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ANAGALLIS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Primula'ce.®. V ent. — Lind. Syn. p. 182 ; Intro, 
to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 225; Rich, by Macgill. p. 431. — Lysima'- 
CHIjE. Juss. 
Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into 
five pointed, spreading segments, permanent. Corolla of one petal, 
wheel-shaped, without a tube, limb nearly flat, in five roundish- 
egg-shaped segments. Filaments five, slender, upright, shorter than 
the corolla, clothed with prominent glandular hairs. Anthers heart- 
shaped. Germen globose. Style thread-shaped. Stigma knobbed. 
Capsule globose, of one cell, splitting horizontally into two hemis- 
pherical valves. Seeds numerous, angular. Receptacle large, globu- 
lar, pitted, unconnected. — Distinguished by the hairy stamens, and 
the one-celled capsule bursting all round. 
Three species British. 
ANAGA'LLIS ARYE'NSISf. Scarlet Pimpernel, or Poor 
Man’s Weather-glass. 
Spec. Char. Leaves egg-shaped, sessile, dotted beneath. Stem 
trailing. Corolla minutely notched. 
Eng. Bot. t. 529. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 12. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 230. — Engl. 
FI. v. i. p. 280. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 296. — Lind. Syn. p. 185. — Hook. Br. 
FI. p. 87. — Sib. FI. Oxon. p. 74. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 46 — Purt. Midi. FI. 
v. i.p. 115. — Relh. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p. 87. — Hook. FI. Scot. p.72. — Grev. 
FI. Edin. p. 49. — Professor Henslow, in Loud. Mag. of Nat. Hist. v. iii. p. 537. 
and v. iv. p. 466. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 54 —Anagallis flore phceniceo, Bay’s 
Syn. 282. — Anagallis mas, Johnson’s Gerarde. 617. 
Localities. — In fields and gardens. — Common. 
Annual. — Flowers all the Summer. 
Root small, fibrous. Stem branched, from 3 to 6 inches or more 
long, square, frequently dotted with purple, more or less trailing 
(procumbent). Leaves sessile, opposite, egg-shaped, many-ribbed, 
dotted on the under side. Flower-stalks angular, longer than the 
leaves, twisted, and bending downwards after flowering. Calyx 
permanent, segments spear-shaped, pointed, keeled, and membra- 
nous at the edges. Corolla bright scarlet, purplish, or violet coloured 
at the bottom, its edges finely crenate, or minutely fringed with 
glands. Stamens purple, dilated and smooth at the base, hairy above, 
hairs jointed. Anthers yellow, heart-shaped. Style purple, perma- 
nent. Stigma capitate. Capsule round, smooth, shining, slightly 
transparent, opening all round ; the valves marked with five coloured 
lines. Seeds numerous, brown, roughish, angular, each with a 
central dot. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2 and 3. Two varieties of the Corolla. — Fig. 4. The 
five Stamens magnified. — Fig. 5. Germen, Style, and Stigma, ditto. — Fig. 6. A 
Stamen, more highly magnified, to show the articulated hairs on the filament. — 
Fig. 7. Calyx and Capsule — Fig. 8. A Capsule, showing the transverse sepa- 
ration of the valves. — Fig. 9. One of the hairs of the filament highly magnified. 
* From anagelao, Gr. to laugh. Plint says the Anagallis excites plea- 
sure ; and Dioscorides, that it removes obstructions of the liver which create 
sadness. Dr. Hooker, in Br. FI. 
t This species was formerly celebrated for its medical qualities, and given in 
maniacal cases, and even in the hydrophobia, but it is now fallen into disuse. 
Small birds are very fond of the seeds. 
