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SA'MOLUS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Monogy'ma. 
Natural Order. Primula'chav, Ventenat. — Lind!. Svn. p. 182; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 225. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 431. — Loud. 
Hort. Brit. p. 529 . — Lysima'chi.e, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 95. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 95. 
Gen. Char. Calyx half superior, (Sir J. E. Smith considered 
it as being inferior, the tul e closely investing the lower half of the 
germen,) in 5 deep, upright, triangular, equal, permanent seg- 
ments. Corolla (fig. 2.) of one petal (monopetalous,) salver- 
shaped ; tube short, the length of the calyx ; limb spreading, in 5 
deep, blunt lobes, with 5 small, intermediate scales (imperfect 
stamens ?) at their base, which are bent inwards. Filaments 5, 
from the middle of the tube, and opposite to the segments of the 
limb, awl-shaped, short (see fig. 2.) Anthers roundish, 2-lobed, 
sheltered by the scales of the corolla. Germen (fig. 3.) half infe- 
rior, nearly globular. Style upright, short. Stigma capitate 
(knobbed). Capsule (figs 4 and 6.) globular, of one cell, opening 
with 5 recurved teeth. Receptacle ( placenta J central, loose. Seeds 
numerous, fixed by one end to the receptacle, albuminous. Embryo 
included ; radicle next the hilum or scar. 
The salver-shaped, 5-cleft corolla, with scales between the seg- 
ments, and the half inferior capsule of 1 cell, and 5 recurved teeth, 
will distinguish this genus from all others in the same class and 
order. 
One species British. 
SA'MOLUS VALERA'NDI. Water Pimpernel. Common 
Brook-weed. 
Spec. Char. Leaves inversely egg-shaped, blunt. Clusters 
corymbose, many-flowered. Floral-leaves small, solitary, in the 
middle of each partial stalk. 
Kng. Rot. t. 703.— Curt. FI. Lorul. \ 268.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 243.— Ray’s 
Svn. p. 283. —Muds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 94. — Sin. FI. Brit. v.i. p.259. Engl. 
FI. v. i. p.323. — \\ it h. (7tli ed.) v. i.p. 308.— Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p.733. — 
Lindl. Syn. p. 185. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 98. — Liarhtf. FI. Scot. v. i.p. 142. — Sibth. 
FI. Oxon. p. 79. — Abbot's FI. Bedf. p.49. — Pint. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 120. — Kelli. 
FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 98. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 80. — Giev. FI. Edin. p 55. — FI. 
Devon, pp. 41 & 142. — Johnston’s FI. of Berwick, v. i. p. 62. — W alk. F’l. of 
Oxf. p. 64. — Rev. G. K. Smith’s PI. of S. Kent, p. 15. — Perry’s PI. Varvicensis 
Selects;, p. 21. — Anayallis aquatica rotundifolia, Johnson’s Gerarde, p.620. 
Locai itti s. — In marshes, wet ditches, watery places, flee. Frequent. — Ox - 
fordsh. Sides of the ditch on the north side of Cowley Marsh, and in the Peat- 
bogs under Ileadington-Wick Copse : Dr. Sib i non i*. Ditch side between Ilev- 
fields-Hut and Port-Meadow ; and in meadows near Oddington : YV B. On the 
batiks of the Cherivell between Magdalen Bridge and King's Mill, Oxford, 
1833 : YV. Hart Baxter. — Berks ; In ditches in the Park, and in the intrench- 
Fig. 1. Calyx and Corolla. — Fig. 2. Corolla cut open to show the Stamens 
and Scales. — F’ig. 3. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 4. Capsule. — Fig. 5. 
Longitudinal section of ditto, with seeds removed to show the receptacle. All 
magnified. 
* From the island Samos, according to some authors, where Vai.f.randus, a 
Botanist of the 16th century, is said to have gathered our Sdmolus Valerandi. 
Others, as Theis, from san, salutary, and mos, a hog in Celtic, because it was 
used by the ancients for the curing of diseases in hogs. Dr. Hooker. 
t See A'tropa Belladonna, p. 10, note f* 
