106 PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



98. ANAGALLIS, Gen. pi. 270. (Lhimachia.J 



Calix 5- cleft. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed. Sta- 

 mina, filaments hirsute. Capsule globular, 

 opening hemispherically, many- seeded. — 

 Nutt. 



arvemis. j # \ leaves Undivided ; stem procumbent.-— *Sj&. pi. 

 Icon. Engl. Bot. 529. Fl. dan. 88. 



Scarlet Pimpernel. Red Chichweed. 



This little plant has obtained much notoriety among the 

 vulgar, on account of the powers which have been pre- 

 posterously ascribed to it, by some empirics, of curing hy- 

 drophobia. As a medicine it is worthless. Introduced ori- 

 ginally from Europe, but now naturalized every where in the 

 United States. In cultivated fields, particularly in all those in 

 a right line from Soutlnvark shot-tower to the Schuylkill, fre- 

 quent. Annual. June. 



99. CONVOLVULUS, Gen. pi. 287, ( 'Convofouli. J 



Calix 5 parted. Corolla campanulate, plaited. 

 Stigmas 2. Capsule 2 or 3 -celled, cells 

 2-seeded. 



scpium. i. C. twining ; leaves sagittate, very acute, obtuse 

 or truncate behind, entire ; bractes acute, longer 

 than the calix; peduncle angled, much longer than 

 the petiole. — Brown. 



Calystegia Sepium, K. Brown. 



Convolvulus repens, L. according to R. Brown, 



C. repens, Mich. ? 



Icon. Eng. bot. 313. Fl. dan. 



Large-Lowered Bind-weed. 



Flowers large, pale pink. In damp places, not unfrequent. 

 On the bank walk of the Delaware, to Gloucester Point ; also 

 on the bank walk of the Schuylkill between Gray's ferry and 

 Kingsess gardens ; and elsewhere. Perennial. All summer. 



