428 PRIMULACER (Harvey). [ Lystmachia. 
corolla slightly longer than the calyx, dirty white ; lobes oblong, 
obtuse, from as long as the tube to twice its length ; stamens shorter 
than the corolla and adnate to the base of its lobes; eapsule globose, 
about 2 lin. in diam., smooth, beaked by the persistent style. 
HastERN Recion: Natal; in a damp valley near Van Reenens Pass, 5000- 
6000 ft., Wood, 4522! 
3. L. parviflora (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 196); a herb, 
2—4 ft. high, branched above, entirely glabrous ; stem terete; leaves 
usually alternate, sessile, broadly lanceolate, tapering to the base ; 
racemes up to 6 in. long, at first dense at the top; bracteoles linear, 
nearly as long as the flowers; pedicels 1 lin. long in flower, 2 lin. 
long in fruit; calyx 12 lin. long; lobes oblong, 4 lin. wide, with 
brown oblique glands in the upper part; corolla campanulate, 2 lin. 
long; lobes obovate or nearly spathulate, longer than the tube; 
stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes; anthers cordate, shortly 
mucronate; ovary globose; capsule about 2 lin. in diam.; style 
about 3+ lin. long in fruit. Pax & Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenr. 
Primul. 291. 
Kananart ReGion: Transvaal; Macmac, Mudd! 
Also in Madagascar. 
II. ANAGALLIS, Linn. 
Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate or campanulate, deciduous, longer 
than the calyx, very deeply 5-partite; tube scarcely any ; lobes 
oblong or lanceolate. Stamens 5, at the base of the corolla ; fila- 
ments bearded. Capsule globose, membranous, eircumscissile. Seeds 
numerous, sunk in the central placenta. DC. Prodr. viii. 69. 
Small herbaceous or rarely suffruticose plants of the Eastern Hemisphere ; 
leaves opposite or alternate, entire. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, Name, 
from avaryeAaw, to laugh ; application obscure, 
Leaves opposite : 
Annual; leaves sessile ; flowers red or blue ... (1) arvensis. 
Perennial ; leaves petiolate ; flowers white ... (2) Huttoni. 
Leaves usually alternate, ovate or oblong, acute and 
mucronate tse ceateon bi corns Seen AD DOS TOT 
1. A. arvensis (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 148) ; annual ; stems diffuse, 
branched ; branches elongate, decumbent, quadrangular, with narrow 
wings ; leaves opposite or ternate, ovate, sessile, subacute, spreading ; 
peduncles longer than the leaves; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 
keeled, nearly as long as the corolla; corolla crimson to pale rosy ; 
lobes twice as long as the stamens, obovate, obtuse, denticulate, 
usually glandular-ciliate at the apex. Ourt. Fl. Lond. t. 12; Plenck, 
Ie. t. 82; Duby in DO. Prodr. viii. 69; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 270 ; 
Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 490 ; Hook, f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 506; Paw 
§& Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenr. Primul, 322, A. pulchella, Salish. 
