266 61. PRIMULACE^. 



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

 short bellshaped tube and ^-partite reflexed limb. Stam. 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 S-parted. Stam. 5, at the base of the cor. Caps, 

 with 6 valves (in L. nemorum sometimes 2-valved or inde- 

 hiscent, in L. thyrsiflora few-seeded). 



5. Anagallis. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. rotate, tube none, hmb 

 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 suhglo- 

 hose inflated tube and spreading 4 — 5-parted limb. Stem. 

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

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

 parted. 



7. Thientalis. Cal. 7-parted. Cor. rotate, 7-parteJ, 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. 



3. Glaux. Cal. bellshaped, 6-parted, coloured. Cor. none. 

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

 (about 10), opening with 5 valves. 



9. Samolus. Cal. 5-parted, its tube adhering to the lower 

 half of thegermen, persistent. Cor. salvershaped, tube short, 

 limb 6-parted with interposed converging scales. Stam. 5, 

 insei'ted near to the base of the tube of the cor. Caps. \- 

 inferior, many-seeded, opening «ith reflexed teeth. 



1. Primula Linn. Primrose. 



1. P. vulgaris (Huds.); /. o&Zo}?^-oj;a;e wrinkled crenate, ped. 

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

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

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

 ovate l 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. — p. caulescens ; 

 1. shghtly 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.-hmb concave 

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



