298 54. Centunculus. 21. PRIMULA CE^. PL ex. cor, 



Cenlmiadus tnhiimus. Small chaff-weed. 



Leaves ovate ; flowers sessile. 



Centunculiis, Billen in Jiaii Syn. sheet A. 16, 

 Centunculus minimus, Lin. S. P. 169. 

 Bastard pimpernel. 



Bogs and inundations; annual; June and July. 



Stem rather branchy ; leaves sessile, spreading ; flowers 

 white or pink, shortlived, only open in the hottest part of 

 the day. 



II. 55. ANAGALLIS. Dioscorides. Pimpernel. 



Calyx 5-lobed; corolla rotate, 5-lobed, spreading; sta- 

 mens 5 ', fllaments bearded, distinct; stigmata obtuse, cre- 

 nate; pyxidium globose. — .S/ctt? 4-angled ; leaves opposite, 

 dotted underneath ; flowers solitary, axillary. 



1. AnagaUis ccznilea. Blue pimpernel. 



Stem rather erect ; leaves opposite or ternate, ovate, ra- 

 ther pointed; lobes of the corolla becoming reflex, edge 

 toothed. 



AnagaUis fctimina, Raii Syn. 382. 3 ; Ger. em. 617, 2. 

 AnagaUis cceiuleo flore. Park. 55S. 

 AnagaUis ccenUea, Schreb. 



Fields and gardens; annual; June and July. 



Stem slightly branched, rather winged; fl.owers blue. 



^. all a. Flowers white. 

 AnagaUis terrestris flore albo, Raii Syn. 282, 4. 



2. AnagaUis plioenicea. Scarlet pimpernel. 

 Stem diffused, slightly procumbent; leaves opposite and 



ternate, ovate, obtuse ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 

 loles of the corolla not cut, dilated; margin glandular, 

 hairy. 



AnagaUis flore phoeniceo, Raii Syn. 282, 1 ; Park. 558. 

 AnagaUis mas, Ger. an. 6!7, 1- 

 AnagaUis arvensis, Lin. S. P. 211. 



Fields and gardens ; annual ; .Tune and July. 



Stem much branched, not winged; flowers scarlet. — 

 Collected before the flowers expand, and given in powder 

 1 scr. 4- times a day, useful in epilepsy and madness ; flower 

 opens only when line weather is coming on. 



|3. verticillala. Leaves in threes or fours. 

 AnagaUis plioenicia foliis amplioiihus ex adverso qiiaternis, Raii Syn, 

 282, 2. 



