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Capsule globose, bursting transversely, many-seeded. Seeds peltate. 

 DISTEIB. Europe, Asia, America ; species 3. ETYM. doubtful. 



C. minimus, L. ; glabrous, leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate. 

 Wet turfy and sandy places, local, from Inverness and Elgin southd. ; rare in 

 Ireland ; fl. June-Oct. Stem 1-3 in., branched from below. Leaves T V- in., 

 very shortly petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceolate. Flowers numerous, white 

 or pink, homogamous. Sepals lanceolate, longer than the erect usually 

 4-lobed corolla. Filaments naked. Capsule mucronate. Seeds 3-gonous, 

 testa areolate. DISTRIB. Europe (excl. Greece, Turkey), Azores, Siberia, 

 Andes, Brazil, Australia. 



6. AN AG ALL IS, Tournef. PIMPERNEL. 



Slender annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, quite entire. 

 Flowers on axillary 1-fid. peduncles, ebracteate, red or blue, rarely white. 

 Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate or funnel-shaped, 5-partite. Stamens 5, 

 on the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments filiform, villous. Ovary globose ; 

 style simple, stigma obtuse ; ovules many, amphitropous. Capsule globose, 

 bursting transversely, many-seeded. Seeds plano-convex, peltate. Dis- 

 TIIIB. Europe, temp. Asia, N. Africa, S. America ; species 12. ETYM. 

 The Greek name. 



1. A. arven'sis, L. ; annual, erect or procumbent, leaves sessile ovate 

 or lanceolate dotted beneath, sepals almost equalling the rotate corolla. 

 Poor Man's Weather-glass, Scarlet Pimpernel. 



Fields and waste places, Elgin southd., rare or absent in "VV. Scotland ; 

 Ireland ; Channel Islands ; (a colonist, Wats.} ; fl. ;May-Oct. Glabrous, 

 glandular-dotted. Stem 6-18 in., branched from the base, 4-angled ; branches 

 ascending. Leaves \-\\ in., rarely in whorls of 3-4, sometimes cordate, acute. 

 Peduncles 1-2 in., slender, erect in flower, decurved in fruit. Flowers 

 homogamous. Sepals narrow, acuminate. Corolla j-J in. diarn., opening in 

 clear weather, lobes often ciliate. Capsule size of a small pea. Seeds 

 3-gonous. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, India; introd. in 

 many countries. 



A. arven'sis proper (A. phoenic'ea, Lamk.) ; corolla scarlet rarely pink, or 

 white with a purple eye (vax.pal'lida), lobes usually glandular-ciliate. VAR. 

 A. caruflea, Schreb. ; more erect, corolla bright blue, lobes rarely ciliate. 

 Rare. 



2. A. tenel'la, L. ; perennial, creeping, leaves shortly petioled broadly 

 ovate or orbicular not dotted, sepals much shorter than the funnel-shaped 

 corolla. Bog Pimpernel. 



Marshes and wet meadows, N. to Shetland ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. 

 July- Aug. Glabrous, rather succulent. Stems 3-4 in., 4-angled. Leaves 

 f-J in. bifarious, opposite or subopposite. Peduncles 1-2 in., rather stout. 

 Sepals linear-subulate. Corolla ^ in. diam., rosy with dark veins. Filaments 

 united at the base. Capsule very small. Seeds as in A. arven'sis. DISTRIB. 

 From Belgium southd., E Siberia, N. Africa, temp. S. Africa. 



