344 lxvi. prijittlaceje. \ Hott 6 nia . 
5. Teientalis. Cal. about 7-partite. Cor. rotate. Stam. glabrous. 
Caps, opening to the base with revolute fugacious valves. 
ft Cal. tubular or campanulate. 
2. Primula. Cal. tubular or campanulate, herbaceous. Cor. salver- 
sliaped ; limb spreading. 
3. Cyclamen. Cal. campanulate, herbaceous. Limb of cor. closely 
reflexed. 
4. Glaux. Cal. campanulate, coloured. Cor. wanting. 
** Ovary half-inferior. 
9. Samolus. Cor. salver-shaped. 
A. Capsule superior, opening by valves which remain connected 
at the apex. Seeds with the hilum at the base, and an erect 
embryo. IIottoniese. (Gen. 1.) 
1. Hottonia Linn. Water-Violet. 
Cal. 5-partite. Cor. salver-sliaped, with a short tube, and flat 
limb. Stamens 5, glabrous, inserted into the tube, included. 
Stigma globose. Caps, globose, crowned with the persistent 
style, splitting laterally into 5 valves which remain connected 
at the base and summit. Seeds very numerous. — Named after 
Pierre Holton, a professor at Leyden during the latter half 
of the 17th century. 
1. H. palustris L. ( common W., or Feather f oil) ; flowers 
whorled on a long solitary cylindrical stalk, corolla longer than 
the calyx, leaves pectinate. E. B. t. 364. 
Ditches and pools in England, but not found in Scotland. Down- 
patrick, Ireland. %. 5,6. — Root creeping. Leaves all submerged. 
Flowers large, handsome, pale purple, rising above the water. 
B. Capsule superior, opening at the apex by valves or teeth. 
Seeds peltate ; embryo transverse. Pkimulea;. (Gen. 2 — 6.) 
2. Primula Linn. Primrose. Oxlip. Cowslip. 
Cal. tubular or campanulate, 5-toothed. Cor. salver-sliaped, 
its tube cylindrical, its mouth open. Caps, openingwith 10 teeth. 
— Named from primus, first, on account of the early appear- 
ance of the flowers in the most common species ; in France 
primevcre. 
1 . P. vulgaris Huds. ( common P.) ; leaves obovate-oblong cre- 
nate-toothed wrinkled, scape umbellate usually sessile some- 
times on a common stalk, flowers erect, calyx tubular somewhat 
inflated teeth linear-lanceolate attenuate very acute, limb of 
the corolla flat, tube with a circle of scale-like folds at the 
slightly contracted mouth. — a. umbel sessile among the leaves. 
