PRIMULACE^. (PRIMROSS FAMILY.) 



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I, Ij, dubia, Ait. .4 to 1; stem leafy, ending in a spike-like 

 raceme or panicle. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, tapering at 

 base, the lower short-petioled. Pedicels as long as or a little shorter 

 than calyx ; calyx-lobes, elliptical-lanceolate; corolla whitish-red, nearly 

 twice as long as calyx, with obovate, erect lobes, and included stamens 

 — May to August — Coast ; Ghor-es-Safieh ; Huleh ; Lebanon ; Antioch ; 

 Kurd Dagh; Akher Dagh. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla one-third to one-fourth as long as calyx, 

 with short tube, and short, 5-parted, campanulate limb. Stamens 5, 

 with filaments longer than corolla. Capsules enclosed in persistent 

 calyx, 5-valved, 2-3-seeded. Seeds roughened at back, convex at face, 

 umbilicate — Dwarf annuals. 



A. Liiium-stellatuin, L. 0.1, stems filiform, simple or branch 

 ing from base. Leaves .005 to .01 long, sessile, linear-lanceolate, op- 

 posite. Pedicels solitary, axillary, shorter than leaves, at length 

 nodding ; calyx-lobes stellate, linear-lanceolate, aristate, much longer 

 than capsule — Spring — Coast to subalpine regions. 



6. AIVAOAL.L.IS5 L. Pimpernel. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, almost 5-petalous, longer than 

 the calyx. Stamens 5, filaments bearded. Capsule membranous, cir- 

 cumscissile, many-seeded. Seeds angular — Spreading herbs, with op- 

 posite or whorled leaves, and solitary flowers on axillary peduncles. 



1. A. arveiisi§, L, Pimpernel. 

 Poor man's weather-glass. Glabrous. 

 Leaves sessile, ovate to triangular-ovate, 

 black-dotted at lower surface. Peduncles 

 a little longer than leaves, petals obovate, 

 a little longer than acuminate calyx-lobes, 

 fringed with minute, glandular-ciliate 

 teeth — October to June — Fields and 

 roadsides. 



FiQ. 343. 



Yar. pboeuicea, Boiss. 

 light- red. 



Corolla 



Var. caerulea, Boiss. Corolla blue. 



Var. latifolia, Post. Stems com- 

 pressed. Leaves broad. All the parts 

 larger than in type — Fertile, moist soil. 

 {A. latifolia, L.) 



a. Branch of A. arvensis. 

 h. Capsule of same, opened 

 to show seeds. 



7. SAMOIiUS, L. Water Pimpernel. Brook- Weed. 



Lower half of calyx coherent with ovary. Corolla perigynous, 

 with short tube, and 5, spreading lobes. Fertile stamens 5, inserted 

 on tube of corolla, opposite its lobes, sterile 5, in clefts. Capsule half 

 5-Talved — Perennial herbs. 



