Ardisiandra.'] Lxxviii. PRiMULACEiE (oliver). 489 



1. A. sibthorpioides, Hook. fil. in Juurn. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 205. 

 Leaves f-l^ in. long and broad, membranons, thinly and shortly pilose 

 or glabrate above ; petiole equalling the lamina. Pedicels shorter than 

 the petioles. Flowers ^ in. diam. Membranous wall of the ovary with 

 5 or 6 radiate thickenings around the style-base. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons Mountains and Fernando Po, 7,000-7,500 ft., 

 Mann ! 



Analysis chiefly from Sir J. D. Hooker, I. c. 



3. LYSIMACHIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. fil. Gen. Plant, ii. p. 635. 



Calyx 5- (6-) partite ; segments oval or lanceolate, persistent. Cor- 

 olla hypogynous, rotate or infundibuliform, 5 - partite ; tube short; 

 lobes contorted in aestivation. Stamens adnate to corolla- tube ; " fila- 

 ments free or connate below." Ovary globose ; ovules free or numer- 

 ous. Capsule 2-5-valved or fruit indehiscent. " Embryo transverse." 

 — Erect or creeping herbs, with opposite alternate or whorled leaves 

 and axillary solitary or geminate flowers or with a terminal raceme, 

 spike or panicle. 



A considerable genus, chiefly of temperate and subtropical countries of the Northern 

 Hemisphere. 



The following species appear to be confined to this Flora : — 

 Creeping herb. Flowers solitary, axillary. Corolla ex- 

 ceeding calyx \. L. Quartitiiana. 



Diffuse herb. Flowers solitary, axillary. Corolla shorter 



than calyx 2. L. adoensis. 



Erect herb. Flowers in spiciform racemes 3. L. Buhmeriana. 



1. Xi. Quartiniana, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. 16, tab. 65. Prostrate 

 or creeping glabrous herb, much resembling L. Nnmmularia. Leaves 

 ovate- or rotundate-elliptical, obtuse or broadly pointed, entire, 

 abruptly or sometimes cnneately narrowed into a petiole, about §- j in. 

 long, with petiole of 1-3 lines. Peduncles axillary, solitary, exceeding 

 or equalling the leaf. Calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, acute. Corolla- 

 segments oblong- elliptical, obtuse, about twice as long as calyx. Style 

 slender. — Klatt, Lysimachia, t. 15, fig. 2. 



MTile Xiand. Abyssinia, Oudgerate, Petit! 

 Richard describes the flowers as rose-coloured. 



2. Zi. ado^nsls, Hochst. et Steud. ; Klatt. Monog. Lysim. p. 38, 

 tab. 21, tig. 2. Diffuse annual glabrous herb, much resembling scarlet 

 pimpernel (Anagallis). Branches angular. Leaves (upper) sessile or 

 subsessile, opposite, acute. Peduncles equalling or exceeding the 

 leaves, at length recurved. Calyx-segments narrowly lanceolate, acute. 

 Corolla " golden yellow," shorter than calyx. Fruit globose, equalling 

 the calyx. — AsteroUnon ? adoense, Kunze in Linnsea, xx. p. 37. 



Wile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



3. X<. Ztuhmeriana, Vatke in Lhincea, vol. xl. p. 204 (1876), 

 Erect glabrous herb, 1-3 ft., simple or sparingly branched from the 

 upper axils. Leaves opposite or the uppermost and lowest alternate, 



