PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 121 
Of this singular genus there are 4 other species; wiz. 1 
in Europe and 3 in India. 
186. SAMOLUS. ZL. (Brook-weed. Water Pim- 
pernel.) 
Calix 5-cleft, semisuperior, persistent. Corel- 
la,salverform, 5-lobed; with 5 intermediate 
scales. Stamina included i in on tube, and oppo- 
site the lobes of the corolla. Capsule half-infe- 
rior, 1-celled, 5-toothed, many-seeded; recepta- 
cléwncénnected 
Leaves alternate; flowers racemose, axillary and termi- 
nal, pedicells mostly by pairs, geniculate, a single bracte 
at the articulation. e 
Species. 1. §. Valerandi. 
. Agenus of bita single species, excluding the S. repens, 
which is the Shefieldia repens of Linnzus. The Samolus 
is found in marshes near the sea-coast in every partof the 
world. 
187. LYSIMACHIA. £ z.. (Lovsiiteites 
Calix 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, 5-cleft. Sigma 
1. Capsule 1-celled,. globular, mucronate; 5 or 
i0-valved, few or many-seeded. 
Leaves opposite and verticillate; flowers axillary or ters 
minal, solitary, spiked, orcorymbose. Staminiferous fila- 
ments, in most of the American species glandulous. 
Species. § 1. Stamens unequal, 3 long and 2 short, 
united into a short tube.—}. ZL. angustifolia. 2 » TECEMOSA. 
Probably a mere variety of the preceding. 3. e: 
Exuiort. 4,guadrifolia. Stem, under side and fe : 
of the leaves conspicuously hairy; leaves - 
fours and fives, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, Spaquiely 
punctate; nerves lateral, confluent in a m 
peduncles much shorter than the lower leaves; ee oe 
ments of the corolla ovate, obtuse, often em 
capsule 5-valved, about 5-seeded, 2 or ,3 of them often ore 
abortive; seeds convex, angular, punctate—§ 11. Sta- 
mina ei ae with intermediate dentures.—5- 
