PRIMROSE FAMILY 477 
Famity I.—PRIMULACEAE. Primrose FAMILY 
Herbs, with mostly undivided leaves and regular flowers, with 
both stamens and pistils. Corolla of united petals (absent in 
Glaux) ; stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla and inserted 
opposite them. Ovary of 1 cell with a free column in the interior 
supporting the ovules. 
Leaves all at the base of the stem. 
Aquatic, leaves feather-formed . . . . . . Hottonia 
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Leaves in whorls of more than 4 . . oe 4. oe inentalis 
Leaves opposite or in whorls of not more than 4, 
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Flowers yellow. 
In axillary dense clusters . . . . . Naumburgia 
Solitary in the axils or in loose axillary clusters. 
Stamens 5 and rudiments 5 . . . Steironema 
Stamens 5 to 7, no rudiments . . lLysimachia 
1. HOTTONIA, L. 
Aquatie plant, with feather-formed, composite leaves and hollow flower 
stems fringed with bands of whitish flowers. Calyx 5-parted, its divisions 
linear and longer than the corolla which is tubular with 5 lobes. Sta- 
mens 5; capsule 5-valved, many seeded. 
H. inflata, Ell, American Fratuerrom. In stagnant pools and 
ditches, Mass., central New York and south. June-Aug. 
2. PRIMULA, L. 
Herb, with a radicle rosette of leaves at the base and a spike sur- 
mounted by an umbel of a few flowers, below which is a whorl of bracts, 
an involucre. Calyx bell-formed or tubular with 5 lobes. Corolla nearly 
tubular, expanding at the throat into a wheel-shaped 5-lobed border. Sta- 
mens 5 inserted on the tube. 
1. P, farinosa, L. (Fig. 1, pl. 119.) Brrp’s Eye Primrose. Plant, 
4 to 18 in. high; leaves long, narrow, broadest above the center, tapering 
to the leaf-stalk which is about 4 as long as the blade. Leaves and in- 
volucre covered with a white mealiness. Flowers pink or lilac with a 
yellowish eye. Moist places, northern part of our area. 
2. BP. mistassinica, Michx. CanaprtAN Primrose. Smaller than No. 
1, 1 to 6 in. high. Leaves oval, not broadest above the center. Leaves 
not covered with mealiness. Northern part of our area. 
