. Flowers of the field. Botany. PRIMROSE FAMILY 323 8. Centunxulus (Chaffweed, Bastard Pimpeniel).—^[inute plants, with leaves partly opposite, partly scattered ; /?oa'fw axillary, corolla wifh an inflated, sub- ; capsule 'splitting all round. sub-sessile, minute, often 4-merous globose tube; filaments not hairy (Name of doubtful etymology.) I. C. iiihiiiiius (Chaffweed, Bastard Pimpernel).—The only British species, one of the smallest among British flowering plants, rarely exceeding an inch in height, and often much less. It is nearly allied to the Pimpernels, and at the first glance might be
. Flowers of the field. Botany. PRIMROSE FAMILY 323 8. Centunxulus (Chaffweed, Bastard Pimpeniel).—^[inute plants, with leaves partly opposite, partly scattered ; /?oa'fw axillary, corolla wifh an inflated, sub- ; capsule 'splitting all round. sub-sessile, minute, often 4-merous globose tube; filaments not hairy (Name of doubtful etymology.) I. C. iiihiiiiius (Chaffweed, Bastard Pimpernel).—The only British species, one of the smallest among British flowering plants, rarely exceeding an inch in height, and often much less. It is nearly allied to the Pimpernels, and at the first glance might be mistaken for a stunted specimen of Aua- gdllis arvensis. It is sometimes branched; but very frequently consists of a single stem, 6 or 8 ovate, acute leaves, and as many inconspicuous, nearly sessile, pale pink flowers. — Damp, gravelly places, especially where water has stood during winter.—PL June— August. Annual. 9. (Brookweed). — Leaves pSkVtXy radical partly cauline, and scattered ; flowers in a termi- nal, bracteate corymb ; calyx half superior, 5 - cleft, persistent : carolla salver - shaped, white ; stamens 5, epipetalous, alternating with 5 staminodes; capsule open- ing with 5 reflexed teeth. (Name said to be from the island of Samos, where Valerandus, a botanist of the sixteenth century, gathered our British species.) '' \. S. Valerdiidi (Brookweed). —The only British species, a smooth, pale green, herbaceous plant, with : blunt, fleshy leaves, and one or niore terminal clusters of ver)' small white flowers, crowded at first, but finally becoming distant, resembling in this respect the habit of some Crz<c//n-rt7.—A\'atery places : conmion.— Fl, June—September. Perennial. \ 2. .'^.^MOLU'^ V'.^LHK.^ND. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Char
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