104 , COEOLLIFLOEJE. 



branched, stout and fleshy ; leaves opposite, sessile, ovate, very 

 small and succulent. Flowers rose-coloured, sessile and axillary, 

 with a 5-lobed calyx and destitute of a corolla. Paigntoii sands. 

 Goodrington sands. Exminster Marsh. (Hackney, near Kings- 

 teignton, Fl. J>.) (E. B. t. 13.) P. vi. VII. 



LYSIMACHIA. LOOSESTRIFE. 



1. Li. vulgar is (great yellow Loosestrife) By sides of rivers 

 and in wet shady places. Plant from 2 to 4 feet high, with 

 straight leafy stems. Leaves usually opposite, but sometimes 

 growing 3 or 4 in a whorl, ovate-lanceolate, on very short stalks. 

 Flowers in lateral and terminal clusters, large and handsome, yel- 

 low. Bank of canal at Teigngrace. Side of Stover canal. Islet 

 in the Dart above Staverton Bridge. (E. B. t. 761.) P. vii. 



VIII. 



2. Ii. nemoram {yellow Pimpernel, or wood L) In woods 

 and shady places. Stems procumbent and rooting from the lower 

 joints, reddish ; leave's ovate, pointed, opposite and stalked. 

 Flowers on long axillary stalks, solitary ; corolla 5-lobed, spread- 

 ing, bright yellow. Bradley woods, near Newton. Berry Pomeroy 

 woods. Gidleigh near Chagford. Whyddon Park, etc. (E. B. 

 t. 527.) P. v.-vm. 



ANAGAIiIiIS. PIMPERNEL. 



1. A. arvensis (scarlet P., or Poor Marfs Weather-glass.) 

 In cornfields and by waysides. Stems procumbent or ascending, 

 branched ; leaves opposite, sessile, ovate. Flowers on long axil- 

 lary flower- stalks, bright scarlet ; corolla opening out wide in 

 bright sunshine, and closing up in cloudy weather. Abundant 

 everywhere. (E. B. t. 529.) A. c&rulea Professor Henslow has 

 ascertained to be a variety of this. (E. B. t. 1823.) A. vi. 

 vn. 



2. A. tenella (bog Pimpernel.) In bogs and on wet mossy 

 banks. An exceedingly delicate and pretty little plant ; sterna 

 from 2 to 4 inches long, branched and creeping ; leaves opposite, 

 roundish- ovate ; flowers on long slender footstalks, large, of a 

 most lovely rose-colour. Sometimes in the turf of the publio 

 garden. Forde bog, near Newton. Home Chase. Ivybridge. 

 Boggy places about Chagford, etc. (E. B. t. 530.) P. vn. vm. 



