266 61. PRIMULACE^. 



3. CYCLAMEN. Cal. bellshaped, half 5-cleft. Cor. with a 

 short bellshaped tube and 5-partite reflexed limb. Stara. 5, 

 inserted at the bottom on the tube of the cor., included. 

 Caps, many-seeded, opening with 5 teeth. 



4. LYSIMACHIA. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. rotate, scarcely any 

 tube, limb 5-parted. Stain. 5, at the base of the cor. Caps, 

 with 5 valves (in L. nemorum sometimes 2-valved or inde- 

 hiscent, in L. thyrsiflora few-seeded). 



5. ANAGALLIS. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. rotate, tube none, limb 

 5-parted. Stam. 5, at the base of the cor. Caps, many- 

 seeded, opening all round transversely. 



6. CENTUNCULUS. Cal. 4 5-parted. Cor. with a subglo- 

 bose inflated tube and spreading 4 5-parted limb. Stam. 

 4 or 5, inserted in the throat of the cor. Caps, many- 

 seeded, opening all round transversely. Fl. usually 4- 

 parted. 



7. TRIENTALIS. Cal. ^-parted. Cor. rotate, 't -parted, tube 

 none. Stam. 7> inserted at the base of the cor. Caps, many- 

 seeded, opening with 5 revolute fugacious valves. Seeds in- 

 vested with a reticulated tunic. 



8. GLAUX. Cal. bellshaped, 5-parted, coloured. Cor. none. 

 Stam. 5, inserted at the base of the calyx. Caps, few-seeded 

 (about 10), opening with 5 valves. 



9. SAMOLUS. CaZ. 5-parted, its tube adhering to the lower 

 half of the germen, persistent. Cor. salvershaped, tube short, 

 limb 5-parted with interposed converging scales. Stam. 5, 

 inserted near to the base of the tube of the cor. Caps. ?- 

 inferior, many-seeded, opening with reflexed teeth. 



1 . PRIMULA Linn. Primrose. 



1. P.vulgaris (Huds.); I. oblong-ovate wrinkled crenate, ped. 

 obsolete, pedicels villose sessile single-flowered, col. tubular, 

 teeth linear-lanceolate attenuate very acute, cor. -limb flat with 

 a circle of scalelike folds at the slightly contracted mouth, caps, 

 ovate i the length of cal., long straightish teeth of fr.-cal. meet- 

 ing at top. E. B. 4. St. 14. 6. P. acaulis Jacq. L. narrowing 

 gradually downwards. Fl. erect. Cal. villose. /3. caulescens; 

 1. slightly contracted below, ped. umbellate, fl. erect. Often 

 taken for P. elatior. Woods and thickets. P. IV. V. Primrose. 



2. P. veris (L.) ; I. ovate abruptly contracted below then 

 attenuate wrinkled crenate, ped. tomentose umbellate many- 

 flowered, cal. bellshaped, teeth short ovate, cor.-limb concave 

 with a circle of scalelike folds at the slightly contracted mouth, 



