3C2 PRIMULACEJS. [LvsiM.u IIIA. 



linear, dotted. Corolla \ in. , campanulate, lobes 5-6, narrow, dotted. Filo- 

 iii: ntx connate at the very base. Capsule ovoid. DJSTKIB. Europe N. of the 

 Alps, Siberia, Dahuria, N. America. 



3. TRIENTALIS, L. ClIICKWEED-WlNTER-GREEN-. 



Erect, simple, glabrous herbs ; rootstock slender creeping. Leaves in 

 one whorl of 5-6, with a few small alternate scales beneath the whorl. 

 Flowers white, ebracteate, solitary on- slender peduncles. Calyx 5-9-par- 

 tite. Corolla rotate, 5-9-partite. Stamens 5-9, filaments filiform, (h-nrii 

 globose ; style filiform, stigma obtuse ; ovules few, amphitropous. C'c/w/. 

 globose, 1-celled, few-seeded, valves 5 revolute. Seeds flattened, peltate, 

 crowded, cohering by the membranous epidermis of the testa. DISTIUH. 

 One European and one N. American species. ETYM. doubtful. 



1. T. europee'a, L. ; leaves obovate or obovate-lanceolate. 

 Sul 'alpine woods, from York and Lancashire northwards, rare and local; 

 ascends to 2,800ft. in the Highlands ; absent from Ireland ; fl. June-July. 

 Stem wiry, slender, 4-8 in., leafy at the top. Leaves l-2Un., shining, rigid, 

 obtuse or acute, narrowed into short petioles. Flowers erect, lew. /W</ //(. 

 1-3 in., filiform. Sepals linear-subulate. Corolla i~in. diam. ; lobes ovate, 

 acute. Capsule size of a pea j valves very deciduous. Seed* hexagonal, testa 

 grey-white punctate. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. of the Alps, and Italy, 

 Siberia to Kamtschatka. 



4. GiiAUX, Tournef. SEA MILKWORT. 



A small rather succulent glabrous herb ; rootstock creeping, stoloni- 

 ferous. Leaves decussate. Flowers small, axillary, sessile, white or pink. 

 Calyx 5-partite, coloured. Corolla 0. Stamens 5, hypogynous, alternate 

 with the calyx-lobes. Ovary subglobose ; style filiform, stigma obtuse ; 

 ovules few, amphitropous. Capsule globose, 5-valved, few-seeded. Seeds 

 peltate. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), except Turkey, N. Asia,W. Asia to the 

 jST.W. Himalaya, N. America. ETYM. yKavK&s, of a sea-green colour. 

 1. G. maritima, L. ; glabrous, leaves 4-farious sessile quite entire. 

 Muddy sea-shores and estuaries ; also in salt districts of Worcester and Staf- 

 ford ; H. June-July. Stew 6-10 in. , procumbent, rarely suberect. Leaves 

 ^-f in., linear- or obovate- or o+ate-oblong. Flowers suberect. Calyx ]>-$ in., 

 campunulate, margins of the obtuse lobes scarioas. Ant/ttrs subexserted. 

 Capsule small, globose, cuspidate. Seeds plano-convex, testa rough. 



5. CENTUN'CULUS, L. BASTARD PIMPERNEL. 



Very small annual herbs. Leaves subopposite or alternate. Ft"i'-< /-. 

 minute, solitary, axillary, subsessile, ebracteate, white or pink. fW//,, 

 4 "i-partite. Corolla short, urceolate, persistent ; tube subglobose ; limb 

 4 "'-]iartite. Stamens 4-5, on the throat of the corolla, exserted, filaments 

 flattened. Ovary subglobose ; style filiform, stigma obtuse ; ovules many, 

 amphitropons. Capsule globose, bursting transversely, many-seeded. Seeds 

 pi-hate. DISTRIB. Europe, Asia, America; species 3. ETYM. doubtful. 



1. C. minimus, L. ; glabrous, leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate. 

 Wet turfy and sandy places, local, from Moray southwards ; rare in Ireland ; 



fl. Juno-July. Stem 1-3 in., branched from below. Leaves ^-fr in., very 



