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slender erecto-patent, with a slight bend or knee in or below 
their middle subtended by a small 1. or linear br. 
Of the familiar British or European Tribe Lysimaciiie.e, Astero - 
linum Linum-stellatum (L.) DC. viii. 68 ( Lysimachia , Brot. i, 
264) has been found abundantly in the Great Salvage, as also 
here and there in the Canaries (Tenerife and Grand Canary), 
but it has not hitherto occurred in Mad. It is an insignificant 
weedy ann. pi., resembling Stellaria uliginosa Murr., with 
small w. fl., and growing mostly in thick tufts or masses. 
No pi. of the normal Tribe in this Order, PrimulevE (Primrose 
proper), has been found either in Mad., the Azores, the Canaries 
or Cape-Yerdes: and the common Primrose (Primula \tulgaris 
Huds. =P. acaulis Jacq. —P. grandiflora Lam.) is only pre- 
served with difficulty in a few English gardens in Mad. 
Order LIX. GENTIAXACEiE. 
The Gentian Family. 
Fl. perfect regular or slightly irregular, mostly 4-5-, rarely 
6-12-fid. Cal. free gamosepalous persistent, lobes valvate or 
contorted. Cor. gamopetalous liypogynous (very rarely bila- 
biate), lobes alternate with those of cal. imbricately twisted in 
bud, sometimes induplicate or plaited, mostly persistent mar- 
cescent. Stam. as many as and alternate with cor.-lobes, in- 
serted in its tube or throat. Ov. free single of 2 concrete carpels 
either 1 -celled or imperfectly 2-celled, many-ovulate. Stigm. 
2 or 1, with or without a distinct persistent or deciduous style. 
Ovules anatropal. Caps. 2-1 -celled (rarely 4-celled or baccate) 
mostly 2-valved septicidal with parietal placentas. Seeds nume- 
rous minute. Embryo minute straight axile in the middle of 
the fleshy albumen. — Smooth rarely frutescent herbs with bitter 
tonic properties, not milky. L. mostly simple entire opposite 
or whorled, palmate-nerved, often rosulate at the base of the fl.- 
st., without stip. Inflorescence mostly centrifugal; fl. mostly 
scentless, often handsome p., b., w. or y. 
Tribe I. G EXT I A NEAt. * 
Cor.-lobes twisted dextrall}' in bud. Coat of seed {testa) mem- 
branous ; alb. filling it entirely. — L. opposite simple or undi- 
vided entire. 
Subtribe 1. Chlorem . 
Anth. with a connective. Style distinct caducous. 
