AXAGALLIS. 
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Seeds (except in Ilottonia L.) amphitropal, the embryo parallel 
to the hilwn. 
Tribe T. ANA GALLIDEJE. 
The Pimpernel Tribe. 
Caps, a superior free pyxid, circumscissilely dehiscent. Seeds 
amphitropal, hilum ventral. — St. branched rarely suffrutescent. 
1. Anagallis. Cal. o-partite persistent. Cor. larger than 
the cal. rotate deeply 5-partite without tube or almost 
5-petalous but caducous entire. Stam. 5, fil. hairy. — L. 
opposite or alternate, fl. axillary solitary. 
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Tribe II. SAMOLEAE. 
The Brook-weed Tribe. 
Caps, half-adherent to cal. semisuperior valvatelv dehiscent. 
Seeds amphitropal, hilum ventral. — Smooth succulent semi- 
aquatic herbs with small w. scentless fl. 
2. Samolus. Cal. -tube adherent to the ov. 5-fid persistent. 
Cor. perigynous at top of cal. -tube rotate or cup-shaped 
with a short open tube, limb 5-partite spreading, lobes 
with intermediate scales (barren stam.), caducous entire. 
Stam. perigynous, 5 fertile internal opposite cor. -lobes, 5 
barren alternate external. Ov. half-inferior. Caps, half- 
sup. 5-valved, bursting at top with 5 teeth. 
Tribe I. Anayallidece. 
1. Axagallis L. 
Pimpernel. 
1. A. An vex sis L. Murrido. 
Ann. smooth ; st. herbaceous prostrate or procumbent 4-an- 
gular ; 1. sessile opposite and decussate or ternate, oval or lan- 
ceolate ; pedic. slender as long as or longer than the 1. ; sep. 
lanceolato-acuminate with membranous edges ; pet. rounded 
erosulo-denticulate and gland uloso-fimbriate, laterally close 
subimbricate, scarcely longer than the sep. ; caps, nearly as long 
as the sep. — l)esf. i. 108; DC. viii. 09; WB. iii. 171; Seub. 
FI. Azor. 40; Coss. et Germ. i. 242; Gren. et Godr. ii. 407; 
Bab. 208 ; Willk. et Lange ii. 048. — Herb. ann. Mad., PS., Des., 
reg. 1, 2. Cornfields, roadsides and waste ground. Yarr. : — 
a. phconicea WB. 1. c. ; Coss. et Germ. 1. c. ; Gren. et Godr. 
1. c. ; st. subequilaterally 4-angular, often somewhat weak and 
