A nig a l li s.] PRIUULACEJE. 5 



veined. Corolla scarcely extending beyond the calyx, white or pink ; 

 tnbe globose, muoh contracted at the uioutht Capsule globose, whitish. 

 If minute, angular, pitted. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik range, and in the submontane tracts from 

 Rohilkh-ind to Gorakhpur Flowers during the cold season. Dibtrib. : 

 Punjab Plain, and eastwards to N". Bengal and Calcutta; Botul -Di~t. 

 of the C. Prov.; Outer Himalaya from Kumaon to Sikkim up to 

 foot. Found also in China, Japan and in the Loochoo Island. 



3. LYSIMACHIA. Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 501. 



Erect procumbent or creeping herbs. Leaves quite entire, opposite 

 alternate or whorled. Flowers solitary racemed or in spikes. Calyx 

 5-6-partite. Corolla rotate or funnel-shaped, 5-6-partite. Stamens 

 inserted on tne base of the corolla-lobes. Ovary subglobose ; style 

 filiform, persis'ent ; ovules many. Capsule globose or subglobose, 

 5-valved or bursting irregularly, miny-seeded. Seeds trigonous or 

 plano-convex. ^-Species about 60, chiefly in N. ttsmp. regions. 



L. obovata, Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Cat. 1488 ; Roy le III. 310; F.B.I, 

 iii, 502. L. caudida, Lindl. in J own. Hort. 8oc. i, 301. 



An erect somewhat giaicous herb. Stem 6-18 in. high, simple or branch- 

 ing from the base. Leaves $-3 in. 1 >ng, obovate-spxthulate or oblan- 

 ceolate. acute or obtuse, minutely gland-dottid, the lower ones long 

 petioled. Racemes 2-8 n. long, Uxly flowered ; pedicels g £ in., bracts 

 equalling or shorter than the pedicels, subulate. Calyx-se<j merits lanceo- 

 late, acuminate. Corolla twice as long as the caiyx, lobes obovate. 

 Filament* short, anthers apiculate. Capsule £ in. in diam., bursting 

 irregularly. 



Dehra Dun (Duthio) ; and in the Sub-Himalayan tracts from Kohilkhand 

 to G >rakhpnr (Duthie's collectors). Flowers during March and April. 

 Distrib. Manipur and Upper Burma, excending to Chiua, Japan and 

 Java. 



4. ANAGALLIS, Tournef. ; PI. Brit. Ind. iii, 505. 



Slender annual or perennial herbs. Leave* opposite, quite entire. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, peduncled, ebracteate, red or blue, rarely 

 white. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate, 5-partite. Stamens 5, 

 at* ached to the base of the corolla, villous. Ovary globose, style 

 filiform, stigma globose ; ovules many, aniphitropou*. Capsule 

 globose. ciTumsciss. Seeds many, peltate, plano-convex. — Species 

 12, in Ten. p. Asia, Europe, N. Africa and in Temp. S. America. 



