282 PRIMULACEAE, [Lysimachia. 
albumen. — Shrubs or woody climbers. Flowers small, in simple or 
— racemes, either axillary or forming a terminal panicle. 
About 55 species, oe to tropical Africa, Asia and Australia, New Caledonia and 
the Pig Islan 
1. E. pacifica, sp. n. — A straggling shrub, occasionally twining, the 
wide-spreading divaricate branches tuberculate with lenticels. Leaves 
membranous, closely and minutely papillose on both faces, rarely pu- 
bescent, hate or elliptico-oblong, 2--3'/2‘ X 1—2‘, on distinct, petioles 
of 2—5”, rounded or bluntly acuminate, Rete entire, Flowers in axillary 
racemes me a, on pedicels of 3—4’’ which are bracteolate at the 
Calyx persistent, deeply 4—5 - Bac into ovate lobes. Petals 4—5, 
ioe 2 or 3 times the length of the calyx, about 2", greenish, densely 
papillose or puberulous like the calyx, spreading. Stamens !/2 the length 
of the petals, the short filaments entirely adnate; the ovoid anthers affixed 
at the base. Ovary ovoid, the central placenta stipitate, 3-ovulate. Stigma 
a loose and thin testa. Albumen smooth, horny. Embryo straight, trans 
verse across the entire breadth of the albumen, cylindrical, the ra icle 
much longer than the short cotyledons. 
Lanai! not ee a ; M sini Kaanapali, and slopes back is Lahaina, Ulupalakua; 
Oahu! Wailupe. és - 448. 
a aur n " eredited to the Sandw. ‘oleae “in DC. Prod. VII, 159, 
but most bably erroneously. It vy sv have been collected by “Menzie es in 
17 us Jacquinia is —_ confined to and easily to be coe 
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: meri ily ; 
from Myrsine and Embelia by the m onopetalous corel which is furnished at the sinuses 
with sterile staminodial appendages, in the manner of Sapota, the fruit tein a berry 
ar seeds. 
Cultivated: plants of this Order are several species of Ardisia. 
Orver L. PRIMULACEAE. 
Calyx usually of 5,.sometimes of 4, 6 or 7 divisions or teeth, free, 
rarely adherent to the ovary, Corolla regular, more or less divided into 
as many lobes or teeth as divisions of t calyx, or rarely wanting. 
a capitate stigma, Fruit a capsule. Seeds albuminous, with a maine 
axile embryo. — Herbs or rarely shrubs. Leaves simple, entire or tooth 
without stipules. Flowers axillary or terminal. 
A widely spread Order, inhabiting chiefly the northern hemisphere and high mountains. 
LYSIMACHIA, L. 
Calyx deeply 5—6—9 a) free. Corolla rotate or campanulate, deeply 
5—9-lobed, the lobes convolute, Stamens with short filaments and ob- 
