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Lysimacui1a Azorica. AZORIAN 
LoosE-sTRIFE. 
Class and Order. 
PrentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.— Primvutacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Corolla rotata, 5-fida. Stamina 5. Cap- 
sula globosa, 5—10-valvis. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Lysimacuia Azorica ; foliis brevissime petiolatis ovato-lan- 
ceolatis, lateribus incurvis, pedundulis axillaribus so- 
litariis unifloris, calycis foliolis subulatis, filamentis 
nudis, caulibus brevibus erectis. 
Lysimacuia Azorica. Hort. Hafn. 
Descr. Stems scarcely more than the length of one’s 
finger, erect, slender, reddish, simple or slightly branched 
near the base. Leaves opposite, upon extremely short 
petioles, glabrous as is all the rest of the plant, ovato-lance- 
olate, somewhat obtuse, the sides incurved, pale green, in 
remote pairs. Peduncles axillary, solitary, very slender, 
nearly erect, twice or thrice as long as the leaf, single- 
flowered. Calyx in five very deep, subulate, pale green 
segments. Corolla large in proportion to the size of the 
plant, rotate, bright yellow ; the limb five-partite, the seg- 
ments oval, very patent. Stamens five, inserted opposite to 
the segments : Filaments yellow, quite smooth, remarkably 
slender, patent: Anthers small, oblong. Germen globose, 
small: Style slender, filiform. 
This extremely pretty Lysrmacnia was received at the 
Glasgow Botanic Garden from that of Copenhagen, under 
the 
