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61. PEIMTTLACE^. 
Rarely the scape is wanting and the fl. are amongst the leaves. — 
North of England and South of Scotland. P. VI. VII. BircVs- 
eye Primrose. E. S. 
5. P. scot'ica (Hook.) ; I. obovate-lanceolate mealy, cal. swollen, 
teeth short ovate blunt, cor. -limb flat its segvients broadly obcor- 
date approximate half the length of the tube. — E. B. S. 2608. — , 
Half as large as the preceding. Umbellate. Fl. bluish purple 
with a yellow centre. Germen globose. Stigma with 5 points. 
— Sandy heaths of the extreme North of Scotland. P. VII. S. 
2. Hotto'nia Linn. Water- Violet. 
1. H. palus'tris (L.) ; fl. whorled stalked upon a long solitary 
cyliudiical stalk, cor. exceeding the calyx, 1. pectinate. — E. B. 
364. — L. submerged, crowded. Fl. rising above the water, pale 
pink. Style exceeding the cal., stam. inserted in tube, anth. 
and filaments about equal in length ; or style falling short of 
cal., stam. inserted at top of tube, filaments 3 or 4 times as long 
as the anthers. The former of the varieties is apparently barren. 
—Ponds and ditches. P. V. VI. E. I. 
3. Ctc'lamen Linn. Sow-bread. 
Jl. C. hederifolium (Willd.) ; 1. cordate-ovate angular den- 
ticulate, cor.-throat 5-angled, sep. ovate acuminate denticulate. 
— R. xvii. 1088. -B. 5. 548. — St. a large depressed tuber.- L. 
after the fl., with wavy white blotches above. Fl. more or less 
pink with darker spots, 2-horned spots at the mouth. Fr.-ped. 
rolled up spirally. — Woods near the borders of East Sussex and 
Kent ! Mr. W. W. Saunders. P. VIH. E. 
4. Ltsima'chia Linn. Loose-strife. 
1. L. thyrsifl6ra (L.) ; racemes axillary stalked dense, 1. oppo- 
site lanceolate. — E. B. 17G. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Fl. small, very 
many. Cor. divided almost to its base into narrow segments 
separated by minute teeth, j'ellow and as well as the cal. spotted 
with orange. Stam. combined below into a short ring. — Marshes 
in the North. P. VI. VH. E. S. 
2. L. vvhjdris (L.) ; st. erect, panicks compound terminal and 
axillary, I. ovate or ovatc-layiceolate nearly sessile opposite or 3 or 
4 in a whorl, cor.-segments entire with glabrous edges, stam. 5 
combimd through i of their length. — E. B. 701. — St. 2 — .3 feet 
high. L. variable in size, shape and pubescence. Panicle much 
branched or nearly simple. J 1. yellow. Starved forms pass for 
L. putictata. — Sides of rivers and pools. P. VH. E. S. I. 
[Z. punctata (L.) ; st. erect, ped. axillaiy opposite or whorled 
