282 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



flowers in short, compound racemes or panicles, in the upper 

 axils and at the summit of the branches, forming a terminal, 

 leafy panicle, the corolla yellow, subcampanulate, deeply di- 

 vided into five broad lobes ; stamens connected into a cup at 

 the base. Wet, shady banks. Fl. July. 



** Stems trailing. 



L. numnmlaria : stems prostrate, 1-2 feet long, often root- 

 ing at the nodes; leaves opposite, broadly ovate or rounded, 

 very obtuse ; flowers large, yellow, solitary, on short axillary 

 pedicels, the corolla concave, deeply divided into five ovate 

 lobes ; stamens slightly connected at the base. Moneywort or 

 Herb Twopence. Banks, hedges, and moist pastures. Fl. 

 June, July. 



L. nemorum : stems slender, procumbent, J 1 foot long ; 

 leaves opposite, broadly ovate, acute; flowers rather small, 

 solitary, axillary, on slender pedicels longer than the leaves, 

 the corolla rotate, bright yellow ; stamens quite free. Woods 

 and shady places. Fl. June to August. 



(189) Anagallis. PIMPERNEL. 



A. arvensis : annual ; stems procumbent, ^ 1 foot long ; 

 leaves opposite, broadly ovate, sessile, entire, dotted beneath, 

 flowers bright red, occasionally pink, or white. Shepherd's 

 Weather-glass. A common cornfield weed. Fl. June to 

 August. 



A. tenella : stems slender, procumbent, and rooting, only a 

 few inches long; leaves small, orbicular, opposite; flowers 

 pale pink, on long, slender pedicels, the corolla narrow-cam - 

 panulate, of delicate texture. Wet mossy banks and bogs. 

 Fl. July, August. 



