25H 
62. primulacejE. 
4. P.farinosa{lj.); obovate-lanceolate mealy, cal. oblong- 
ovate : teeth linear, limb of the cor. flat : segments obcordate 
rounded below distant as long as the tube. — E. B. 6. St. 14. — 
FI. pale lilac with a yellow centre. “ Colour of the cor. and 
breadth of segments very variable.” Germen obovate. Stigma 
capitate. — North of England and south of Scotland. P. VI. VII. 
Bird’s-eye Primrose. E. S. 
5. P. scotica (Hook.); 1. obovate-lanceolate mealy, cal. swollen: 
teeth short ovate obtuse, limb of the cor. flat : segments broadly 
obcordate approximate half the length of the tube. — E. B. S. 2608. 
— Half as large as the preceding. FI. bluish-pur{)le with a yel- 
low centre. “ Germen globose. Stigma with 5 points.” — Sandy 
heaths of the north of Scotland. P. VII. S. 
2. IIoTTONiA Linn. Water-violet. 
1. H. palustris (L.) ; fl. whorled stalked upon a long solitary 
cylindrical common j)ed., cor. longer than the calyx, 1. pectinated. 
— E. B. 364. — L. submerged crowded. Fl. rising above the 
water, purple and yellow. Style longer than the cal., stam. in- 
serted in the tube, auth. and filaments about equal in length ; or 
style shorter than the cal., stam. inserted at the top of the tube, 
filaments 3 or 4 times as long as the anthers. The former of the 
varieties is apparently barren. The nearly terminal hilum sepa- 
rates this plant from its allies, in all of which it is placed towai'ds 
the middle of the seed. The tops of the valves of the caps, re- 
main connected. — Ponds and ditches. P. V. VI. E. I. 
3. Cyclamen Linn. 
I. C. hederifolium (Willd.); 1. cordate angular crenate, throat 
of the cor. with 5 teeth. — E. B. 548. — Stem a large depressed 
tuber. L. appearing to be radical. Fl. nearly white, upon long 
stalks which roll up after flowering and bury the germen. — Sand- 
hurst near Cranbrook, Kent. P. X. (IV. Hook?) E. 
4. Lysimachia 
1. L. thyr.siJlora (L.) ; racemes axillary stalked dense, 1. oppo- 
site lanceolate. — E. B. 176. Naumburgia R. — Fl. small very nu- 
merous. Cor. divided almost to the base into narrow pet. often 
separated by a minute tooth, yellow and as well as the cal. 
sj)otted with orange. Stam. combined below into a short ring. 
— Marshes in the north. P. VI. VII. E. S. 
2. L. vulgaris (L.) ; st. erect, panicles compound terminal and 
axillary, 1. ovate or ovate-lanceolate nearly sessile opposite or 3 or 
4 in a whorl, pet. entire with glabrous edges, stam. 5 combined 
for half their length. — E. B. 761. — St. 2 — 3 feet high. L. va- 
riable in size, shape and pubescence. Panicle much branched or 
