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LYSIMACHIA lobelioides. 



Lobelia-like Loose-strife. 



PENTANDRIA MONOOYNIA. 



Nat. ord. PbimulacejE. 



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LYSIMACHIA. Moench. Calyx quinquepartitus. Corolla hypogyna, 

 subrotata, tubo brevissimo, limbo quinquepartito, explanato v. connivente. 

 Stamina 5 v. 10, corollae fauci inserta, quinque ejusdem laciniis opposita, fer- 

 tilia, alterna breviora ananthera, ssepissime nulla ; jilamenta filiformia, libera 

 v. ima basi in annulum cohaerentia, antherse oblongse, biloculares, longitudi- 

 naliter dehiscentes. Ovarium uniloculars placenta basilari subglobosa. 

 Ovula plurima, peltatim amphitropa. Stylus filiformis, stigma obtusum. 

 Capsula subglobosa, stylo persistente cuspidata, unilocularis, quinquevalvis, 

 nunc bivalvis, valvis apice demum bitrifidis. Semina plurima, orbiculata v. 

 angulata, placentae basilaris globosse libera foveolis semi-immersa, dorso 

 plana, ventre convexo umbilicata. Embryo in axi albuminis carnosi rectus, 



umbilico parallelus.* Herbse perennes, in temperatis hemisphcerce borealis 



indigence, erectce v. procumbentes ; foliis alternis 9 oppositis v. integerrimis, in- 

 terdam punctato-glandulosis, floribus axillaribus solitariis v. racemosis, nunc 

 terminalibus spicatis v. spicato-racemosis, Jlavis v. albido-roseis aut purpura- 

 scentibus. Endlicher. 



L. lobelioides ; caulibus adscendentibus, foliis oppositis ovatis subserratis bre- 

 viter petiolatis, racemis terminalibus nudis multifloris, floribus nutan- 

 tibus, corollis campanulatis quinquepartitis sepalis acutis paulo longiori- 

 bus, staminibus exsertis, capsulis sphsericis. Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 150. 



Caulis ascendens, teres, ramosus, l-2-pedalis, ramis omnibus in racemum 

 subsecundum abeuntibus. Folia ovata, integra, glabra, in petiolum angastata, 

 opposita, summis tantum alternis. Bractese subulatce, pedicellis breviores. 

 Corolla alba, basi rubescens, campanulata, obtuse 5-Jida, calyce longior. Sta- 

 mina exserta. Capsula sphcerica, pisi parvi magnitudine, indehiscens, rosea, 

 basi irregulariter rupta. 



Nepal, Kamaon, and other districts of Northern India 

 produce this pretty species of Loosestrife, which was first found 

 hy Dr. Wallich's people in 1821, but which has been only 

 recently introduced to our gardens by the Hon. Court of 



Directors of the East India Company, who presented seeds 

 of it to the Horticultural Society. 



