1024. PRIMULACEAE 
ee 11-14 mm. long: Mu rd E 
capsule about 4 mm. thick.—(M 
de D —Moist o and prem dene 
various provinces, Ga. to Mich. and Newf.— 
Nat. of Eu. and cult. 
BE 
2. L. quadrifolia L. Stem 2-9 dm. tall: 
leaf-blades lanceolate to oval, 1.5-9 em. long: 
e 
lanceolate, 5-6 mm: long, acuminate: corolla- 
ibe dee a gpa "dliptie, E the 
and capsule 2.5-3 mm. thick.—( CROSS- 
w p i ED-LOOSESTRIFE.) — Thickets 
and pus various provinces, Ga., to Ala., 
Ont., and N. B. 
3. L. producta (A. Gray) Miei Stem 3-6 dm. tall: blades laneeolate or 
ipe eun -lanceolate, 2~8 e ong: e shorter e the braets: calyx-lobes 
narrowly e elliptie-lanceolate, : mm. long, acute or acutish: corolla-lobes ovate - 
elliptic ovate, more or less notched at AE i capsule s subglobose, about 2 m 
le foliosa Small]—Damp woods and stream-banks, various a 
o Mich. and Me. 
4. L. terrestris (L.) B. S. P. ~ tem 5-8 dm. tall: leaf- Pags d ed 
tie-laneeolate, or narro 2 elli iptie, 2-6 cm. long, abruptly near the 
o pe ae longer than the bracts: ee -lobes elliptic: “lanceolate abont 
mm. long: corolla-lobes Le -lanceolate: capsule about mm. thick.— 
us E. Lo andy soil and swamps, various provinees, "s to 
Ark., Man., and New 
L. Loomisii Torr. Stem 3-8 dm. tall: leaf-blades linear, 1—3 im long, 
blu nt: pedieels longer than hs acts: calyx-lobes ev 2, 5-3 mm. long: 
corolla-lobes elliptie to ovate- ipti eciliate; eapsule a t 2. mm. thick. [L. 
angustifolia Michx. not Lam.]—Low gro ounds, Coastal Plain and Piedmont, Ga. 
to N. C. 
6. L. ge iain Poir. Stem 2-6 dm. long: leaf-blades lanceolate, 2-5 ¢ 
long, acute or acuminate: pedicels shorter than the bracts: calyx-lobes Janceo- 
la 5 mm. long: pm lobes lanceolate to elliptie- Janceolate, ote: cap- 
sule 3.5-4.5 mm. thick.—Pinelands, Coastal Plain, Ga. to N. C. 
7. L. Fraseri Duby. Stem 8-20 dm. tall, glandular near the nodes: leaf-blades 
ae pantie elliptic or oblanceolate, or sometimes ovate-lanceolate, 
6-15 em. long: panicle broad: calyx-lobes eter en 5 mm. long: corolla- 
lobes elliptic to ovate, 7-8 nu long: capsule 3-4 m thick ——Woods and 
slopes, over non n-ealeareous rocks, Blue Ridge to A ees Plateau, Ga. 
(and Ala.?) to Tenn. and S. C. 
. STEIRONEMA Raf. Perennial herbs, the foliage not glandular-punc- 
tate. Leaves opposite. Corolla yellow, rotate lobes erose or erose-ciliate, 
a 
mucronate. Filaments distinct or nearly so, nid with manifest stami- 
nodia. Anthers linear. Six species, North American.—Sum.—LooSESTRIFES. 
Bracts with ovate or pA lanceolate blades 
Calyx-lobes less than 5 m lon Br Nd E 8-10 mm. wide. 1. S.radicans. 
Ca lyx- -lobes over 5 mm. tone a 15-25 mm. wide. 
taminodia ovate: corolla- Pa "7-8 mm. lo one 2. S.tonsum. 
