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PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
98. AN AG ALLIS, Gen.pl.2?0. ( Lisimachiee.J 
arvensis. 
Scpium. 
Calix 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed. Sta~ 
mina, filaments hirsute. Capsule globular, 
opening hemispherically, many-seeded. — - 
Nutt. 
1. A. leaves undivided ; stem procumbent.— -aS)&. pL 
Icon. Engl. Bot. 529. FI. dan. 88. 
Scarlet Pimpernel. Red Chickrveed. 
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 Southwark shot-tower to the Schuylkill, fre- 
quent. Annual. June. 
99. CONVOLVULUS, Gen. pi. 287. CCoimohuli.J 
Calix 5 ^parted. Corolla campanulate, plaited. 
Stigmas 2. Capsule 2 or 3-celled, cells 
2-seeded. 
1. 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. 
Calj stegia Sepium, R. Brown. 
Convolvulus repens, L. according to R. Brown. 
C. repens, Mich. ? 
Icon. Eng. bot. 313. FI. dan. 
Large-fiowered 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 j and elsewhere . Perennial, Ail summer. 
