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PIMPERNELIL, 
ANAGALLIS, 
MPHE flowér confitts of a fingle petal; divided fo deeply into five fegments, that there remains no 
tubular part, and the fegments adhere to one another only at their bafes: the cup is formed of 
a fingle leaf, divided into five hollowed fegments : the feed-veffel is round, and the feeds are numerous 
and fmall. 
Linnzus places this among his pentandria monogynia ; the threads being Give in every gene anc 
the rudiment of the fruit fingle. 
DIVISION 4, BRA 1:6:H 1-S.P, 8.018 s. 
“1: Red Pimpernel]. The leaves are long, narrow; and of a pale 
green : they grow two, or as often three, at a! 
| joint, and have no footftalks : they are broadeft 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with | at the bafe, narrower all the way to the point, and 
many fibres. not at all indented at the edges. ; 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, and fpread- The flowers aré large; and of a beautiful blue: 
ing: they are fix or eight inches long, but lie ] they fand fingly on long footftalks rifing from 
fcattered upon the ground, or rife but very im- | the bofoms of the leaves, and are very numerous 
Anagallis flore pheniceo. 
perfectly. on the whole length of the ftalks, 
The leaves are fhort, broad, and of a fine The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are nu- 
bright green : they ftand in pairs, and have no | merous and finall. 
footflalks : they are broadeft at the bafé, and nar- We have it in otit corn-fields, but not com- 
rower all the way to the point, and are undivided | mon. It flowers in June. 
at the edges: they ftand at moderate diftances C. Bauhine calls it Asagallis ceruleo fore. 
from pair to pair, and ‘the’ plant has a regular | Others, Anagallis famina, Female pimpernell. : 
and pretty afpect. There are two varieties of the common red pim- 
The flowers are fmall, but very confpicuous | pernell, which are treated by too many writers as ° 
from their colour, which is a bright fearlet : they | diftin& fpecies ; the one Has white flowers, and’ 
ftand on long, pale-green footftalks rifing from | the other three leaves at a Joint, as the blue has, 
the bofoms of the leaves all the way up the | inftead of two: this isthe mere work of chance ; 
ftalk. the plants all rife from the fame feeds; and are 
The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are nu- by no means to be confidered as a diftin& fpe- ° 
merous. cies. 
Tc is common in corn-fields, and flowers in 
May. Pimpernell is a celebrated cordial and fudoti- ; 
C. Bauhine calls it Avagallis flore pheniceo, \ fick ; and the red-flowered, or common kind has | 
Others calls it Avagallis mas. Our common | mott virtue. 
people, Pimpernell. An infufion of the freth plant is excellent in 
j flight feverifh indifpofitions ; never; or very 
2. Blue Pimpernel. rarely, failing to promote perfpiration, and throw 
off thé complaint: 
The whole plant dried and powdered; is good 
The root is long, divided, and fibrous: againft the epilepfy. There are well authenti- 
The ftalks are numerous and firm: they do | cated accounts of this terrible difeate abfolutely 
hot lie {catered on the ground, as in the preced- | cured by it. 
ing fpecies, but ftand tolerably upright ; and are A decoétion of it is much uféd in fome places 
little branched, and fix inches high, in the firft ftages of confumptions. 
Anagallis ceruleo flore. 
DAVIS 10 N “i: F OIE EGN "S PSEC opis: 
re Jagged-leaved Pimpernell. The flowers are large, and of a deep red. 
Anagallis foliié oblonei “5, It is a native of Afia, and flowers in {pring: 
nagallis fol oblongis finuatis Petiver calls it duagallis purpurea burfe pafteris 
The root is long and brown. Solis minoribus. 
The leaves that firft grow from it are long and 
natrow 3 and they lie fpread in a round. form 2. Blue Pimpernell, with fhort leaves: 
upon the ground : they ate of adufky green, and Anagallis cerulea foliis brevibus 
deeply finuated. ; 
The ftalks are round, firm, and upright ; and The root is long, flender, divided, and hung 
their leaves refemble thofe of the root, but they | with fibres. ‘ 
are fhorter, and more deeply indented. ' The ftalks are numerous, and tolerably firm. 
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