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THE FLORA. 



5. ANAGAL'LIS. Pimpernel. 



Calyx and corolla 5-parted, wheel-shaped. Stamens 5. Pod globular, 

 opening by a lid all around (i. e., a pyxis). — Herbs with square stems and 

 opposite leaves. (Fig. 556.) 



A. arven'sis. Scarlet P. Poor-mari' s-weather- glass. A small, trailing plant, in fields, 

 roadsides, &c. Leaves sessile, broad-ovate. Pedicels 1-flowered, axillary. 

 Flower red, rarely blue. Openino: at 8 a. m., closing at 2 p. ii., and in damp 

 -weather not opening at all. (See the figure, 557.) 



Order LXXXIII. BIGNONIACE^. Trumpets. 



Plants with opposite leaves^ destitute of stipules, often climbing; 

 flowers gamopetalous, irregular, 5-parted, showy ; 

 stamens 5, but only 2 or 4 of them perfect, and didynamous ; 

 ovary 2-celled, with 1 style, forming a dry pod with winged seeds. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



Stamens 4. Pod valves and partition contrary. Leaves pinnate. 

 Stamens 4. Pod valves and partition parallel. Leaves binate. 

 Stamens 2. Pod straight, cylindric. Trees. Leaves simple. 



Teco'mia. 1 

 Bigxo''nia. 

 Catal'pa. .2 



1. TECO'MA. Trumpet flower. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Corolla trumpet-sbaped, with a 5-lobed, 

 nearly regular limb. Stamens didynamous, 4, with the 5th a small rudi- 

 ment. Pod with the partition contrary to the valves. — Trees or shrubs, 

 ofton climbing. Leaves digitate or pinnate. Flowers red. 



