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PRIMULACEAE. 

 Anagallis arvensis L. 

 Annual, glabrous herb, with 15 — 30 cm. long, procumbent or as- 

 cending stem; leaves opposite, entire, broadly ovate, acute, sessile, 12 mm. 

 long; flowers bright red. 



Usually near the coast, but also inland on cultivated soil. Europe, 

 temperate Asia, Africa, and on Atlantic and Pacific coast of Forth 

 America, where introduced, as in Australia. 



Glaux maritima L. 



Succulent perennial, with creeping rootstock; stem glabrous, branch- 

 ing, 8 — 15 cm. high; leaves small, opposite, sessile, ovate or almost 

 linear, entire; flowers purplish or white. 



Widely dispersed in Europe, temperate Asia, and North America. 

 On the eastern coast it ranges from New England north, while on the 

 Pacific it occurs from San Francisco to Alaska. Also in the interior in 

 limited areas on subsaline soil. 



Primula sibirica Jacq. 



Perennial herb, with fibrous roots; glabrous, green; leaves ovate or 

 obovate, entire, petiolate; flowers lilac. 



In arctic America, Greenland, Northern Europe, and Asia to Kamt- 

 schatka. 



Samolus repens Pers. 

 is a saline marshplant, sometimes found on moist sand in Australia, 

 New Zealand, and New Caledonia. 



8. Valerandi L. 

 occurs on similar localities as the former species, being dispersed in some 

 form over almost all temperate and warmer regions of the globe. 



MYRSINEAE. 



Aegiceras ma jus Gaertn. 



One of the commonest mangroves, ranging from Ceylon and the 



Indian Peninsula to the Eastern Archipelago and the South Pacific 



Islands. Also in Australia on the Queensland coast and at a few places 



in New South Wales. 



