502 LXXXVII. PRIMULACEJB. (J. D. Hooker.) / \J/ysimachia. 



erect, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acute closely gland-dotted, racemes dense-fld., 

 pedicels in., fruiting 1 in., bracts filiform, petals exceeding the calyx. Wight 

 Ic. t. 1204; Fl. des Serres, x. t. 982; Klatt, die Gait. Lysim. t. 7. L. 

 Olementsoniana, Wall. Cat. 1485. L. Notoniana, Watt. mss. 



NILGHEKRY and PUTNEY Mrs., Leschenault, &c. 



Glabrous. Stem 6-8 ft., robust, branched. Leaves 2-4 in., acute or acuminate, 

 sessile or petioled, margin smooth or crisp. Racemes 3-9 by l-2 in., leafless 

 except at the base. Flowers ^-^ in. long. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, margins 

 membranous, disk with oblong glands. Corotta-lobes obovate-spathulate. Filaments 

 eglandular; anthers oblong, exserted. Capsule fe-^ in. diam. 



2. Xi. lobelioides, Wall, in Roxl.Fl. 2nd. ed. Carey $ Wall ii. 29; Cat. 



1484 ; suberect or ascending, leaves elliptic-ovate or lanceolate, margin only 

 gland-dotted, racemes long lax-fld., pedicels in., fruiting f in., bracts subu- 

 late, petals exceeding the calyx. Duly in DC. Prodr. viii. 61 ; Sot. Reg. 1842, 

 t. 6 ; Klatt, die Gatt. Lysimach. t. 2. L. secunda, Ham. in. Don Prodr. 84. 



WESTERN and CENTRAL HIMALAYA, alt. 4-7000 ft. ; from Nipal to Kashmir. 

 DISTRIB. Java. 



Glabrous, annual, 1-2 ft. Stem branched from the base. Leaves l-l in., acute, 

 narrowed into a short petiole. Racemes 6-8 in. in flower, to 18 in. in fruit ; pedicels 

 spreading and decurved in fruit. Flowers - in. long, white or pale purplish, sweet- 

 scented. Sepals lanceolate, margins white, disk with very long glands. Corolla-lobes 

 obovate. Filaments eglandular ; anthers oblong, exserted. Capsule ^ in. diam. 

 Lindley (in Bot. Keg.) describes the capsule as bursting irregularly at the base. This 

 I have not seen. The dehiscence is irregular, but usuallv by valves. 



3. Xi. javanica, Bl. JBijd. 736; erect, leaves elliptic-ovate or lanceolate 

 more or less gland-dotted and margined, racemes long lax-fld., pedicels fy in., 

 fruiting ^in., bracts subulate, petals hardly exceeding the sepals. Klatt, die 

 Gatt. Lysimach. t. 5. L. multiflora, Wall Cat. 1487 ; Duly in DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 63; Klatt I.e. t. 4. L. acroadenia, Maxim. Diagn. PI Jap. Dec. iv. and 

 v. 272. L. consobrina, Hance mss. L. decurrens, Herb. Hance. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA; Sikkim and Bhotan, alt, 4-6000 ft. ASSAM and SIIHET. 

 DISTRIB. Java, China, Japan, Isle of Pines, New Caledonia. 



Very similar to L. lobelioides, but a much more robust and erect plant, with shorter 

 pedicels and smaller petals, and glandular filaments. The capsules burst very 

 irregularly. The amount of glandular dots on the leaves varies exceedingly ; they 

 are sometimes confined to the margin. 



ft Stamens shorter than the corolla. 



4. Ii. obovata, Herb. Ham. ; Wall. Cat. 1488 ; erect, slender, simple or 

 sparingly branched, leaves obovate spathulate or oblanceolate minutely gland- 

 dotted, racemes long lax-fld., pedicels fruiting and flowering ^-- in., bracts 

 subulate, corolla-lobes obovate nearly twice as long as the sepals. L. glau- 

 cescens, Wall. mss. 



HINDOSTAN and MAINPUR, Herb. Wallich. BIRMA, Griffith. DISTRIB. Java. 



Smaller than any of the preceding species, more or less glaucous. Stem 6-18 in., 

 sometimes branched from the base. Leaves ^-3 in., acute or obtuse, usually petioled. 

 Racemes 2-8 in. ; bracts about half as long as the pedicels. Corolla-segments obovate. 

 Filaments short ; anthers apiculate. Capsule \ in. diam., bursting irregularly. L. 

 Candida, Lindl., differs only in the longer stamens, if at all. 



** Flowers in elongate terminal racemes; bracts leafy, longer than the 

 pedicels. Stamens shorter than the corolla. 



