Parkinson describes and figures it in his Parad. Terrest. observing that "divers allured by the beauty of its flowers, had brought it into these parts."
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Anagallis Monelli. Italian Pimpernel.
Class and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cor. rotata. Caps. circumscissa 1-locularis, polysperma.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
ANAGALLIS Monelli, foliis lanceolatis caule erecto. Linn. Syst. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p. 196. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 201.