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tary, 1. opposite sessile ovate or ovate-oblong. — Cor. rotate. Pet. 

 slightly exceeding the eal., crenate. Filaments distinct. — a. A. 

 anensis (Sm.) ; st. mostly procumbent, pet. fringed with minute 

 glandular hairs (usually scarlet), 1. ovate. E. B. 529. Fl. some- 

 times flesh-coloured {A. carnea Schrank), wholly white or white 

 vnth a pink eye. — fi. A. ccerulea (Sm.) ; st. mostly erect, pet. 

 without glandular hairs (usually blue), 1. ovate-oblong. E. B. 

 1823. — Probably distinct; Mr. Borrer suspects that each varies 

 with red or blue flowers. — Corn-fields. A. VI. VII. Scarlet 

 Pimpernel. 



2. A. tenella (L.); st. procumbent rooting, fl. axillary sohtary, 

 1. opposite stalked rormdish, cor. funnelshaped, pet. much ex- 

 ceeding the calyx entire, filaments connected below. — E. B. 530. 

 — Ped. long. Fl. rather large, rose-coloured. L. nearly sessile. 

 — Spongy bogs. P. VII. VIII. Bog Pimpernel. 



6. Centunctjlus Linn. Bastard Pimpernel. 



1 . C. minimus (L.) ; 1. alternate ovate acute, fl. nearly sessile, 

 cor. without glands at the base. — E. B. 531. — Usually very mi- 

 nute. St. usually prostrate. Cor. very small, pale rose-colour. 

 — Damp sandy and gravelly places. A. VI. VII. 



7. Trientalis Linn. 



1. T. europaa (L.) ; 1. oblong-obovate obtuse. — E. B. 15. — 

 St. 4 — 6 in. high, with the 1. mostly collected at the top. Fl. on 

 slender peduncles, white with a yellow ring. Parts of the fl. and 

 fr. varying from 7 to 9 in each whorl. Valves of the caps, soon 

 falling ofl'.— North of E. ; Highlands of S. P. VI. E. S. 



8. Glaux Linn. Black Saltwort. 



1. G. maritima (L.). — E. B. 13.— St. mostly procumbent. 

 L. opposite, ovate, glabrous. Fl. axillary, sessile, pink, with 

 blunt segments. Remarkable in this order by its want of petals. 

 — Sea-shores and salt marshes. P. VI. — VIll. 



9. Samolus Linn. Brook-weed. 



1. S. Valerandi (L.) ; 1. obovate or roundish blunt, upper 1. 

 blunt with a point, racemes many-flowered ultimately elongated, 

 caps, subo-lobose. — E. B. 703. — Remarkable in this order by its 

 cal. adhering to the germen and by having a crown to the corolla. 

 — Damp wateiy places. P. VII. VIII. 



