430 LXXVIII. PRIMULACEZ (OLIVER). [ Lysimachia. 
elliptical, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, sessile, sub- 
amplexicaul or the lower shortly petiolate, 14-3 in.. more or less. 
Flowers “ white,” in dense terminal spiciform racemes 1-24 in. long; 
a pair of leaves usually at the base of the inflorescence. Bracts exceed- 
ing the very short pedicels. Calyx-segments oblong-lanceolate, rather 
obtuse, with narow pale margins rather shorter than the coriaceous 
globose capsule, which is crowned by a very short stout style. Co- 
rolla-segments ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, eglandular” (Vatke). 
Nile Land. Abyssinia (1868 No. 1231), Schimper! 
4. ANAGALLIS, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 687. 
Calyx 5-partite; segments narrow. Corolla hypogynous, rotate, 
5-partite. Stamens adnate to base of segments of the corolla. Ovary 
globose ; style filiform ; stigma capitellate. Capsule globose, circum- 
sciss about the equator, many-seeded.—Herbs, with solitary, axillary, 
scarlet, blue or rose flowers. ; 
A small but widely dispersed genus ; the following species is cosmopolitan. 
1. A. arvensis, L.; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 69. Diffuse glabrous herb, 
with opposite, sessile, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate leaves and solitary 
axillary flowers, on peduncles at length recurved, equalling or exoct : 
ing the leaves. Calyx-segments linear-lanceolate, with at length a 
strong midrib. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Nubia, Sennaar, Schweinf. et Asch, Enum. 
p. 273. 
5. CENTUNCULUS, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. u. 
p. 637, 
Characters of Anagallis, excepting that the flowers are 4-meron § 
the corolla 4-fid, shorter than the calyx, with stamens inserted in tl : 
throat.—Small glabrous annual herbs, with alternate or oppo! 
leaves and axillary shortly pedicellate or sessile flowers. 
A small wide-spread genus. 
1. G. minimus, L. ; DO. Prodr. viii. p. 72. 
Nile Gand. Abyssinia, summit of Mount Semajata, Schimper! (fide Vatke in 
Linnea, 40, p. 205 (1876), 
6. SAMOLUS, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl, ii. 138. 
Calyx campanulate ; tube adnate to the ovary ; limb 5-fid. Corolla 
shortly campanulate, 5-lobed, with staminodia or squam@ alternating 
with the lobes. Stamens short, inserted in the tube of the corolla. 
Ovary inferior ; apex free. Capsule many-seeded, dehiscing by 5 apica 
valves.—Leaves alternate. Flowers small, white. : ‘oh 
A small genus, chiefly of the Southern Hemisphere, excepting the following, whie 
is cosmopolitan. 
1. S. Valerandi, L. ; DC. Prod. viii. p. 73. A glabrous or 
herb, from a few inches to 2 or 3 ft. in height, simple or branched. 
