148 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



single in the axils, nearly sessile. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft, 

 purplish and white. Corolla wanting. Stamens 5, on the 

 base of the calyx. Capsule 5-valved, few-seeded. Sea-shore, 

 Atl. Prov. 



7. AN A. n. i. is, Tourn. PIMPERNEL. 



A. arven'sis, L. (COMMON PIMPERNEL.) Petals obovate, 

 fringed with minute teeth, mostly bluish or purplish. Flowers 

 closing at the approach of rain. Leaves ovate, sessile. 

 Sandy fields and garden soil. 



8. SAM'OHJS, L. Tourn. WATER-PIMPERNEL. BROOK-WEED. 



S. Valeran'di, L., var. America' nus, Gray. Stem slen- 

 der, diffusely branched. The slender pedicels each with a 

 bractlet at the middle. Wet places, not common. 



ORDER LVII. PLANTAGINA'CEjE. (PLANTAIN'FAMILY.) 



Herbs, with the leaves all radical, and the flowers in a 

 close spike at the summit of a naked scape. Calyx of 4 

 sepals, persistent. Corolla 4-lobed, thin and membranace- 

 ous, spreading. Stamens 4, usually with long filaments, 

 inserted on the corolla. Pod 2-celled, the top coming off 

 like a lid. Leaves ribbed. The principal genus is 



FLAXTA'CIO, L. PLANTAIN. RlB-GRASS. 



1. P. major, L. (COMMON P.) Spike long and slender. 

 Leaves 5-7-ribbed, ovate or slightly heart-shaped, with chan- 

 nelled petioles. Pod 7-16-seeded. Moist ground about dwel- 

 lings. 



2. P. Kamtsehat'iea, Hook. (P. Bugelii, Decaisne, in 

 Macoun's Catalogue.) Resembling small forms of No. 1, 

 but pod 4-seeded. 



3. P. laneeola'ta, L. (RIB-GRASS. ENGLISH PLANTAIN.) 

 Spike thick and dense, short. Leaves 3-5-ribbed, lanceolate 

 or lanceolate-oblong. Scape grooved, long and slender. 

 Dry fields and banks. 



4. P. COrda'ta, Lam. Tall and glabrous. Bracts round- 

 ovate, fleshy. Pod 2-4-seeded. South-western Ontario. 



