Tab. 7919. 

 LYSIMACHIA crispidens. 



Native of Central China. 



Nat. Ord. Primulacb^. — Tribe LysihaciiiejE. 

 Genus Lysimachia, Linn.; (Benth. et RooJc.f. Gen. Flant. vol. ii. p. 635.) 



Lysimagoia. crispidens; herba perennis, nunc subscaposa, scapis numerosis 

 gracilibns, nunc, ut in figura, caule ramose- vere foliato, nndique glaber- 

 rima, 5-10 poll, alta, foliis crassinsculis subcarnosis margine crispato- 

 dentatis undulatis rubro tinctis radicalibu8 rosulatia obovato-spathulatia 

 vel interdarn fere orbicularibaa 1-3 poll, longis deorsum attenuatis vel 

 interdum subpetiolatia caulinis interdam nonnullis radicalibas similibus 

 saapins omnibus multo minoribus bracteiformibus alternia ovatis vel 

 lanceolatis sessilibus semiamplexicaulibus sursam gradatim minoribus, 

 floribus numerosissimia in axillis bractearum solitariis longe graciliterque 

 pedicellatis nutantibus roseis 6-9 lin. diametro, pedicellis bracteia longiori- 

 bna post anthesin arcuatirn reemvis, calycia segmentia fere liberie ovato- 

 lanceolatis corollas tubam excedentibua acutis paucidenticulatis, corolla? 

 tubo brevi cylindrico lobi8 obovatis rotundatis denticulatis, stamiuibus 

 inclusia filamentis medio connatis, antheris pilia paucis instructis, gynseceo 

 glabro, stylo stamina vix asquante stigmate parvo capitato, capsula 

 globosa glabra 5-valvi valvis calycis segmentis oppositis brevioribus, 

 seminibus parvia circiter 20-25 angnlatis minute punctatis. 



Lysimachia crispidens, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. vol. xxvi. (1889) 

 p. 50, pi. 1. 



Stimpsonia criapidens, ETance in Journ. Bot. vol. xviii. (1880), p. 234. 



Lysimachia, Ghrysosplenium t and several other genera 

 represented in the British Flora by two or three species, 

 have attained their maximum development in China, where 

 the species are numerous and highly diversified. Of Lysi- 

 machia alone thirty-five Chinese species are enumerated in 

 the work cited above, including thirteen previously un- 

 described, and since then twenty-five additional new species 

 have been recorded from the same country, making a total 

 of sixty species ! They present a great variety in habit, 

 foliage, and flowers. Specially remarkable are: L. paridi- 

 formis, Franch. (Bot. Mag. t. 7226); L. insignis, Hemsl. 

 (Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2034); L. pterantha, Hemsl. (Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. vol. xxvi. p. 56, t. 2) ; L. involucrata, Hemsl. (Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. vol. xxix. t. 31), and L. alpestris, Champ., the 

 last having rosulate leaves, resembling those of a Drosera. 

 The genus Lysimachia numbers upwards of one hundred 

 species, and it has a wide range in the northern hemisphere, 

 October 1st, 1903. 



