PL ex. cor. 20. STATICIN^. 53. LImonium. 297 



Leaves oblong wedgeshape, petioled, acute ; scape pro- 

 strate; twigs divaricating, lower ones barren; Jlowers tei'- 

 minal, blue. 



Fam. IV. 21. PRIMULACE^E. Ventenat, Lysimachicp, 

 Jussieu. Anagallidce, Ad an son. Hota' 

 ceariim et Preciarum pars, Linnaeus. 

 Calyx 1-leaf, persisting, 5 or rarely 't-cut, regular; co- 

 rolla 1-sepaled, regular; limb 4 or 5-cut; stamens as many 

 as the lobes opposite to them; ovary free, 1-celled; style 1 ; 

 5/i^wa capitate ; co/)«Je valvate ; spermophore central, free; 

 seeds many, peltate ; perisperm fleshy ; corculum straight, 

 enclosed, parallel to the umbilicus; radicle below (De Can- 

 dolle) or vague. — Stem herbaceous; leaves simple, often 

 not cut, opposite, whirled, or spreading./ ^'1^-''?^''^ 



Ca/yj; 4-sepaled ; coro//a rather pitcher-shape; 

 stamens 4, distinct, bald; pyxidium. . . Centunculus. 54-. 



Calyx 5-sepaled ; corolla rotate ; 

 stamens 5, bearded ; pyxidium Anagallis. 55. 



Calyx 5-sepaled ; corolla nearly bellshape ; 

 stamens 5, connate; pyxidium Irasekia. 56". 



Calyx 5-sepaled ; cor. rotate ; lobes distant ; 

 stam. 5, distinct, smooth; capsule 10-valved 



Naumburgia. 58. 



Calyx 5-sepaled; corolla rotate, 5-toothed; 

 stamens 5, distinct, smooth ; capsule 10-valved 



Numularia. 59. 



Calyx 5-sepaled ; corolla salvershape ; 

 stamens 5, nearly sessile; capsule 5-valved Hottonia., 60. 



Calyx 5-sepaled ; cor. rotate, limb reflexed ; 

 stam. 5, short; capside fleshy, 5-valved .. . . Cyclamen. 63. 



Calyx 5-sepaled ; corolla rotate ; 

 stam. 5, connate, glandular; caps. 5 

 to 10-valved Lysimachia. 57. 



Calyx 7-sepaled ; corolla rotate ; 

 stamens 1 ; capside Trientalis. 61. 



Calyx 5-toothed ; corolla salvershape ; 

 lobes 2-cut; stam. 5, enclosed; capsule .... Primula. 62. 



I. 54. CENTUNCULUS. Pliny. Chaff-weed. 



Calyx 4-lobed; corolla rather pitchershape, 4-cut; sta- 

 mens ^ \ filaments short, bald, distinct; pyxidium globose. 

 ' — Leaves alternate ; Jlowers axillary ; bractece. 0. 



