Lysimachia,] PRIMULACE® (Harvey). 427 
I. Lysimachia.--Ovary superior. Stamens glabrous, without staminodes. 
Capsule 5-10-valved. 
II. Anagallis.—Ovary superior. Stamens hairy, without staminodes. Capsule 
circumscissile. 
III. Samolus.—Ovary half-inferior. Stamens alternating with staminodes, 
Capsule 5-valved, 
I. LYSIMACHIA, Linn. 
Calyx 5-partite. Corolla deeply 5-partite, subrotate or campanu- 
late, longer than the calyx; tube very short. Stamens 5, on the 
base of the corolla ; filaments sometimes connate at the base ; some- 
times with as many intermediate sterile filaments. Capsule globose, 
opening by 5-10 valves at the apex, many-seeded, free. DC. Prodr, 
vill, 60. 
A large European, Asiatic and American genus of herbaceous, mostly perennial, 
plants ; leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, entire; flowers either axillary, 
racemose, spiked or panicled, yellow or purple. Name derived from aAvois 
(loosening), waxy (strife), referring to the supposed property of soothing pain, 
Stamens exserted oe age Ae eee es .. (1) nutans, 
Stamens included ; 
Corolla 4 lin. long ee oF ae ws ... (2) Woodii. 
Corolla 2 lin, long oo ya es aes ... (8) parviflora. 
1. L. nutans (Nees, Del. Sem. Hort. Bonn. 1831); stem erect, 
subsimple; leaves opposite, alternate or in threes, lanceolate, acute 
or acuminate, narrowed at the base, pale beneath, with subrevolute 
roughish margins, glabrous ; flowers in a dense, afterwards lengthen- 
ing, terminal raceme ; bracteoles linear-subulate, shorter than the 
pedicels ; calyx much shorter than the corolla, with broadly linear, 
obtuse lobes ; corolla tubular-bell-shaped ; lobes eroso-denticulate at 
the apex ; stamens exserted ; style subulate. Duby in DC. Prodr. 
vill. 61; Paw § Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenr, Primul. 294. LL. atro- 
purpurea, Hook. Exot. Fl. t, 180, not of Linn, Lubinia atropurpurea, 
Link & Otto, Ic. Pl. Sel. t. 27; Sweet, Brit, Fl. Gard. ser. 2, i, 
t. 34. Cowia, Endl. Gen. ii. 733. 
Coast Reeton : Uitenhage Diy. ; between Hoffmanns Kloof and Drie Fontein, 
1000-2000 ft., Drége! Zuurberg Range, near Bontjes River, 2000 ft., Drége’ 
Albany Div. ; banks of streams near Grahamstown, Burke ! MacOwan, 137! 
Glass in MacOwan, Herb, Austr.-Afr., 1497! near Assegai Bush, Burchell, 4158! 
and without precise locality, Zeyher ! 
Centrat ReGion: Tarka Div.; bank of the Tarka River, Cooper, 336 ! 
Stem 1-2 ft. high, leafy throughout; leaves 2-23 in. long, 4-2 in. broad; 
raceme oblong, somewhat nodding ; flowers dark purple, handsome. 
2. L.Woodii (Schlechter ex Pax & Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenr. 
Primul. 292) ; erect, quite glabrous, branched above ; leaves lanceolate 
or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, alternate or opposite, about 3 in. long, 
nearly 1 in. wide, sessile and sheathing at the base; racemes up to 
8 in. long, dense above; pedicels erecto-patent, nearly 2 lin. long ; 
calyx puberulous outside, divided nearly to the base, 1 in. long; 
