300 PRIMULACE.E. [PniMri.A. 



W. Asia, N. Africa ? Hybrids with P. milgaris include P. elatior of older 



English botanists, probably P.veris, ft elatioi-, L., and 1'. <,<'/////>, Uouj.il. 



** Leaves very mealy beneath, not wrinkled. Calyx-tube terete. 



4. P. farino sa, L. ; calyx -lobes longer than its tube a little shorter than 

 the corolla-tube, corolla-lobes lilac distant, capsule cylindric-oblong twice 

 as long as the calyx. BirdCs-eye Primrose. 



Bogs and meadows on the Pentlands, and in England, from Yorkshire (ascend- 

 ing to 1,800 ft. ) i northwards ; fl. June-July. Leaves l-2 in., obovate-spathu- 

 late, variable in breadth, crenulate, obtuse or subacute, glabrous above, 

 meal below white or sulphur-coloured. Scape stout, 2-8 in., rarely 0. 

 Fl.r, ,-s erect or spreading, crowded ; bracts small, saccate at the base ; 

 pedicels usually shorter than the calyx. Calyx-tube oblong-obovoid, mealy ; 

 lobes linear-oblong, obtuse. Corolla - in. diam.; lobes flat, wedge-shaped, 

 2-fid ; mouth yellow, contracted, with rounded folds. DISTKIB. Europe 

 (Arctic), Siberia to Mongolia, Greenland, N. U. States, Fuegia. 



5. P. scot'ica, Hook. ; calyx-lobes equalling its tube much shorter than 

 the corolla-tube, corolla-lobes blue-purple contiguous, capsule shortly 

 oblong scarcely exceeding the calyx. 



Pastures in Orkney, Caithness, and Sutherland ; fl. June-Sept. Perhaps only 

 a sub-species of P. farinosa, but smaller ; bracts less saccate ; leaves 

 broader in proportion, and calyx shorter. Syme states that the flowers of 

 P. j'ni-iitota are dimorphic, and of P. scotica not so, for single plants seed 

 freely, also that it has three flowering seasons. DISTRIB. Lapland 

 (Arctic), Norway, and Sweden. Scape sometimes (var. acaulis). 



1*. CYC'LAMEN, Tournef. SOWBREAD. 



Herbs with large 'tuberous rootstocks. Leaves all radical, petioled, 

 broad. Scapes 1-flowered, erect, naked, coiled spirally when fruiting. 

 Flmi'i'i's nodding, white pink or lilac. Calyx 5-partite. Corol la-tula- 

 short, throat thickened ; lobes 5, large, reflexed. Stamens 5, inserted at 

 tin; base of the corolla, included ; anthers cuspidate. Ovary globose ; 

 style short, stigma simple ; ovules many, amphitropous. Capsule 5-valved, 

 many-seeded, valves reflexed. Seeds subglobose, angled, peltate. 

 DISTRIB. S. Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia; species 6-8. ETYM. KVK\OS, 

 from the spiral peduncle. 



C. HEDER^FO'LIUM, Willd. ; tuber fibrous all over, leaves and flowers 

 autumnal. C. europceum, Sm. not L. 



Hedgebanks and copses in Kent, Sussex, &c. ; a denizen, Watson ; fl. Sept. 

 1-3 in. diam., turnip-shaped. Leaves appearing after the flowers, 

 ovate-cordate, crenulate, 5-9-angled, dark green with a whitish mottled 

 border, often purple beneath, ticapei 4-8 in. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, Corolla-l<ikes 1 in., white or pink, red at the base. Fruit j in. 

 diam. DISTUIB. of the genus. Root acrid and purgative. 



2. LYSIMA'CHIA, L. LOOSE -STR IK !:. 



Erect or procumbent herbs. Leaves alternate opposite or whorled, quite 

 entire, sometimes glandular-dotted. Flowers axillary or terminal, solitary 

 or spiked, yellow white pink or purple. Calyx 5-6-partite. 



