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Lysimachia Ephemerum. Willow-leaved 

 Loose-Strife. 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 

 Generic Character. 

 Cor. rotata. Caps, globosa, mucronata, 10-valvis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Lysimachia Ephemerum; racemis terminalibus, petalis obo- 



vatis patulis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis sessilibus. Hort. 



Kew. ed.l.v.l. p. 198.— erf. alt. 1. p. 314. Willd. Sp. 



PL 1. p. 816. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 4. p. 121. Mart. 



Mill. Diet. n. 2. 

 Lysimachia Ephemerum; racemis simplicibus terminalibus, 



petalis obtusis, staminibus corolla brevioribus. Sp. 



Pl.209. Murray Comm. Goett. 1782. p. 9. t.2. optima. 

 Lysimachia salicifolia. Mill. Diet. n. 6. 

 Lysimachia Otani. D'Asso Arragon. 22. n. 168. t. 2. f. 1. 

 Lysimachia Ephemerum. D. C. fi. franc, sep. p. 381. 

 Ephemerum Matthioli Dod. Pempt. 203. jig. bona Lob. ic. 



354. Bank. pin. 244. Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 905. 

 Ephemerum spurium Lobelii. Obs. 191. Rob. ic. 

 Synonymon Till. Pis. 106. t. 40. / 2. ut pote vix ad hanc 



speciem per tin ens, ex consulto omittitur; 



Lysimachia Ephemerum, atropurpurea, and dubia before 

 the publication of Murray's figures in the Goettingen Com- 

 mentaries were generally confounded together. Our present 

 species, is a handsome growing plant with long terminal 

 spikes of white flowers tinged with purple, and very worthy 

 of a place in the flower-garden. The dotting on the under- 

 side of the leaves, mentioned in the descriptions of this 



plant, 



