N. 0. PRIMULACEÆ.
714. Primula reticluata, Wall, h.f.b.i., iii. 483.
Syn. : — P. altissima and P. speedosa, Don.
Vern. : — Biskopra, Jal-kutra (Kumaon.)
Habitat : — Central and Eastern Himalaya, Nepal and Sikkim.
A perennial, scapigerous herb, glabrous, slightly mealy or not. Rost-stock small. Leaves very long— petioled, 2-3 in., oblong- cordate, very slender obtuse, cremate or doubly crenate, reteculate, glaucous beneath, petiole 4-6in. Scape very tall, slender, 12-16in. Inflorescence sometimes mealy. Bracts large, regularly placed but unequal in size, sometimes toothed. Linear-oblong or lanceolate. Flowers nodding, slightly fragrant. Calyx ¼-⅓in., campanulate ; calyx-lobes short, acute, recurved, quite terete or 5-ribbed. Corolla-tube yellow, funnel-shaped ; much exserted, nearly ½in., lobes erecto-patent, small, rounded or notched. Fruit not seen, says J. D. Hooker.
Use : — Said to be poisonous to cattle ; is used externally as an anodyne (Atkinson). The same remark might easily apply to any species of Primula.
715. Anagallis arvensis, Linn, h.f.b.i., iii. 506.
Vern. : — Jonkhmári, Jainghani (N.-W. P.) ; Magnues baghee, Dhabbar (Pb.)
Eng : — Poor man's weather glass.
Habitat : — Bengal, North-West India, and the Himalaya, from Nepal westwards. Central India and Nilgherry Hills. Found occasionally in the Deccan in moist places, and is common in the Pashan valley.
An annual, erect, or procumbent herb, glabrous, gland-dotted, branching from the base. Branches 4-angled, ascending, 5-15in. long, Leaves ½-1½in., sessile, ovate, cordate or lanceolate, acute, gland dotted, rarely whorled. Peduncles l-2in., erect in flower, decurved in fruit. Sepals narrow, acuminate, lanceolate, almost
