers heart-shaped. Ger- 

 men globular. Style thread-shaped; stigma knobbed. Capsule 

 round, one-celled, splitting across into two valves. Seeds nume- 

 rous, angular. Named from anagelao, to laugh. 102. 



1. A. arven'sis. Common Scarlet Pimpernel. Leaves egg-shaped, 



dotted beneath ; stem procumbent ; corolla minutely notched. Stem 



trailing, branched, square : leaves sessile : corolla scarlet, with a violet- 

 coloured mouth, sometimes blue. Annual : flowers in the summer months : 

 grows in fields and gardens : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. pi. 529. 

 Eng. .Rvol.i.p.281. 322. 



2. A. tenel'la. Bog Pimpernel. Leaves roundish, somewhat pointed, 



stalked; stem creeping. Root and stems creeping: leaves finely 



dotted beneath : flowers erect, rose-coloured. Perennial : flowers in 

 July and August ; grows on wet heaths and meadows: not uncommon. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 530. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 282. 323. 



18. AZA'LEA. AZALEA. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five acute, erect 

 segments, permanent. Corolla of one petal, bell-shaped, divided 



