506 Lxxxyii. PEiMULACEiB. (J. D. Hooker.) lAnagallis. 



style filiform ; ovules many, amphitropoua. Capsule globose, circumsciss. Seeds 

 many, peltate, plano-convex. — N. temperate regions, and temperate S. America. 



A . arvensis, Zinn. ; Soiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 6 ; annual, erect or procum- 

 bent, leaves sessile ovate cordate or lanceolate acute dotted, sepals almost 

 equalling the blue or red corolla. Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 24 ; Cat. 1492. 



Bengai, Noeth- Western India, and the'HiMALATA from Nipal westwards ascending 

 to 5000 ft. Centhal India, the Nij.gherby Hills, and Ceylon (perhaps introdused). 

 — DiSTKiB. Europe, West Asia, and introduced into most temperate regions. 



Glabrous, gland-dotted, branched' from the base ; branches 4-angled, ascending. 

 Leaves ^-Ij in., rarely whorled. Peduncles 1-2 in., erect in flower, decurved in fruit. 

 Sepals narrow, lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla |-i in. diam., closing in dull weather, 

 segments often ciliate. Capsule size of a small pea. Seeds 3-gonous. — Both the blue 

 and red-fld. vars. are found in Western India ; the blue [A. cisrulea, Lam.) being the 

 common one eastward. 



8. CEITTTTNCVIiVS, Idnn. 



Small annual herbs. Leaves subopposite or alternate. Flowers minute, 

 solitary, axillary, ebracteate, white or pink. Calyx 4-5-partite. Corolla short, 

 urceolate. Stamens 4-5, on the corolla-throat, filaments flattened; anthers 

 exserted. Ovary subglobose ; style filiform ; ovules many. Capsule globose, 

 circumsciss. Seeds many, peltate. Species 3 or 4 ; Europe, Asia, America. 



C. tenellus, Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 72 ; erect, leaves alternate sub- 

 sessile ovate orbicular or obovate obtuse or acute, flowers 4-5-merous, sepals 

 lanceolate, tube of corolla subglobose, lobes ovate-lanceolate. Wight Ic. t. 

 2000. Lysimachia tenella, WaU. Cat. 1491. Micropyxis pumila, Dvhy Z. c, 

 M. tenella, Wight I. c. t. 1585. 



Centeal and Westebn Himalaya; Nipal, Kumaon, Dalhousie, alt. -1000 ft. 

 Central India ; Chota Kagpore and Fareisnath, Clarke, Niloherby and Pulnky 

 Mts. — DiSTRiB, Tropical America and Australia. 



9. SADXOIiUS, Tcmrnef. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves radical and alternate. Flowers in 

 terminal racemes or corymbs, white ; pedicels bracteate. Calyx ^-superior, 6- 

 fid. Corolla perigynous, subcampanulate, 5-partite. Stamens 5, alternating 

 with staminodes, filaments very short. Ovary subglobose ; style short ; ovules 

 many, anatropous. Capsule ^-inferior, ovoid, crown 6-valved. Seeds many, 

 angular, hilum basilar. — Species about 8 ; temperate regions. 



S. Valerandi, lAnn.; Soiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 6; leaves obovate or 

 Spathulate obtuse or apiculate Wall. Cat. 1508. 



Western Himalaya ; from Sirmore, alt. 3-4000 ft., westwards. — Distrib. Most 

 temperate regions. 



Glabrous. Rootstock short. Stem J-2 ft., erect, decumbent or ascending, often 

 rooting at the base. Leaves 1-t in., quite entire, radical rosnlate, cauline alternate. 

 Sacemes ^-6 in., erect ; pedicels ascending with the adnale bract above their middle. 

 Calyx-tube hemispheric, lobes triangular. Corolla ^ in, diam. ; lobes short, obtuse. 

 Capsule ^ in. diam. Seeds rugose. 



