CXLVII. 



ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS. 



Scarlet Pimpernel. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order I. Monogynia. 



Nat. Ord. Primulace^e. 



Gen. Char. Calyx five-parted. Corolla rotate. Stamens 

 hairy. Capsule one-celled, bursting all round trans- 

 versely. 



Spec. Char. Leaves ovate, sessile, three-nerved, dotted 

 beneath. Petals obtusely crenate, with glands. 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek avu.yot.XXis. 



Anagallis phceniceo flore. Bauh. Pin. 252. Park. Theatr. 

 558. Raii Syn. 282. 



Anagallis mas. Ger. Em. 617- Dod. Pempt. 32. 



Anagallis arvensis. Lin. Sp. PI. 211. Eng. Fl. i. p. 280. 

 „ Eng. Bot. t. 529. 

 French .... Mouron ; Mouron rouge. 

 Italian .... Pimpinella ; Anagallo. 

 Spanish. . . . Anagallo ? 

 Portuguese. Murriao. 

 German.... Rothes Gaucheil ; Ackergauchiel. 



Dutch Guichelheil Manneken ; Bastard-muur. 



Danish .... Rodarve ; Gaaseheel ; Grine ved middaj. 

 Russ Kurjatschja noga trawa. 



Latin 



Description. — The root is annual, tapering, descending, 

 whitish, and furnished with numerous slender fibres. The 

 stems are procumbent, nearly quadrangular, furrowed, branched 

 at the base, and from three to six inches in length. The leaves 

 an opposite, ovate, acute, sessile, three-nerved, shining green, 



