902 PRIMULACEAE 
ovate or triangular-ovate, acute, about as long as the tube: corolla white, 3 mm. broad ; 
lobes oblong, rounded or emarginate at the apex, longer than the tube: staminodia 5 : cap- 
sules subglobose, 2.5-3 mm. in diameter. 
In wet soil and marshes, fresh, brackish and salt, Newfoundland to British Columbia, south to 
Florida, Mexico and California. Spring and summer. 
2. Samolus cuneàtus Small. Deep green, 1-3 dm. tall. Stems solitary or tufted, 
ascending or reclining, usually branched : leaves opposite or mainly so ; blades obdeltoid- 
eee or broadly spatulate, 4-12 cm. long, truncate or coarsely mucronulate at the apex, 
the bases decurrent as broad wings: racemes 1-3 dm. long, their peduncles longer than the 
stems, like the racemes, glandular-pilose : pedicels slender, spreading or ascending, 1-38 cm. 
long: calyx campanulate ; lobes triangular, acute, longer than the tube, or at maturity 
shorter : corolla white, 4-5 mm. broad ; lobes 5, broadly cuneate, flattish or truncate at the 
apex, toothed, as long as the tube: stamens included: capsules depressed-globose, 3-3.5 
mm. in diameter. 
On wet limestone rocks or in moist soil, Texas. Spring. 
3. Samolus alyssoides Heller. Glabrous, glaucous, 2-3 dm. tall. Stems more or 
less tufted, erect or ascending, usually branched: leaves numerous, 4-7 em. long; blades 
dee acute or acutish, narrowed into winged often purple petioles, which are shorter 
than the blades : racemes 2-4 cm. long, on peduncles as long as the stem or longer : pedicels 
5-10 mm. long, ascending: calyx campanulate ; lobes triangular or triangular-lanceolate, 
acute, about as long as the tube: corolla white, 8-9 mm. broad ; lobes 5-6, suborbicular, 
shorter than the tube, rounded at the apex, glandular at the base: stamens included: 
stigma nearly entire: capsules subglobose, 3-3.5 mm. in diameter. 
In dry sandy soil, on the coast, southern Texas. Spring. 
4. Samolus ebracteàtus H.B.K. Glabrous or nearly so, 1-3 dm. tall. Stems soli- 
tary or tufted, often sparingly branched : leaves alternate ; blades spatulate or obovate, 
3-10 cm. long, obtuse or apiculate, sessile or with short winged petioles, decurrent : racemes 
2-20 em. long, their peduncles usually elongated, commonly longer than the stem : pedi- 
cels 1-5 em. long or rarely shorter, ascending: calyx campanulate ; lobes triangular- 
ovate, acute or acutish, about twice as long as the tube: corolla pink, 6-7 mm. broad ; 
lobes suborbicular, conspicuously retuse at the apex, densely glandular at the base, shorter 
Wan the tube: stamens included : stigma notched : capsules subglobose, about 4 mm. 1n 
lameter. 
_ In salt marshes, saline and brackish soil, Florida to Texas and Mexico. Also in the West Indies. 
Spring to fall. 
3. LYSIMACHIA L. 
Perennial or sometimes annual caulescent herbs, with glandular-punctate foliage. 
Leaves opposite or whorled, various: blades entire, prevailingly narrow. Flowers yellow, 
solitary on slender pedicels or racemosely disposed. Sepals 5. Petals 5, united into à 
rotate or short funnelform corolla: lobes entire, convolute. Stamens 5. Staminodia 
wanting. Filaments united at the base. Anthers short. Ovary l-celled : style filiform. 
Capsule globose or subglobose. LOOSESTRIFE. ; 
Corolla without dark dots or streaks. i 
Stems creeping: flowers axillary to leaf-like bracts: calyx-lobes ovate. 1. L. Nummularia. 
Stems erect : flowersin terminal panicles : calyx-lobeslinearorlinear-lanceolate. 2. L. Fraser. 
T with dark ae streaks. th 
nflorescence extending nearly the length of the plant: flowers axillary to the 227 
leaf-like braets. i 7 s P 3. L. quadrifolia. 
Inflorescence terminal : flowers axillary to bracts smaller than the leaves. 
Pedicels shorter than the bracts. j 
Pedicels 1.5-2 em. long: leaf-blades 1-ribbed. HE ar ta RA 
Pedicels 0.5-1.5 cm. long: leaf-blades 3-ribbed. 5. L. aspero à 
Pedicels longer than the bracts. 
Bracts mostly over ¥4 as long as the pedicels: leaf-blades linear. 6. L. irr 
Bracts mostly much Tess than 14 as long as the pedicels : leaf-blades broader. 7. L. terresinis- 
1. Lysimachia Nummularia L. Perennial, deep green, glabrous. Stems pres 
creeping 1-7 dm. long, usually branching: leaves opposite, the blades suborbicular, 0. 
em. in diameter, rounded or retuse and sometimes apiculate at the apex, punctate, reu le i 
truncate or cordate at the base; petioles usually 2-3 mm. long: flowers axillary : pedice 
stoutish, 1-2 cm. long: calyx punctate, the lobes ovate, 8-9 mm. long, acute at the apex 
cordate at the base : corolla bright yellow, about 2 cm. broad, the lobes obovate, punctate : 
filaments glandular, united at the base. 
In waste places and meadows, Newfoundland to Indiana, New Jersey and Georgia. 
from Europe. Spring and summer. 
Naturalized 
