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Eaparea ammia, Cfrrfn. ; Dnby in DC. Prod. viii. G8, saiJ to be from New Ilollaiul from 

 a mistake of Gsertiier's, is A-nagallis allervifolia, Qd^^.^kom South America; the speci- 

 mens ill the Eaiiksian Herbarium described by Gsertner are from Terra del Fuego, 



*1. A. arvensis, Linn. • Buhj in DC. Prod. viii. 69. A mucli-brauched, 



procumbent, glabrou? annual, extending from 6 in. to nearly 1 ft. Leaves 



opposite, sessile, broadly ovate, obtuse, J to ^ in. long. Flowers red or 



blue, on pedicels considerably longer tlian tlie leaves, and rolled back as the 



capsule ripens. Calyx-segments acute. Corolla rotate, spreading to about 

 3 lines diameter. 



A common weed of cultivation in Europe, temperate Asia, and the wtole Mediterranean 

 recion, now spread over a great part of the world, and more or less established in N. S. 

 "Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, S. Australia, and W. Australia. 



2. A. pumila, S^cartz, M. Ind. Occid. i. 345. A slender, glabrous, 

 difluse, mucb-brancbed annual, rarely exceeding 6 in. Leaves alternate, 

 nearly sessile, orl)icular or broadly ovate, obtuse, rarely above I in. long. 

 1 lowers very small, on pedicels nearly as long as the leaves. Calyx-segments 

 5 or sometimes 4, lanceolate, acute. Corolla broadly campanulate, deeply 

 dmded nito acute lobes, rather longer than the calyx, spreading to about 1^ 

 lines diameter. Stamens shorter tlian the corolla, the filaments slightly di- 

 lated at the base, usually contracted at the tliroat as it withers, and persisting 

 over the capsule. Style filiform, sometimes very short. Capsule small, cir- 

 cunisciss. Seeds numerous, slightly compressed. — Cerdtmculus pentanJm, 

 R. Br. Prod. 427 ; Micropi/xis pumih, Duby in DC. Prod. viii. 73; Micro- 

 Vyxis tenella, Wight, Ic. t. 1585 j Centunadus tenellus, Duby, I.e.; Wight, 



N. Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria, F. Mueller. 

 Queensland. Shoahvater Bay, R. Brown. 



The species is widely distributed over S. America, E. India, and W. tropical Africa. Al- 

 though usually 5-nierous, some specimens occur in which all or nearly all the flowers are 

 4-merous. , *^ 



3. SAMOLUS, Linn. 



Calyx campanulate, the tube partially adhering to the ovary ; lobes 5. 

 toroUa-tubc short or broad; lobes 5, spreading, with 5 small or filifom 

 scales or stamuiodia alternating with the lobes. Stamens 5, opposite the 

 lobes. Capsule half-Inferior, the free part opening in 5 valves opposite the 

 cal^x-lobes. Placenta ovoid, the axis usually produced to the apex of the 

 cavity.— Perennials or annuals. Leaves alternate. Flowers white, in loose 

 termmal racemes. 



cr,.dr!,T"vff°"^' *^™'^''"^ *^ *^^ southern hemisphere with the exception of one species 

 Sh Le rf T' "'°'^, P''*' °f *^^ ^^"'■l^- The Australian species include the two 

 alS f™p T^ ^""l"' T'' ""''^ ^ ^'^''•'1 eideraic one, which is, however, verj- ueiU'l/ 

 allied to some of the endemic Australian forms of S. repens. 



^rerv Irtt'h?-'"^ r*''"!- ^°^^" °°t 2 lines diameter, with a .. 



very short tube in a loose termiual raceme . \. 8. Valeranth. 



kncVoS'o inl m''"' °"^^ ''''^'"^ - °'^1-'^. the 'stem ones 



i the cl V X te' 'n "' ''^"^"^ * "'■ ^'''^^^^'- ^I'c tube as long 

 Iea^esfewoblon!^rr'"c'y^^ ■ • 2. ^. r^^^'«- 



Leaves few, oblong,.radical. Stems leafless. Flowers of 5. r^.n. . . 3. S.junceu^- 



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