80 Lxxv. vnniVLxcE.'E. 



rep;ion.s of tlio X. bomispliere, less frequent in the S. hemisphere, rare 

 in the Tropics ; genera 21 ; species about 250. 



Corolla fj-pnrtite, exi'cpding the calyx ; filaments rillous 1. Anagallis. 



Corolla 4-5-partitc, shorter than the calyx ; filaments glabrous. 2. Centunculus. 



1. ANAGALLIS, Linn. 

 Annual or perennial herbs usually glabrous. Leaves opposite, quite 

 entire. Flowers red or blue (rarely white), on axillary l-flowereil 

 peduncles ; bracts 0. Calyx 5-partite ; lobes shorter than the corolla, 

 persistent. Corolla hypogynous, rotate or infundibuliform, 5-partite. 

 Stamens 5, inserted at the base of the corolla ; filaments filiform, villous. 

 Ovary globose; ovules many, amphitropous ; style simple, filiform; 

 stigma obtuse. Capsule globose, operculately dehiscent. Seeds many, 

 plano-convex, peltate. — Disxiiiu. Europe, Temperate Asia, N. Africa, 

 S. America ; species 12. 



1. Anagallis arvensis, Linn. Sjj. PI. (1753) p. 148. Annual, 

 branched from the base, 5-15 in. high, erect or procumbent ; stem and 

 branches 4-gonous, glabrous. Leaves f-l by ^-k in., sessile, opposite, 

 ovate, acute, glabrous, entire, gland-dotted. Flowers axillary, solitary ; 

 peduncles i-1^ in. long, slender, erect in flower, decurved in fruit. 

 Calyx 5 in. knig, divided nearly to the base ; segments narrow, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, slightly shorter than tlio corolla. Corolla rotate, g-| in. in 

 diam., blue. Filaments villous. Capsule size of a small pea, opercu- 

 lately dividing about the middle, the style persistent on the operculum. 

 Seeds minute, trigonous. This appears to be var. ca'rulea {A. ccerulea 

 (sp.), Lamk. Fl. Fr. ed. 1, v. 2 (1778) p. 285). Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 500 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 13G; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 162 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 235 ; Hook. f. Stud. Flor. 

 Br. Isl. ed. 3, p. 265.— Flowers : Sept.-Dec. 



Found sparingly throiigliout the Deccan. Deccan : IVoodroto ; Panchgani, Cooke I, 

 C. Macnaqhten] — DiSTKiii. More or less throughout India; Europe, W. Asia, and 

 introduced into most temperate regions. 



2. CENTUNCULUS, Linn. 



Yery small annual glabrous herbs. Leaves alternate or the lower 

 opposite, sessile or shortly petiolate, quite entire. Flowers minute, 

 solitary, axillary, white or piid< ; bracts 0. Calyx 4-5-partite; lobes 

 lanceolate, longer than the corolla, persistent. Corolla small, hypo- 

 gynous, 4-5-fid, urceolate, persistent ; tube subglobose ; lobes spreading, 

 acute. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the throat of the corolla ; filaments 

 short, flattened, glabrous ; anthers broadly ovate or cordate. Ovary 

 subglobose ; ovules numerous, inserted on a globose placenta, amphi- 

 tropous ; style filiform ; stigma obtuse, capitate. Capsule globose, 

 operculately dehiscent. Seeds many, miiuite, peltate. — DisriiiB. Tem- 

 perate warm regions of the globe ; species 3 or 4. 



1. Centunculus tenellus. Duly, in DC. Prodr. v. 8 (1844) p. 72. 

 An erect branched glabrous annual 2.]-8 in. high. Leaves subsessile, 

 .1^1 by -,^-g in., alternate, broadly ovate or obovate, subacute, apiciilate, 

 entire. Flowers axillary, solitary; ])eduncles filiform, i-,"',. in. If>ng- 

 Calvx ,\,-j', in. long, divideil to the base; sepals 4-5, lanceolate, very 



