Great-flowered Pimpernel.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Capsula 1-locularis, circumscissa. Corolla rotata. Stamina hirsuta. Stigma capitatum.
Capsule one-celled, cut round. Corolla wheel-shaped. Chives hairy. Summit headed.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
Anagallis, foliis ternatis cordato-ovatis acuminatis.
Anagallis, with leaves in threes heart-egg-shaped acuminated.
Descriptio. Radix annua. Rami elongati, effusi, procumbentes, angulati, superne simplices. Folia ternatim verticillata, remota, elliptica, acuminata, amplexicaulia, utrinque 3-5-lineata. Pedunculi ternatim verticillati, axillares, filiformes, primo patuli, demum sæpe recurvi, foliis duplo longiores. Calyx 4-rarius 5-phyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, acuminatis, carinatis, marginibus membranaceis. Corolla 5-rarius 4-petala, petalis basi confluentibus, patulis, orbiculatis, coccineis, basi intus nigris. Filamenta 5 hirsuta, atro-purpurascentia, petalis multo breviora. Germen pallidum. Stylus pergracilis purpureus antheras luteas superans. Stigma simplex, capitulatum, viride.