TETRANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Sanguisorba. 217 



as long as the sfam. permanent. Stigma simple. Caps. 

 globose, of one cell, bursting all round, aln)ost membra- 

 nous. Seeds numerous, minute, angular, covering the 

 large, central, globose, pitted receptacle. 

 Thejlo-wers arc said to be occasionally 5-cIeft, by which they 

 approach Anagallis ; but the tubular corolla, and naked 

 stamens, keep Centunculus distinct. 



I.e. minimus. Smfill Chaff weed. Bastard Pimpernel. 

 Flowers sessile. Corolla without glands at the base. 



C. minimus. Linn. Sp. PL 169. irUlcl. v. I. 653. FL Br. 185. 



Engl. Bot. v.S.t. .53 1 . Curt. Lond.fasc. 3. t. 11. Dicks. H. Sice. 



fasc. 7. 2. Dun H. Br. 179. Hook. Scot. 54. FL Dan. t. \77 . 

 Centunculu.s. DHL in Rati Si/n. 1. HaU. Hist. n. 627. v. 1. 278. 

 Anagallis paludosa minima, foliisrotundisalternatis. Vaill.Par. 12. 



t.A.f.2. 

 Anagallidastrum exigmim, foliis lanceolatis alternis, fiore albo fu- 



gaci et vix conspicuo. Mich. Gen. 14. t. 18 /. 2. 

 Alsine pakLStris minima, floscuiis albis, fructu coriandri exiguo. 



Mentz. PugiU. t.7. 



On sandy watery heaths. 



At Chisselhurst, Kent. DiUenius. On many heaths around Lon- 

 don, and near Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Fl. Br. and EngL Bot. On 

 East Heath, near Lowestoft. Mr. Lilbj IVigg. Edgeiield Com- 

 mon, near Holt, Norfolk. Rev. R. B. Francis. Near Bantry, 

 Ireland. 3Ir. J. T. Mackatj. In the lowlands of Scotland. 

 Hooker. 



.Annual. June, July. 



Very diminutive, simple or branched, from 1 to 2 inches high. 

 Leaves alternate, or nearly opposite, sessile, ovate, entire, smooth, 

 2 or 3 lines long. Fl. axillary, solitary ,^ sessile, white or reddish, 

 expanding in bright sunshine only, and of very short duration. 

 Aniigallls pumila, Swarlz Iml. Occ. r. 1. 345, is made a second 

 species of this genus by Mr. Brown, and, I believe, very justly. 



74. SANGUISORBA. Burnet. 



Linn. Gen. 58. Juss. 336. FL Br. 186. Lam. t. 85. 



Nat. Ord. Senticosce. Linn. 35. Rosacece. Juss. 92. See 

 n. 78; also Grammar 171. 



Cal. superior, of 1 leaf, in 4 deep, equal, ovate, spreading, 

 coloured seccments. Cor. none. Filam. from the base of 

 the calyx, opposite to its segments, and nearly as long, 

 dilated upward, smooth. Anth. roundisli, of 2 cells. Ger- 

 men inferior, quadrangular. Style thread-shaped, nearly 



