506 LXXXVII. PRIMULACEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Anagallis. 



style filiform ; ovules many, amphitropous. Capsule globose, circumsciss. Seeds 

 many, peltate, plano-convex. N. temperate regions, and temperate S. America. 



A. arvensis, Linn.-, Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 6; annual, erect or procum- 

 bent, leaves sessile ovate cordate or lanceolate acute dotted, sepals almost 

 equalling the blue or red corolla. Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 24 ; Cat. 1492. 



BENGAL, NORTH- WESTERN INDIA, and the HIMALAYA from Nipal westwards ascending 

 to 5000 ft. CENTRAL INDIA, the NII.GHERRY HILLS, and CEYLON (perhaps introduced). 

 DISTRIB. Europe, West Asia, and introduced into most temperate regions. 



Glabrous, gland-dotted, branched from the base ; branches 4-angled, ascending. 

 Leaves i-1^ in., rarely whorled. Peduncles 1-2 in., erect in flower, decurved in fruit. 

 Sepals narrow, lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla |- in. diam., closing in dull weather, 

 segments often ciliate. Capsule size of a small pea. Seeds 3-gonous. Both the blue 

 and red-fld. vars. are found in Western India ; the blue (A. carulea, Lam.) being the 

 common one eastward. 



8. CENTUNCULUS, Linn. 



Small annual berbs. Leaves subopposite or alternate. Floivers minute, 

 solitary, axillary, ebracteate, white or pink. Calyx 4-5-partite. Corolla short, 

 urceolate. Stamens 4-5, on the corolla-throat, filaments flattened ; anthers 

 exserted. Ovary subglobose ; style filiform ; ovules many. Capsule globose, 

 circumsciss. Seeds many, peltate. Species 3 or 4 ; Europe, Asia, America. 



C. tenellus, Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 72 ; erect, leaves alternate sub- 

 sessile ovate orbicular or obovate obtuse or acute, flowers 4-5-merous, sepals 

 lanceolate, tube of corolla subglobose, lobes ovate-lanceolate. Wight Ic. t. 

 2000. Lysimachia tenella, Wall. Cat. 1491. Micropyxis pumila, Duly I. c. 

 M. tenella, Wight 1. c. t. 1585. 



CENTRAL and WESTERN HIMALAYA; Nipal, Kumaon, Dalhousie, alt. 4000 ft. 

 CENTRAL INDIA ; Chota Nagpore and Parasnath, Clarke. NILGHERBY and PULNEY 

 MTS. DISTRIB. Tropical America and Australia. 



9. SADXOX.US, Tournef. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves radical and alternate. Flowers in 

 terminal racemes or corymbs, white ; pedicels bracteate. Calyx ^-superior, 5- 

 fid. Corolla perigynous, subcampanulate, 5-partite. Stamens 5, alternating 

 with staminodes, filaments very short. Ovary subglobose ; style short ; ovules 

 many, anatropous. Capsule ^-inferior, ovoid, crown 5-valved. Seeds many, 

 angular, hilum basilar. Species about 8 ; temperate regions. 



S. Valerandl, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 6; leaves obovate or 

 spathulate obtuse or apiculate Wall. Cat, 1508. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Sirmore, alt. 3-4000 ft., westwards. DISTRIB. Most 

 temperate regions. 



Glabrous. Eootstock short. Stem ^-2 ft., erect, decumbent or ascending, often 

 rooting at the base. Leaves 1-4 in., quite entire, radical rosulate, cauline alternate. 

 Racemes -6 in., erect ; pedicels ascending with the adnate bract above their middle. 

 Calyx-tube hemispheric, lobes triangular. Corolla in. diam. ; lobes short, obtuse. 

 Capsule ^ in. diam. Seeds rugose. 



