338 LXVI. PRIMULACE^, 



Uiottonia. 



Ord. LXVI. PRIMULACE^ Vent. 



at the apex Seeds with the Mum at the base, and an erect 

 embryo. IIottoaie^. (Gen, 1.) 



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1. HoTTONiA Linn. Water- Violet. 



CV.5-partite Cor salyer-sliaped, with a short ^t.&., and flat 

 hmh. Stamens 5, ghxbrous inserted into the tube, included. 

 ^%>-ma globose. Caps, globose, crowned with the persistent 



1lllfln\ '^ '"^° 1 '^'^ ''^'' ''''^' ' ^^^^e« ^J"«i^ remain 

 connected at the base and summit. Seeds very numerous ^ 



Named after Frerre Iloiton, a professor at Leyden durX the 

 latter half of tlie 17th century. ^ ^n uuiui^ uic 



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Calyx 4— 7-cleffc (half superior m Samolus). Corolla reouln. I *!>«' 



-7-lobed, inferior (wanting in Glanx). Stamens as ma*nv . 1 V 



and alternate with the sepals, opposite to the lobes of tl xfj^^'" 



corolla. Ovary 1-celIed, with the ovules upon a larae f^ V i 



central placenta. Style 1. Stigma ca-phate. Fruit a cansnU L f < i 



Seeds usually peltate. Embryo usually transverse (parallel t ?/^ 



the Inhim) ; very rarely (in Hottonia) erect, with the radicle c\Z \ f 



totheMMm. ^/^'M??^(??^ fleshy.— Herbaceous plants, cA/e^» 

 the colder and temperate regions. ■ J J 



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* Otary superior, 

 f Calyx divided almost to the base. 



8. Cextunculus. Cal. 4.partite. Cor. with a subglobose tube Stqm 



glabrous. Caps, opening transverselj. * • 



7, Anagalijs. Cal. 5 -partite. Cor. rotate or widely funnel-shanpd 



Stamens hairy. Caps, opening transversely. ^ 



1. Hottonia. Cal, 5-partite. Cor. salver-shaped. Caps, with valvo. 



connected at the summit. v'Vivta 



6. Lysmachia. Cal. 5-partite. Cor. rotate. Stam. glabrous or dan 

 ^ dular. Caps, opening at the summit with 5-^10 teeth or valve. 



0. TiUKNTALis. Cal. about 7.partite. Cor. rotate. Stam. rfabrous 



Caps, opening to the base with revolute fugacious valves. 



ft Cal tubular or campanulate. I '^d'^M 



2. Pkimula. Cal. tubular or campanulate, herbaceous. Cor. salver- V'"fl 



shaped; hmb spreading. ^^ J kse, tbey wi 



3. Cyclamen. Cal. campanulate, herbaceous. Limb of cor cIo^pIv \dm^^^ 



reilexed. . '^'^^^'7 Tj^ys^p 



4. bLAux. Cal. campanulate, coloured. Cor. wanting- J „ ,., 



** Ovary half-inferior, 



0. Samolus. Cor. salver-shaped. 



^\F!il^'!^l'''^Z'''') "i'f,'^ hy valves which remain connected ]"™'/"^^" 



t513. r. } 



^^'oods and 



Wj about B 



^^ not satisli 



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