57. PRIMULACE^E. 133 



ovate, pointed. FL axillary, on slender pedicels, longer than the 

 leaves. Sep. narrow. Cor. rotate, bright yellow. St. smooth. 

 Pedicels curving backwards as the fruit ripens. 



Common. Woods and shady banks. (B) P. 5 6. Kelvinside wood ; Carmyle 

 and Kenmuir; Cambuslang glen, &c. 



4. L. NUMMULARIA, L. Moneywort, Herb-Twopence, Creeping- 

 Loosestrife. Stem prostrate, creeping, branched. Le. opposite, 

 shortly stalked, ovate or rounded, obtuse. Fl. axillary, solitary, 

 pedicels shorter than the le. Sep. cordate, ovate, pointed. Cor. 

 large, bright yellow, deeply divided. 



Not common. Can scarcely be considered native. (E) P. 6 7. Hedge bank, 

 beside a rivulet at east Harvey's dyke; old road west of Cambuslang; Bothwell, 

 &c. 



4. ANAGALLIS. Pimpernel. 



1. A. ARVENSIS, L. Poor Maris Weather -Glass, Scarlet Pim- 

 pernel. Stem procumbent, fl. branches ascending, 6 12 in. long. 

 Le. opposite, sessile, ovate, dotted beneath. Fl. axillary, solitary. 

 Pedicels longer than the le. , bent back in fruit. Cal. nearly as 

 long as the cor., pointed. Cor. rotate, fringed on the edge with 

 minute glandular hairs, bright scarlet. 



Frequent. Corn fields and gardens. (B) A. 5 10. Tollcross; Cathcart; 

 Gourock. Very common in Bute; Cumbrae and Arran. 



The blue variety, cultivated in gardens as an annual, is by some ranked as a 

 species, under the name A- aerulea, but rarely found. 



2. A. TENELLA, L. Bog-Pimpernel. Stem prostrate, slender, 

 filiform, 3 4 in. long. Le. very small, opposite, orbicular, 

 shortly stalked. Fl. on long slender pedicels, axillary. Cor. 

 bell-shaped, deeply cleft, rose-coloured or pink. A very elegant 

 little plant, adorning the mossy bogs on which it grows. 



Not common. (B)P.7 8. Helensburgh ; Gourock; Bute; Cumbrae and Arran. 



5. CENTthsrcuLUS. Okaffweed, Bastard-Pimpernel. 



C. MINIMUS, L. Stems 1 2 in. long $ prostrate. Le. alternate, 

 ovate, acute. PL axillary, very small, pale rose-colour, shorter 

 than the leaves. 



Rare. Moist gravelly places in Cumbrae and Arran. ^E) A. 78. 



6. SAMOLUS. Brookweed, Water-Pimpernel. 



5. VALERANDI, L. Stem erect, 810 in. high. Le. tufted at 

 the base of the stem, obovate, tapering into the footstalk. Stem 

 le. few, oblong, with a small point. Fl. in a loose raceme, small, 

 white, with a bract above the middle of the pedicels. Fruit 

 crowned by the teeth of the cal. ; plant quite smooth. 



ommon. In salt marshes by the sea coast, all round the Firth. (E) P. 78. 



