PRIMULACEAE 1023 
coro longer than the calyx: style longer than the 
P 
ANAGALLIS. 
Corolla shorter than the calyx: style shorter than the 
Cor a lla. dus very short: filaments united at the base. 5. MICROPYXIS. 
Corolla-tube globular, about as long as the lobes 
aments united to above the mi iddle. 
fil 6. CENTUNCULUS. 
Corolla-lobes reflexed: anthers sagittate. 
T. DODECATHEON. 
. SAMOLEAE 
Staminodia present: corolla-lobes longer than the tube. 8. SAMOLUS. 
Staminodia wanting: corolla-lobes shorter than the tube. 9. SAMODIA. 
1. HOTTONIA L. .Aquatic herbs. Leaves crowded: blades pinnately 
dissected: petioles inflate owers whorled. Calyx-lobes 5, narrow, per- 
sistent. Corolla white, se orm lobes 
shorter than the tube. Filaments dnas 
to the lower part of the corolla-tube. ap- 
sule a a ae .—Two species, the following 
and an Eurasian 
. H. inflata Ell. Stem 2-6 dm. long, 
fistulous: leaf-blades ovate to elliptic 2 
outline, the Paci en i filiform. Calyx 
linear, 3-3 ong, or longer a do 
turity, glandular e below: ien ut 
long: capsule 3 mm. in dia 
d pei Mm )—Ponds, „pools, and ‘ditches, 
S Plain and New England Coast, 
La. Pai and Me.; x Great Lake. Lowland, Ohio and Ind.—Rare.— 
E su 
2. LYSIMACHIA [Tourn.] L. Perennial or rarely annual herbs, the 
foliage nidi duc dois Leaves opposite or apparently whorled. orolla 
dieit rotate or nearly so: lobes entire, acute or obtuse. Filaments partially 
ted. Sta Moo wanting.  Anthers ovoid.—A bout 70 species, mostly natives 
Me the Northern Hemisphere.—Sum.—LOOSESTRIFES. 
Calyx-lobes ovate: stem and branches creeping. 1. L. Nummularia. 
Calyx- unig la aa: elliptic-lanceolate or linear: stems 
Flowers in a terminal raceme, the raceme sometimes leafy- 
racted: corolla streaked. 
tidos oen extending nearly the length of the plant: 
flowers axillary to leaf- like bracts. 
Infiorescence a termina Ser gate raceme: flowers axil- 
ja o small bract 
Staminodia indt "but minute 
Mod m dnd than the Dadis corolla-lobes 
N 
L. quadrifolia. 
e 
L. producta. 
Pedicels “longer than the bracts: corolla-lobes 
8-9 m g. 4. L. terrestris. 
Binuinodin. want ing. 
Corolla-lobes 5-6 mm. long: pedicels longer 
than the bracts. 
S 
L. Loomisii. 
B 
Ded 
c 
c 
x 
t$ 
e 
e 
for) 
. L. asperulaefolia. 
Flowers in a terminal panicles corolla without dots or 
streaks. T. L. Fraseri. 
Nummularia L. Stem and branches 1-7 dm. long: leaf-blades sub- 
orbieular, 0.8-3 em. long: calyx-lobes ovate, 8-9 mm. long, da at the base: 
