Lysimachia.'] LXXXVII. PRIMULACEJJ. (J. D. Hooker.) 505 



** Leaves opposite, rarely 3-nate or alternate. Capsule bursting by valves. 



13. Xi. japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 83 ; Icones, t. 16; prostrate, pube- 

 scent or villous, leaves ovate acute gland-dotted, peduncles solitary or 2-nate 

 very short, sepals lanceolate villous longer than the corolla reflexed in fruit, 

 filaments united at the base by a broad membrane, ovary hirsute. Duby 

 in DC. Prodr. viii. 67 ; Klatt, die Oatt. Lysim. t. 19. L. debilis. Wall, in 

 Roxb. FL Ind. ed. Carey $ Watt. ii. 25 ; Cat. 1482 ; Duby 1. c. 66 j Klatt, 

 I. c. t. 20. L. ferruginea, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 84. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 4-8000 ft. KHASIA Mrs., alt. 

 3-5000 ft. DISTRIB. China, Japan. 



Branches 6-10 in. terete, weak. Leaves 1-1 in., usually petioled. Peduncles 

 very variable in length, spreading decurved or upcurved. Corolla yellow, \- \ in. diam. ; 

 segments oblong, gland-dotted. Filaments long, but shorter than the corolla, 

 glabrous. Capsule much shorter than the sepals. A specimen apparently of this 

 plant procured in Sikkim by Griffith's collectors has the leaves alternate, very short 

 pedu n les, longer filaments with a shorter connecting membrane and hairy ovary ; it 

 a good deal resembles Klatt's figure of L. ferruginea, Edgew., and is intermediate 

 between alternifolia and japonica. 



14. Zi. deltoides, Wight III. ii. 137, t. 144; hirsute, procumbent, 

 branches ascending, leaves ovate or broadly oblong obtuse or acute, peduncles 

 solitary or 2-nate about as long as the leaves, sepals lanceolate villous shorter 

 than the corolla, filaments united at the base by a very narrow membrane, ovary 

 glabrous. Klatt, die Gatt. Lysim. t. 19. L. Metziana, Hohen. PL Exsicc. Ind. 

 Or. No. 1443, 1444. 



NILOHERRY and PULNEY Mrs., Wight, &c. 



Much branched from the base ; branches rooting below, terete. Leaves often 3- 

 nate, f-l in., more or less hairy on both surfaces. Peduncles usually decurved in 

 fruit. Corolla yellow, | in. diam., segments obovate, gland-dotted. Capsule bursting 

 by valves, shorter than the corolla. 



VAR. cordifolia ; leaves cordate or truncate at the base. L. umbrosa, Gardn. 

 mss. L. japonica, Thwaites Lnum. 172.< Ceylon, alt. 6-7000 ft. 



6. GX.AUX, Tournef. 



A succulent glabrous creeping stoloniferous herb. Leaves decussate. 

 Flowers small, axillary, sessile, white or pink. Calyx 5-partite, coloured. 

 Corolla 0. Stamens 5/hypogynous, alternate with the calyx-segments. Ovary 

 subglobose ; style filiform ; ovules few. Capsule globose, 5-valved, few-seeded. 

 Seeds peltate, terete, rough. 



Cr. maritima, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 7. 



WESTERN TIBET; alt. 12-15,000 ft., Falconer, &c. DISTRIB. N. temperate and 

 Arctic regions. 



Stem 6-10 in., procumbent or with suberect branches. Leaves - in., linear- or 

 obovate- or ovate-oblong. Calyx &-\ in. long, campanulate, lobes obtuse, margins 

 scarious. Anthers subexserted. Capsule small, cuspidate. 



7. ANAOALLIS, Tournef. 



Slender annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, quite entire. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, peduncled, ebracteate, red or blue, rarely white. Calyx 5- 

 partite. Corolla rotate, 5-partite. Stamens 5, filaments villous. Ovary globose ; 



