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Pentandria. 
Dodecatheon Meadia, American Cowslip; is a 
native of Virginia, common in gardens, and is easily 
recognised by its wheel-shaped corolla, the segments 
of which are bent back. 
Menyanthes. Gen. char.— Got . villous ; stigma 
bifid ; caps, one celled. 
Men. Trifoliata, Marsh Trefoil, Buck-bean, or Bog- 
bean ; with ternate leaves, upper surface of the co- 
rolla villous ; perennial ; flowers in June and July, and 
is very common in marshy places. The elegant flow- 
ers of this plant, which are of a pure white, or deli- 
cately tinged with pink, and beautifully fringed on the 
upper surface, will amply reward a minute examina- 
tion. 
Anagallis. Gen. char. — Cor. wheel-shaped, caps, 
divides horizontally, stamens furnished with jointed 
hairs. 
An. Arvensis , Scarlet Pimpernel ; leaves ovate, dot- 
ted on the lower surface ; stem procumbent. Annual ; 
flowers in June and July, and is common in corn- fields 
and gardens. This beautiful little plant, varieties of 
which appear with blue and white flowers, will recom- 
mend itself to the attention of the botanist by the 
curious jointed structure of the hairs on the filaments, 
which may be seen by a hand magnifier, but more dis- 
tinctly with a microscope of greater power, and also 
by its seed-vessel, which divides into hemispheres. 
An. with fine blue flowers ; a native of 
Spain and Italy, has been long an inmate of the green- 
house ; and Fruticosa , Shrubby Pimpernel, with large 
