PRIMULACEAE 903 
2. Lysimachia Fraseri Duby. Perennial, glabrous or nearly so below. Stems erect, 
1-2 m. tall, simple or sparingly branched, slightly grooved, often glaucous, commonly glan- 
dular near the nodes: leaves in whorls of 3's or 4's, or the upper ones opposite, the blades 
lanceolate, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, sometimes ovate-lanceolate, 6-15 cm. long, 
usually acuminate at both ends, or acute at the base, punctate; petioles 2-8 mm. long: 
anicle 0.5-1.5 dm. long, glandular: bracts linear-lanceolate to subulate: pedicels lanceo- 
ate, about 5 mm. long, glandular-ciliate, reddish margined, acute: corolla yellow, about 
1.5 cm. broad, the lobes elliptic or oval, obtuse or retuse at the apex, many times 
longer than the tube: filaments glandular, unequal, united into a cup at the base : capsules 
3-4 mm. long. 
In open woods, South Carolina to Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Summer. 
3. Lysimachia quadrifólia L. Perennial, more or less villous. Stems erect or 
ascending, 2-9 dm. tall, usually simple: leaves in whorls of 3-7, mostly 4, or rarely some 
or all opposite; blades lanceolate to oval, acute, or short-acuminate, sessile or short- 
petioled : flowers axillary : pedicels filiform, 2-4 cm. long: calyx punctate, the lobes lan- 
ceolate, 5-6 mm. long, ciliate, acuminate : corolla yellow, 12-15 mm. broad, the lobes oblong 
or oblong-ovate, rounded at the apex, usually spotted or streaked : filaments unequal, glan- 
dular: capsules subglobose, more or less oblique, 3 mm. ‘thick. 
In woods and thickets, New Brunswick to Minnesota, south to Georgia and Missouri. Summer. 
4. Lysimachia foliosa Small. Stems 3-6 dm. tall, simple, glabrous or sparingly 
pubescent. Leaves in whorls of 3’s, or rarely opposite or 4 in a whorl; blades lanceolate 
or oblong-lanceolate, 2-8 dm. tall, much paler beneath than above, sessile or nearly so: 
flowers in terminal leafy-bracted racemes 1-2 dm. long: pedicels 1-2.5 cm. long, slender, 
shorter than the bracts: calyx streaked ; lobes narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 3 mm. long, 
acute or acutish, ciliate: corolla 10-12 mm. broad, firm ; lobes ovate to oblong-ovate, more 
ur = notched at the apex : filaments unequal, glandular : capsules subglobose, about 2 mm. 
thick. 
In woods or thickets, District of Columbia to North Carolina. Summer. 
5. Lysimachia asperulaefòlia Poir. Stems erect, 2-6 dm. tall, simple or ‘sparingly 
branched above: leaves in whorls of 3's or 4's, or sometimes merely opposite ; blades lan- 
ceolate, 2-5 cm. long, acute or acuminate, 3—5-ribbed, sessile, glaucous beneath, finely 
wrinkled above : raceme terminal, 5-12 cm. long: pedicels slender, 0.5-2 cm. long, glandu- 
lar: calyx glandular, the lobes lanceolate, 4-5 mm. long, ciliate, acute, concave: corolla 
yellow, 12-15 mm. broad, the lobes lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, glandular-ciliate, acute : 
filaments unequal, glandular: capsules spheroidal, 3.5—4.5 mm. thick. 
In pine woods, North Carolina to Georgia. Summer. 
6. Lysimachia Loomisii Torr. Stems 3-8 dm. tall, more or less branched, gla- 
brous or nearly so, ridged: leaves opposite or alternate; blades linear, 1-3 cm. long, 
blunt, reduced to scales at the base of the stem, sessile or nearly so: flowers yellow, in 
cylindric racemes varying from 2-20 em. in length: pedicels very slender, 6-10 mm. long: 
calyx mottled ; lobes lanceolate, 2.5-3 mm. long, acute, glandular-ciliate : corolla yellow, 
about 1 em. broad; lobes oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, striped with purple: filaments 
glandular: capsules subglobose, about 2.5 mm. in diameter. 
In low ground, North Carolina to Georgia. Summer. 
7. Lysimachia terréstris (L.) B.S.P. Stems glabrous, 5-8 dm. long, simple or 
branching, sometimes producing suppressed branchlets in the form of elongated axillary 
bulblets: leaves opposite, or rarely alternate; blades lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or nar- 
rowly elliptie, 2-6 cm. long, acute or acuminate at both ends, sessile or short-petioled, 
abruptly reduced at the base of the raceme: flowers yellow, in terminal simple or branch- 
ing usually elongated cylindric racemes : pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long: calyx mottled with 
black ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 2 mm. long, acute or obtusish: corolla yellow, 11-13 mm. 
broad; lobes oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or emarginate, streaked with purple: filaments 
glandular-pilose : capsules depressed-globose, 2 mm. in diameter. [L. stricta Ait.] 
In swamps and low places, Newfoundland to Manitoba, south to Georgia and Arkansas. Summer. 
4. STEIRONEMA Raf. 
Perennial caulescent almost glabrous herbs. Leaves opposite, often whorled above: 
blades destitute of glandular dots: petioles mostly ciliate. Flowers nodding, on slender 
axillary peduncles. Sepals 5. Corolla yellow : lobes 5, erose-denticulate, each convolute 
or involute about its stamen. Stamens 5, alternating with 5staminodia : filaments distinct 
or nearly so: anthers linear. Ovary 1-celled: style filiform. Capsule rounded, naked. 
Seeds 10-20. LOOSESTRIFE. 
