Pbimulaceje.] PTITUULAOFJF. 3 



An erect glaucous shrub, 6-10 ft. high. Stem toroto, Ptr : ate, somewhat 

 scurfy. Leave* pel foliate, up to 5 in. lon^, thick, coriaceous, moio «r 

 lees coveted with scurfy scales; the lower ovate, obtuso ; upper ( rbi- 

 cular aud often npienlate, margins undulate. Flower* crowded in 

 panicled spikes, shortly pedicelled ; bracts small, lanceolate. Calyx 

 tubular, about | in long, winged between the 5 strong ribs, the wings 

 niembrain us and transversely wiinkled ; teeth acute, equalling about 

 £ the length of the tube. Corolla-tube nearly 1 in. long ; lobes £-£ in., 

 obovate-oblong, emarginate, apiculate. Stamens slightly protruding 

 from the throat of corolla. Style hairy at the base. Capsule £ in. long 

 ».r more. Seed pyrifurm, smooth, ^ in. long. 



Confined to the dry western border of the area within the diatriots of 

 Ajmer and Meiwara. i< lowers during the cold season. Lustrib. : ]\lt. 

 Abu in Rajputana, Sind and in the drier portions of the Bombay 

 Presidency. Found also in Arabia. 



LXIV.-PRIMULACEJE. 



Perennial, rarely annual, herbs. Leaves all radical, or radical and 

 cauline, exstipulate. Flowers 2-sexual, regular. Calyx inferior 

 (except Samolus), 5- (rarely 4-9) cleft. Corolla hyrogvnous (except 

 Samolus and none in Glaur), rotate, bell- or funnel vsh&ped, usually 

 5-cleft. Stamens on the corolla-tube and opposite the lobes (hypogy- 

 nuus and with alternating staminodes in Glaux), filaments usually 

 t-hort, anthers 2-eelled and dehiscing usually by slits. Ovary 1- 

 celled, usually free, sub-globose or ovoid, style short or long, stigma 

 undivided; ovules many, on a free central placenta. Capsules 

 dehiscing transversely or by valves, few- or many-seeded. Seeds 

 minute, usually angular, often sunk in the placenta.*— Species about 

 250, chiefly iu N. temperate and alpine regious. 



Ovary superior: — 

 Corolla with a distinct tube, lobes imbri- 

 cate : — 

 Corolla-tube long .... 1. Primula. 

 Corolla-tube short .... '-'. Androsace. 



Corolla divided nearly to the base, lobes 

 contorted : — 

 Capsule opening by valves • . 3. Lysimachia. 



Capsule splitting transversely. 



Corolla exceeding the calyx • 4. AnagAllis. 



Corolla shorter than the calyx . 5. Centoncdlds. 



Ovary ^-inferior, corolla-lobes imbricate . 6. Samolus. 



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