. Flora of southern British Columbia and Vancouver Island [microform] : with many references to Alaska and northern species. Botanique; Botanique; Botanique; Botany; Botany; Botany. 238 PRIMULACE^. 4. DOUGLASIA Low tufted herbs with sulTrutescent stems and solitary or umbellate flowers; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed; corolla-tube equaling or exceeding the calyx, the throat more or less contracted and 5 crested beneath the sinuses; stamens included; capsule turbinate, 1-2 seeded. (David Douglas d. 1834, made extensive botanical exploration in the North West). 1. D. montana Gray. Caespitoae; leaves
. Flora of southern British Columbia and Vancouver Island [microform] : with many references to Alaska and northern species. Botanique; Botanique; Botanique; Botany; Botany; Botany. 238 PRIMULACE^. 4. DOUGLASIA Low tufted herbs with sulTrutescent stems and solitary or umbellate flowers; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed; corolla-tube equaling or exceeding the calyx, the throat more or less contracted and 5 crested beneath the sinuses; stamens included; capsule turbinate, 1-2 seeded. (David Douglas d. 1834, made extensive botanical exploration in the North West). 1. D. montana Gray. Caespitoae; leaves subulate, minutely ciliate, about 4 mm. long; peduncles solitary, 1-flowered, corolla-tube equaling the calyx. Mts., Montana; perhaps B. C. 2. D. nivalis Lindl. Similar but with flowers in umbels, and the whole plant puberulent. Near the sources of the Columbia. 5. SAMOLUS (Brook-Weed) A low glabrous plant with alternate leaves and small white flowers in racemes; stamens 5, staminodia 5 or none; style slender, capitate; capsule globose, opening by 5 valves; seeds many, minute. (A Celtic name, referring to curative qualities for swine). 1. S. floribundus H. & R. Diffusely branched, 1-3 dm. high; leaves ob- ovate or spatulate; pedicels filiform, bracteolate near the middle. Wet places, possibly on our S. E. boundary. 6. CENTUNCULUS (Chaff-Weed) A low, glabrous annual with alternate leaves and minute axillary flowers, with rotate corollas; stamens 4 or 5, beardless. (Latin dim. of cento, a patch, in allusion to its manner of growth). 1. C. minimus L. Stem ascending, 3-8 cm. long; leaves obovate; flowers nearly sessile, mostly 4-merous. In a pond, Kamloops; wet place; Mayne Is. (J. Davidson). 7. ANAGALLIS (Pimpernel) A low spreading annual with opposite leaves and axillary flowers on long peduncles; calyx-lobes linear; corolla rotate, the tube very short; stamens 5, bearded; capsule globose, many-seeded. (Greek, ana, again, agallein, to delight). 1. A. arvensis L. Leaves ovate
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