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L na g a l l i s A rv en sis. P i mp e r n e l .
ANAGALLIS Liniuzi Gen. Plant. P e n t a n d r i a M o n o g y n i a .
Rail Syn. Gen. 18. H e r b æ . f r u c t u s i c c o s i n g u l a r i , f l o r e m o n o p e t a l o .
ANAGALLIS foliis indivifis caule procumbente. Lin. Spec. Plant. 211,
ANAGALLIS phoeniceo flore. Bauhin. Pin. 252.
ANAGALLIS mas. Fufchii. 18. Gerard emac. 617. Parkinfon 558. Oeder. Flor. Ban. tab. 88.
Raii Syn. 282. Hudfon 73. Haller Hiß. 621, 626. Scopoli FI. Garniol. 139.
EX fimplex, fibrofa, annua. I ROOT Ample, fibrous, and annual.
E.IS ramofus, proftratus, quadrangularis, laevis, $ S T A LK branched, procumbent, quadrangular fmooth
■ fubtortuofus, Jig. 1. | and a little twifted, Jig. 1. *
m $
■ a oppofita, feffilia, cordata, glabra Jubtuspunttis $ LEAVES oppofite, feflile, heart-fhaped, fmooth, un-
™ fufeis notaia. <> derneath dotted with brown.
■ jNCULI oppofiti, foliis fere duplo longiores, $ PEDUNCLES oppofite, nearly twice the length of
inflexi. | the leaves, bending downwards.
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ILYX perfiftens, quinquepartitus, fegmentis trian- 0 CALYX per lifting, divided into five fegments the
gulanbus, alatis, membranaceis, Jig. 2. % fegments’triangular, and membranous at the
I edges, Jig.. 2.
TOLLA monopetala, quinquepartita, laciniis ro- l CO ROL LA monopetalous, quinquepartite the laci-
I tl?n(4lSj coc.a neis, ad bafin purpureis, mar- $ niae fcarlet, purplifti at bottom, ’the edges
gme crenatis, fubpilofis, Jig. 3, 4. 6 flightly notched, and hairy, 4.
» STAMINA: five F i l a m e n t s , upright, andvery hairy,
X - ( the hairs, when magnified,, jointed !) at top
v purplifh : the A n t h e r s oblong, bilocular,
I yellow, and fitting on the filaments,jfg. 5 ,6.
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PISTILLUM: th e G e r m e n r o u n d : th e S t y l e fili-
| fo rm , the le n g th o f th e filaments : the S t i g -
I MA rou n d ilh , placed, without the circle o f the
X Stamina, Jig, 7.
a SEED-VESSEL, a C a p s u l e , ro u n d , fh ining , b row n ,
* " f lig h t ly t ran fp a ren t, h a v in g fiv e n e r v e s , dil
v idm g t ra n fv e r fly in to tw o e q u a l parts,Jig. 8.
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<> SEEDS numerous, brown, and angular, Jig. 9.
»MINA: Filamenta quinque, ereSla,piloJi[Jima,
(pili articulati!) fuperne purpurea: Anther
& oblongae, biloculares, dentes, jig. 5, 6. flavae, infi-
JlLLUM: Germen rotundum : Stylus filifor-
mis, objiquus, longitudine filamentorum :
Stigma fubrotundum, extra circulum Jta~
minum locatum, Jig. 7.
HCARPIUM; C a p su l a rotunda, nitida, quin-
quenervis, fubdiaphana, circumcifla, fufea,
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pINA plurima, angulofa, fufea, Jig. 9.
X e l f n T taken uncom“ on in the formation o f the flowers of this little plant: fewpoffefs
I a n or,greater del,cacyKof ■ H ■?uft be m m °bvi°as » iH p c s L n OT “ aid unexnTftS6 pattSi ° m| “ ba viewed by the m.crofcope, we are charmed with beauties alto-
itlelineven or hairv S r ^ 4 ! tha|; the/?-g f o f flowers> which to the naked eye appear a
fthe filaments which n"J?bf - o f bttIe Slands- Placed on foot-ftalks; and that the hairs
illy fifes u p i l betwive Ih y f t “ 4- dl.ft™Su,lb S?nus> are regularly jo in te d : the pillillum, which gene-
I of S am in a T h * 6 9 h ere “ cb n e d ‘ ° , r B fo tb a t the % m a « P Ia c ed without W pmlhe injury of the ” whld} cature bas ?aken Ilkewlfe “ the prefervation of thefe delicate parts W rR I l K i " 1 * '1 remarkable Every morning, if the weather be fair and warm,
BBy, whic ht oifte ch.m« e■ theeenlccl oPre Ad ant,hlJersa’e 0anrdi hnft^igem bae, ?froumch hmavpiinfgtu trhee iinr fthuen fatiiro,n sth dee ffltorowyeersd .q uiFcrkolym c ltohfies ■ or Poor Man\ “ " T on ,w‘th “ any plants of the fame clafs, it has acquired the name of the
jrove a fine dajf if f t haV6 remarked‘ that lf the flowers be °Pen in a morning, it
f t R ^f-the fej da of tbis P!ant.: and according to experiments made ■ s pupils, it appears that Kme and Goats feed on it.
I very common in gardens and corn-fields, flowering all the Summer.
*d»«fs r:e bVuat rwieety^,h ^aivtef tanrocte oNh lb5 ^^ °i*n tt’ dlftu>a figu0rCe.C D?It '?is aa ,l™fo hf ofouniId; wbuitth a bs lu!te *, <afnnd* fmom noet iomthees rw piathrt ,w ahnitde nave not obferved either of thefe varieties near London.