506 LXXXVII. PRIMULACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Anagallis. 
style filiform ; ovules many, amphitropous. Capsule globose, cireumsciss. Seeds 
many, peltate, "mier — Ny. temperate regions, and temperate S. America. 
A. arvensis, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 6; annual, erect or procum- 
bent, leaves sessile ovate cordate or lanceolate acute dotted, sepals almost 
equalling the blue or red corolla. Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 24; Cat. 1492. 
Benaat, Nortu- Western Innia, and the Hmaraya from Nipal westwards ascending 
to 5000 ft. CeNTfAL Inpa, the Runn Hiris, and Cxvrow (perhaps introduced). 
-—Disrris. Europe, West Asia, and introduced into most temperate regions. 
Glabrous, gland-dotted, branched from the base; branches 4-angled, ascending. 
Leaves 4-15 in., rarely whorled. —Peduncles 1-2 in., erect in flower, decurved in fruit. 
Sepals narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, Corolla 1-} in. diam., closing in dull weather, 
segments often ciliate. Capsule size of a small pea. Seeds 3-gonous.—Both the blue 
and red-fld. vars. are found in Western India; the blue (4. cerulea, Lam.) being the 
common one eastward. 
8. CENTUNCULUS, Linn. 
Small annual herbs. Leaves subopposite or alternate. Flowers minute, 
solitary, axillary, ebracteate, white or pink. Calyx 4-5-partite. Corolla short, 
urceolate. Stamens 4-5, on the corolla-throat, filaments flattened; anthers 
exserted. Ovary subglobose ; style filiform; ovules many. Capsule globose, 
circumsciss, Seeds many, peltate. Species 3 or 4; Europe, Asia, America. 
C. tenellus, Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 72 ; erect, leaves alternate sub- 
sessile ovate orbicular or obovate obtuse or acute, flowers 4—5-merous, sepals 
lanceolate, tube of corolla subglobose, lobes ovate-lanceolate. Wight Ic. t. 
2000. Lysimachia tenella, Wall. Cat. 1491. Micropyxis pumila, Duby l.c. 
M. tenella, Wight l. c. t. 1586. 
CrNTRAL and Western Himataya; Nipal, Kumaon, Dalhousie, alt. 4000 ft. 
CENTRAL INprA ; Chota Nagpore and Parasnath, Clarke. Nitauerry and Putney 
Mrs.—Disrris, Tropical America and Australia, 
9. SAMOLUS, Tournef. 
Annual or perennial herbs. eaves radical and alternate, Flowers in 
terminal racemes or corymbs, white ; pedicels bracteate. Calyx 4-superior, 5- 
fid. Corolla perigynous, subcampanulate, 5-partite. Stamens 5, alternating 
with staminodes, filaments very short. Ovary subglobose ; style short; ovules 
many, anatropous. Capsule j-inferior, ovoid, crown 5-valved. Seeds many, 
angular, hilum basilar.—Species about 8; temperate regions. 
S. Valerandi, Zon, ` Boiss Fl. Orient. iv. 5; leaves obovate or 
spathulate obtuse or apiculate Wall. Cat. 1508. 
Western HIMALAYA; from Sirmore, alt. 38-4000 ft., westwards.—Disrris. Most 
temperate regions. 
Glabrous. Rootstock short. Stem 1-2 ft., erect, decumbent or ascending, often 
rooting at the base. Leaves 1-4 in., quite entire, radical rosulate, cauline alternate. 
Racemes p in., erect ; pedicels ascending with the adnate bract above their middle. 
Calyz-tube hemispheric, lobes triangular. Corolla A in. diam.; lobes short, obtuse. 
Capsule} in. diam. Seeds rugose. 
