504. LXXXVII. PRIMULACEF. (J. D. Hooker.)  [Lysimachia. 
Leaves alternate, 2-4 in., thin, acuminate, narrowed into the short petiole. Peduncles 
all axillary, 1-5 in., spreading. Flowers } in. diam., yellow. Sepals sub-glandular, 
&-à in. long. Corolla-segments elliptie-oblong. Filaments very short, connected x 
the base, with sometimes an obscure staminode between them. Capsule 4 in. diam., 
bursting irregularly.—Java specimens have larger sepals, approaching var. zeylanica. 
Var. zeylanica; leaves larger 3-5 in., sepals larger Z.A in. longer pointed, cap- 
sule larger 5-valved. L. alata, Gard. mss.— Ceylon, Central Province, alt. 6-8,000 ft, 
9. L. peduncularis, Wall. Cat. 1480 ; slender, erect, branches winged, 
leaves lanceolate faintly gland-dotted, peduncles capillary much exceeding the 
subtending leaves, voie narrow-lanceolate, 
Birma ; Taongdong Mts. and Prome Hills, Wallich. 
A much smaller plant than Z. ramosa with the peduncles longer and with more 
slender and narrow sepals. Flowers not seen. Fruit capsular. 
10. L. linearifolia, Griff. mss; stem strict terete, leaves subsessile 
linear-lanceolate acuminate, peduncles capillary exceeding the leaves, sepals 
narrow-lanceolate. 
BrRMA ; at the serpentine mines, Griffith. 
Annual. Stem 12-18 in., slender or sparingly branched, puberulous above. 
Leaves rather crowded, uniform in size and shape all along the stem, 14 by 4-3 in., 
acute at both ends, opaque, dark-brown when dry, midrib strong. Peduneles decurved 
in fruit.—Of this singular plant I have seen no remains of flower except the sepals, 
nor of the fruit except the persistent placenta. The leaves are from their colour very 
different looking from those of any other species. ; 
ll. L. evalvis, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey A Wall. ii. 97 ; Cat. 
1483; stem subterete flexuous erect or ascending, leaves petioled elliptic or 
ovate acuminate sparingly gland-dotted, peduneles few equalling or shorter 
than the leaves decurved, sepals ovate-cordate acuminate. Duby in DC. Prodr. 
viii. 66; Klatt, die Gott, Lysimach. t. 22. 
CENTRAL and Eastern HIMALAYA ; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 4-6000 ft. 
Kuasa Mrs., alt. 3-5000 ft.—Distrrs. China (?). 
Quite glabrous. Stem 10-18 in., obscurely angled. Leaves rather distant, 11-3 
in., finely aeuminate, petiole long or short. Peduncles very variable, sometimes only 
4 in. long, rather stout, decurved ; flower 3-3 in. diam. Sepals 1-À in., reflexed in 
fruit. Corolla yellow, segments longer than the sepals, oblong, obtuse. Filaments 
very short; anthers linear-oblong, obtuse. Capsule A in. diam., very membranous, 
whitish, dehiseing irregularly.—' This is apparently identical with the Chinese Z. 
Fenum-grecwm, Hance mss., which is used by Chinese ladies as a scent for ha.r oil, 
but has no scent. 
12. L. alternifolia, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wail. ii. 96; 
Cat. 1481; glabrous or puberulous, branches ridged prostrate or ascending, 
leaves sessile or petioled elliptic-lanceolate or ovate acute, peduncles axillary 
capillary shorter or longer than the leaves, sepals lanceolate longer than the 
corolla gland-dotted. Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 66; Klatt, die Gatt. Lysimach, 
t. 21. L.tetragona, Don Prodr. 83 (excl. syn. L. evaleis). L. quinquangularis, 
Ham. mss. (ex Don). L, glandulosa, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 83; 
Klatt, l. c. t. 22 (excl. fig. ei, 
TEMPERATE and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Garwhal to Bhotan, alt. 2-6000 ft. 
Knasta Mrs., Shillong, alt. 4000 ft. ; Clarke. 
Branehed from the base; branches 2.8 in., leafy throughout. Leaves 1-3 in. 
Flowers numerous, 4 in. diam, Corolla yellow, segments oblong, obtuse, sparingly 
gland-dotted. Filaments short, united by a very short basal ridge. Ovary glabrous. 
Capsule bursting by valves, shorter than the calyx. 
