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§f*2 or 3 principal branches, without bracts; pedicels one fourth to 8 fourth* of an 

 inch long. Calyx and peduncles very hairy. Corolla pale blue, or bluish wnito; 

 limb erect-spreading ; lobes ovate. Nuts resembling the preceding. 



Hub. Rich woodlands : very common. Fl. May— June. Fr. August. 



Obs. The root of this is mucilaginous; and is frequently used, in popular prac- 

 ;ice, as a pectoral medicine, — or as a cataplasm, for sprains, &c. It serves very 

 a to amuse the patient. Two other species are enumerated in the U. States. 



* % Seeds covered, j* Fruit a Capsule. * Capsule l-celled. 



94. ANAGALLTS. /,. JVutt. Gen. 188. 

 [Greek, Anagelao, to laugh ; from its supposed exhilarating virtues.} 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, deeply 5-parted. Filaments hirsute* 

 Capsule globose, circumscissed or opening horizontally, many-seeded. 



Herbaceous: stem quadrangular; leaves opposite; flowers solitary, axillary* 

 Xat» Ord. 207. Lindl. PlUMULACB.fi. 



1. A. auvkn'sis, Ij. Stem procumbent; leaves ovate, sessile, dotted 

 b( neath ; lobes of the corolla crenulate and glandular-ciliate on the mar- 

 gin. Beck, But. p. 291. 



Field Avagallis. Vufgo — Red Chickwecd. Scarlet Pimpernel. 



(iidlice — Mouron rouge. Germ,— Das Gauchheil, Jlisp. — Anagalule. 

 Root annual. Stem 6 to 12 inches lonsr, procumbent, branching near the rout, 

 lely4-angled, or slightly winged, smooth. Z^arrs three fourths of an inch long, 

 half an inch wide, ovate, a< ute, smooth, with dark dots beneath, margin mi- 

 nutely serrulate with trans] arent glandular teeth. Flowers axillary; pt-duncles 

 Longer than the leaves. Calyx segments subulate, very acute, keeled, scarious on 

 the margin. Corolla orange red, or brick-dust color, with a purplish centre, long- 

 er than the calyx Film/nuts purple, hirsute with spreading hairs, which, under 

 a lens, appear jointed or moniliform Style persistent. Capsule glabrous, 5-nery- 

 ed, opening hcmispherically. Seeds dark brown, angular, scabrous. 



Hub. Road sides, fields and gardens : frequent Fl. June— Oct. Fr. Aug.— Octo. 



Obs- This little foreigner is gradually extending itself through our County. It 

 has been remarked, in Europe* that if the flowers be Open in a morning, the day 

 will prove fine,— if shut, the contrary; and hence they call it the SJiephenVs weath- 

 er glass. The plant once had some repute, amongst Empirics and their followers, 

 as a remedy for Hydrophobia;— which fact may diminish our surprise that the 

 Sku'd-cap (Scutellaria lateriflora) should, subsequently, acquire the same distinc- 

 tion. 



95. LYSIMACHIA. L. Mitt. Gen. IS7. 

 [Greek, Lysis mache, literally Loose strife ; from some notion of its virtues.} 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla subrotate, deeply 5-parted. Capsule glo- 

 bose, inucronate, 5 or 10-valvcd, few or many-seeded. 



Herbaceous : lcavos opposite and verticillate ; flowers axillary or terminal, solida- 

 ry, spiked, or corymbose ; filaments often glandular, dilated and partially Balled 

 iU base. Nat. Ord. 207. LituiL Pkimulacejb. 



I, L. 8TRICTA, Ait. Stem erect, glabrous; leaves opposite, lanceo- 

 late, subscssile, punctate ; raceme terminal, long, loose ; pedicels loup* 

 slender, bractcate at base. Jieck, Hot. p. 290. 



