"Anagallis" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... flowers close whenever rain is coming. The pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) is one of these, hence its name of the "Shepherd's Weather-glass." This little flower closes, no doubt, to prevent its pollen-dust being washed away, for it has no honey; while other flowers do it to protect ...
— The Fairy-Land of Science • Arabella B. Buckley
... Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), in the Mitcheldean Meand Enclosure. Gentian (Gentiana amarella), Limestone Quarry near Silverstone, at the Hawthorns. Winter Green (Payrola media), Hare Church Hill. Bog Pimpernel (Anagallis tenella), Purlieu Road. Sundews (Drosera rotundifolia and longifolia), Mitcheldean Meand. Little Sallow (Salix repens), Mitcheldean Meand. Viola lactea, Mitcheldean Meand. Cotton Grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Mitcheldean Meand. Petty Whin (Genista Anglica), ...
— The Forest of Dean - An Historical and Descriptive Account • H. G. Nicholls |
