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tary, 1. opposite sessile ovate or ovate-oblong. Cor. rotate. Pet. 

 slightly exceeding the cal., crenate. Filaments distinct. a. A. 

 arvensis (Sm.) ; st, mostly procumbent, pet. fringed with minute 

 glandular hairs (usually scarlet), 1. ovate. E. B. 529. Fl. some- 

 times flesh-coloured (A. carnea Schrank), wholly white or white 

 with a pink eye. j3. A. ccerulea (Sm.); st. mostly erect, pet. 

 without glandular hairs (usually blue), 1. ovate-oblong. E. B. 

 1823. Probably distinct; Mr. Borrer suspects that each varies 

 with red or blue flowers. Corn-fields. A. VI. VII. Scarlet 

 Pimpernel. 



2. A. tenella (L.); st. procumbent rooting, fl. axillary solitary, 

 1. opposite stalked roundish, cor. funnelshaped, pet. much ex- 

 ceeding the calyx entire, filaments connected below. E. B. 530. 

 Ped. long. Fl. rather large, rose-coloured. L. nearly sessile. 

 Spongy bogs. P. VII. VIII. Bog Pimpernel. 



6. CENTUNCULUS Linn. Bastard Pimpernel. 



1 . C. minimus (L.) ; 1. alternate ovate acute, fl. nearly sessile, 

 cor. without glands at the base. E. B. 531. Usually very mi- 

 nute. St. usually prostrate. Cor. very small, pale rose-colour. 

 Damp sandy and gravelly places. . A. VI. VII. 



7. TRIENTALIS Linn'. 



1. T. europcea (L.); 1. oblong-obovate obtuse. E. B. 15. 

 St. 4 6 in. high, with the 1. mostly collected at the top. Fl. on 

 slender peduncles, white with a yellow ring. Parts of the fl. and 

 fr. varying from 7 to 9 in each whorl. Valves of the caps, soon 

 falling off. North of E. ; Highlands of S. P. VI. E. S, 



8. GLAUX Linn. Black Saltwort. 



1. G. maritima (L.). E. B. 13. St. mostly procumbent. 

 L. opposite, ovate, glabrous. Fl. axillary, sessile, pink, with 

 blunt segments. Remarkable in this order by its want of petals. 

 Sea-shores and salt marshes. P. VI. VIII. 



9. SAMOLUS Linn. Brook-weed. 



1. S. Valerandi (L.) ; 1. obovate or roundish blunt, upper 1 

 blunt with a point, racemes many-flowered ultimately elongated, 

 caps, subglobose. E. B. 703. Remarkable in this order by its 

 cal. adhering to the germen and by having a crown to the corolla. 

 Damp watery places. P. VII. VIII. 



