Lysimachia.'] LXXXVII. PRIMULACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 503 



5. Zi. pyramidalls, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey fy Wall ii. 28 ; 

 Cat. 1486; erect, much branched, leaves linear-lanceolate minutely gland-dotted 

 and margined, racemes long lax-fld., pedicels \ in., fruiting in., bracts linear, 

 corolla-segments obovate longer than the sepals. Duty in DC. Prodr. viii. 62 ; 

 Klatt t die Gatt. Lysimach. t. 16. L. heterophylla, Don Prodr. 84. Anagallis 

 multangularis, Ham. (ex Don). 



CENTRAL and WKSTERN HIMALAYA ; from Simla to Central Nipal, alt. 5-8000 ft., 

 Hawulbagh, Jamieson. 



Glabrous. Stem 1 0-24 in., branches erect. Leaves l-2 in., rarely ovate-lanceolate. 

 Racemes 6-10 in. ; lower bracts 1 in. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, with slender mem- 

 branous margins. Corolla ^ in. long, white, lobes crenulate or toothed. Filaments 

 short, glabrous ; anthers apiculate. Capsule as in the previous species, bursting 

 irregularly. 



6. Zi. chenopodioides, Watt in Joum. Linn. Soc. ined. ; erect or de- 

 cumbent, branched, leaves petioled elliptic ovate or rhomboid acute or acumi- 

 nate gland-dotted and margined, flowers sessile and subsessile in the leaf axils, 

 sepals linear about equalling the obovate-oblong corolla-segments. L. glandu- 

 losa, Klatt, die Gattung Lysimachia, t. 17 (not of Edgeworth). 



TBMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 6-9000 ft. (not found in 

 Nipal or Sikkim). 



Very variable in habit, 12-18 in. high, glabrous, usually much branched. Leaves 

 \-\ in. ; petiole often as long as the blade. Flowers i in. long, sometimes subrace- 

 mose, with narrower recurved floral leaves. Sepals with several series of large long 

 glands down the centre. Filaments very short ; anthers obtuse. Capsule fa in. diam., 

 bursting irregularly. 



7. Zi. prolifera, Klatt, die Gatt. Lysim. 30, 1. 16 ; small, erect creeping or 

 ascending, leaves petioled subacute ovate or the lowest spathulate obtuse 

 gland-dotted but not margined, flowers in small terminal corymbs, pedicels very 

 short, sepals linear obtuse or acute, filaments equalling or shorter than the 

 linear-oboyat'e corolla-segments. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Garwhal at Dordotoole, alt. 10,000 ft., Madden-, Kumaon, 

 Madhari Pass, alt. 9000 ft., Strach. $ Winterb. ; Sikkim, alt. 8-10,000 ft., J. D. H., 

 &c. 



Perennial, 4-6 in. high, glabrous or puberulous towards the ends of the branches, 

 simple or branched from the base. Leaves opposite and alternate, 1-1 in., including 

 the petiole, which often equals the blade. Flowers in small terminal corymbs 

 amongst the uppermost leaves ; pedicels equalling the calyx, or longer. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, \ in., pale flesh-coloured or white. Filaments glabrous, very variable in 

 length ; anthers obtuse, often exserted from the expansion of the corolla. Fruit not 



B. Flowers yellow. Corolla rotate ; segments broad, oblong or obovate. 

 Filaments connected at the base by a membrane or ridge. 



* Leaves alternate. 



8. Zi. ramosa, Watt. Cat. 1490 ; erect, branches winged, leaves lanceolate 

 faintly gland-dotted, pedicels capillary usually equalling or exceeding the sub- 

 tending leaves, sepals ovate acuminate, anthers subsagittate apiculate. Duty in 

 DC. Prodr. viii. 65 ; Klatt, die Gatt. Lysimach. t. 17. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA; Sikkim, alt. 5-8000 ft. KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft. 

 BIRMA, at the serpentine mines, Griffith. DISTRIB. Java. 



Quite glabrous, annual (?). Stem 2-4 ft. ; branches long, slender, erecto-patent. 



