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3. CORTUSA, Linn. 
Scapigereus perennial pubescent herbs. Leaves long-petioled, rounded- 
cordate, 7-9-lobed. Scape slender. Flowers umbelled, purple. Calyx cam- 
panulate, 5-lobed. Corolla between funnel- and bell-shaped, tube short ; throat 
naked ; lobes 5, oblong, obtuse. Anthers 5, subsessile at the base of the corolla, 
sagittate, connivent, acute. Style filiform, exserted. Capsule ovoid, 5-valved, 
many-seeded.—Distris. Species 1 or 2; natives of Mid-Europe, N. Asia and 
the N.W. Himalaya. 
. ©. Matthioli, Linn. ; DC. Prodr, viii. 55; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1081 ; 
Bot. Mag. t. 987. 
Kasmurg and Langen, alt. 7-9000 ft., Jacquemont, Falconer, &c.—DisrRiB. Aff- 
ghanistan, Alps of Europe, N. Asia. 
Leaves membranous, 1—4 in. diam. ; lobes shallow, crenate-toothed ; petiole 4-6 in. 
Scapes much taller than the petioles. Umbels 6—10-fld. ; pedicels slender, very 
unequal; invol. bracts 4—4 in., lanceolate. Calyx small, lobes ovate. Corolla 4-2 in. 
diam., cleft to the middle. . 
4. BRYOCARPUM, Hook. f. & Thoms. 
A seapigerous glabrous herb. Leaves ovate or ovate-cordate, obtuse, sub- 
crenate, with scattered orbicular scales beneath; petiole winged. scapes 
slender, l-fld. Flower nodding, yellow. Calyx of 7 subulate-lanceolate divi- 
sions. Corolla between funnel- and bell-shaped, 7-lobed to the middle, throat 
naked, lobes 2-fid. Stamens 7, filaments short; anthers oblong, acuminate. 
Ovary narrowly oblong, scaly; style slender; placenta columnar. Capsule 
elongate-cylindric, many-seeded, the top with the style falling away. : 
B. himalaicum, Hook. f. & Thoms. in Kew Journ. Bot. ix. 199, t. 5. 
Srxxm Hrmaraya; in pine woods at Lachen, alt. 8-10,000, JD 
Rootstock stout. Leaves 1-8 in. long, coriaceous; petiole about as long. Scapes 
1-3, much longer than the leaves, very slender. Corolla $ in. long, twice as long as 
the calyx. Capsule 2-24 in. long, erect, very membranous. Seeds (young) orbicular. 
5. LYSIMACHIA, Linn. 
Erect procumbent or creeping herbs. eaves quite entire, opposite alternate 
or whorled. Flowers solitary racemed or spicate. Calyx 5-6-partite. Corolla 
rotate or funnel-shaped, 5-6-partite. Stamens inserted on the base of the 
corolla-lobes. Ovary subglobose; style filiform, persistent, ovules many. 
Capsule globose or subglobose, 5-valved or bursting irregularly, many-seeded. 
Seeds trigonous or plano-convex.—Species about 60; chiefly N. temperate. 
A. Flowers white or pale pink. Corolla funnel-shaped ; segments obovate- 
spathulate. Filaments quite free from one another at the base. eaves alternate, 
rarely opposite. 
* Flowers in elongate terminal racemes ; pedicels longer than the linear or 
subulate bracts. 
+ Stamens longer than the corolla. 
l L. Leschenaultii, Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 61; Mem. Prim. t. 4; 
