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Ardisiandra. | ; LXXVIII, PRIMULACE® (OLIVER). 489 
1. A. sibthorpioides, Hook. fil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 205. 
Leaves ?-1} in. long and broad, membranous, thinly and shortly pilose 
or glabrate above ; petiole equalling the lamina. Pedicels shorter than 
the petioles. Flowers } in. diam. Membranous wall of the ovary with 
5 or 6 radiate thickenings around the style-base. 
M Upper Guinea. Cameroons Mountains and Fernando Po, 7,000-7,500 ft., 
ann! 
Analysis chiefly from Sir J. D. Hooker, 1. e. 
3. LYSIMACHIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. fil. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 635. 
Calyx 5- (6-) partite ; segments oval or lanceolate, persistent. Cor- 
olla hypogynous, rotate or infundibuliform, 5-partite; tube short; 
lobes contorted in sstivation. Stamens adnate to corolla-tube ; “ fila- 
ments free or connate below.” Ovary globose ; ovules free or numer- 
ous. Capsule 2-5-valved or fruit indehiscent. “Embryo transverse.’ 
—Erect or creeping herbs, with opposite alternate or whorled leaves 
and axillary. solitary or geminate flowers or with a terminal raceme, 
spike or panicle. 
A considerable genus, chiefly of temperate and subtropical countries of the Northern 
Hemisphere. 
o The following species appear to be confined to this Flora :— 
Teeping herb. Flowers solitary, axillary. Corolla ox: 1. E: Quartioians. 
_ ceeding calyx . . . 1. 1 we ee 
Diffuse herb. Flowers solitary, axillary. Corolla a > 1. adotnsis. 
3. L. Ruhmeriana. 
thanealyx . 2...) ww ee 
Erect herb. ‘Flowers in spiciform racemes . 
1. &. Quartiniana, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. 16, tab. 65. Prostrate 
or creeping glabrous herb, much resembling L. Nummularia. Leaves 
Ovate- or rotundate-elliptical, obtuse or broadly pointed, entire, 
abruptly or sometimes cuneately narrowed into a petiole, about 3-} in. 
long, with petiole of 1-3 lines. Peduncles axillary, solitary, exceeding 
or equalling the leaf. Calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, acute. Conelis: 
Segments oblong-elliptical, obtuse, about twice as long as calyx. Style 
slender.—K latt, Lysimachia, t. 15, fig. 2. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Oudgerate, Petit! 
Richard describes the flowers as rose-coloured. 
2. &. adognsis, Hochst. et Steud.; Klatt. Monog. Lysim. p. 88, 
tab. 21, fig. 2. Diffuse annual glabrous herb, much resembling a 
Pimpernel (Anagallis). Branches angular. Leaves (upper) & sessi . or 
subsessile, opposite, acute. Peduncles equalling or ee ong on 
eaves, at length recurved. Calyx-segments narrowly lanceolate, nie . 
Corolla « golden yellow,” shorter than calyx. Fruit globose, equalling 
the calyx.—Asterolinon ? adoense, Kunze in Linnea, xx. Pp. %/- 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 1876) 
Te J. xl. p. 204 ( : 
3. X. Ruhmeriana, Vatke in Linnea, ety Chad from the 
Erect glabrous herb, 1-3 ft., simple or sparing 
Upper axils. Leaves opposite or the uppermost and lowest alternate, 
