ANAGALLIS.] PRIMDLACEM. 5 



veined. Corolla scarcely extending beyond the calyx, white or pink ; 

 tube globose, much contracted at the mouth* Capsule globose, whitish. 

 Seeds minute, angular, pitted. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik ransje, and in the submontane tracts from 

 Rohilkhand to Gorakhpur Flowers during the cold season. DISTBIB. : 

 Punjab Plain, and eastwards to N. Bengal and Calcutta; Betnl Dist. 

 of the C. Prov.; Outer Himalaya from Kumaon to Sikkim up to 5,000 

 feet. Found also in China, Japan and in the Looohoo Isla nd. 



S. LYSIMACHIA, Linn.; PL Brit. Ind. iii, 501. 



Erect procumbent or creeping herbs. Leaves quite entire, opposite 

 alternate or whorled. Flowers solitary racemed or in spikes. Calyx 

 5-6-partite. Corolla rotate or fnnnel-sliaped, 5-6-partite. Stamens 

 inserted on the base of the corolla-lobes. Geary subglobose ; style 

 filiform, persistent ; ovules many. Capsule globose or subgloboae, 

 5-valved or bursting irregularly, miny-seeded. Seeds trigonous or 

 piano-con vex. ^-Species about 60, chiefly in N. temp, regions. 



L oborata, Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Cat. 1488 ; Royle III. 310s F.B.I, 

 Hi, 502. L. Candida, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. i, 301. 



An eract somewhat glaucous herb. Stem 6-18 in. high, simple or branch- 

 ing from the base. Leaves ^-3 in. long, obovate-spathulate or oblan- 

 ceolabe, acute or obtuse, minutely gland-dottjd, the lower ones long 

 petioled. Racemes 2-8 n. long, lixly flowered ; pedicels f J in., 'bracts 

 equalling or shorter than the pedicels, subulate. Calyx-segments lanceo- 

 late, acuminate. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, lobes obovate. 

 Filaments short, anthers apiculate. Capsule & in. in diam., bursting 

 irregularly. 



Dehra Dun (Duthie) ; and in the Sub-Himalayan tracts from Rohilkhand 

 to G^rakhpur (Dnthie's collectors). Flowers during March and April. 

 DIST RIB, Manipur and Upper Burma, excending to China, Japan and 

 Java. 



4. ANAGALLIS, Tournef. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 505. 



Slender annual or perennial herbs. Levve* opposite, quite entire. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, peduncled, ebracteate, red or blue, rarely 

 white. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate, 5-partite. Stamens 5, 

 attached to the base of the corolla, villous. Ovary globose, style 

 filiform, stigma globose ; ovules many, amphitropous. Capsule 

 globose., circumsciss. Seeds many, peltate, plano-convex, Species 

 12, iu Temp. Asia, Europe, N. Africa and in Temp. S. America. 



