490 Lxxviii. PRiMULACEiE (oliver). [Lysimachia. 



elliptical, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtnse or subacute, sessile, snb- 

 amplexicaul or the lower shortly petiolate, l-|-3 in. more or less. 

 Flowers " white," in dense terminal spiciform racemes 1-2^ in. long ; . 

 a pair of leaves usually at the base of the inflorescence. Bracts exceed- 

 ing the very short pedicels. Calyx-segments oblong- lanceolate, rather 

 obtuse, with narow pale margins rather shorter than the coriaceous 

 globose capsule, which is crowned by a very short stout style. " Co- 

 rolla-segments ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, eglandular" (Vatke). 

 Wile laud. Abyssinia (1868 No. 1231), Schimper ! 



4. ANAG-ALLIS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 637. 



Calyx 5-partite ; segments nari'ow. Corolla hypogynous, rotate, 

 5-partite. Stamens adnate to base of segments of the corolla. Ovary 

 globose ; style filiform ; stigma capitellate. Capsule globose, circum- 

 sciss about the equator, many-seeded. — Herbs, with solitary, axillary, 

 scarlet, blue or rose flowers. 



A small but widely dispersed genus ; the following species is cosmopolitan. 



1. A. arvensls, L. ; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 69. Diffuse glabrous herb, 

 with opposite, sessile, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate leaves and solitary 

 axillary flowers, on peduncles at length recurved, equalling or exceed- 

 ing the leaves. Calyx-segments linear-lanceolate, with at length a 

 strong midrib. 



Wile Ziand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Nubia, Sennaar, Schweinf. et Asch. Enum. 

 p. 273. 



5. CENTUNCULUS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, ii. . 



p. 637. 



Characters of Anagallis, excepting that the flowers are 4-merons ; ' 

 the corolla 4-fid, shorter than the calyx, with stamens inserted in the 

 throat. — Small glabrous annual herbs, with alternate or opposite 

 leaves and axillary shortly pedicellate or sessile flowers. 

 A small wide-spread genus. 

 1. C. minimus, L. ; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 72. 



If lie ILand. Abyssinia, summit of Mount Semajata, Schimper ! (fide Vatke in 

 Linnaa, 40, p. 205 (1876). 



6. SAMOLUS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 138. 



Calyx campanulate ; tube adnate to the ovary ; limb 5-fid. Corolla 

 shortly campanulate, 5-lobed, with staminodia or squamee alternating 

 with the lobes. Stamens short, inserted in the tube of the corolla. 

 Ovary inferior ; apex free. Capsule many-seeded, dehiscing by 5 apical 

 valves. — Leaves alternate. Flowers small, white. 



A small genus, chiefly of the Southern Hemisphere, excepting the following, which 

 is cosmopolitan. 



1. S. Valerandi, L. ; DC. Prod. viii. p. 73. A glabrous erect 

 herb, from a few inches to 2 or 3 ft. in height, simple or branched. 



