91. Primulaceae.—Primrose family.

424. ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS Linné.—SCARLET PIMPERNEL. This plant, growing in the United States and Europe, is applied locally to ulcers and employed internally in consumption, dropsy, etc. It contains a pepsin-like ferment.

A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917, was written by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M.