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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  calyx. 
  Stamens 
  5, 
  perigynous, 
  not 
  protrud- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  the 
  tube 
  of 
  the 
  corolla. 
  Capsule 
  5-valved, 
  few-many- 
  

   seeded. 
  

  

  1. 
  A. 
  occidentalis 
  Pursh. 
  Annual, 
  smooth 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  Scapes 
  

   usually 
  clustered, 
  1-3 
  in. 
  high, 
  erect 
  or 
  ascending. 
  Lobes 
  of 
  the 
  

   calyx 
  becoming 
  leafy. 
  Corolla 
  white, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  calyx. 
  In 
  dry 
  

   soil 
  W. 
  

  

  IE. 
  LYSIMACHIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennials, 
  with 
  opposite 
  or 
  whorled 
  entire 
  leaves, 
  which 
  

   are 
  often 
  dotted. 
  Calyx 
  5-6-parted. 
  Corolla 
  wheel-shaped, 
  

   with 
  its 
  divisions 
  commonly 
  nearly 
  separate. 
  Stamens 
  gener- 
  

   ally 
  somewhat 
  monadelphous 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  B. 
  Fl. 
  species 
  4 
  (Naumburgia*). 
  

  

  1. 
  L. 
  quadrifolia 
  L. 
  FOUR-LEAVED 
  LOOSESTRIFE. 
  Stem 
  erect 
  and 
  

   simple, 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  high, 
  hairy. 
  Leaves 
  whorled, 
  most 
  frequently 
  in 
  fours, 
  

   broadly 
  lanceolate. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  axillary, 
  and 
  solitary, 
  on 
  long 
  and 
  

   slender 
  peduncles. 
  Damp 
  or 
  sandy 
  soil. 
  

  

  2. 
  L. 
  terrestris 
  BSP. 
  BULB-BEARING 
  LOOSESTRIFE. 
  Stems 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  

   high, 
  finally 
  branching, 
  frequently 
  producing 
  bulblets 
  in 
  the 
  leaf 
  

   axils 
  after 
  flowering. 
  Leaves 
  abundant, 
  generally 
  opposite, 
  narrowly 
  

   lanceolate. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  pediceled, 
  in 
  a 
  long, 
  terminal 
  raceme. 
  

   Low 
  or 
  swampy 
  ground. 
  

  

  3. 
  L. 
  Nummularia 
  L. 
  MONEYWORT. 
  Stems 
  creeping, 
  smooth. 
  

   Leaves 
  small, 
  round 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  Flowers 
  solitary 
  in 
  the 
  leaf 
  axils, 
  

   yellow, 
  |-1 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Cultivated 
  and 
  escaping 
  into 
  moist 
  

   ground. 
  Introduced 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  4. 
  L. 
  thyrsiflora 
  L. 
  TUFTED 
  LOOSESTRIFE. 
  Stem 
  simple, 
  erect, 
  

   1-2 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  all 
  opposite 
  and 
  lanceolate 
  except 
  the 
  lower 
  

   ones. 
  Racemes 
  spike-like, 
  1 
  in. 
  or 
  less 
  long, 
  borne 
  in 
  the 
  leaf 
  axils 
  

   near 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  stem. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  light 
  yellow 
  with 
  black 
  

   spots. 
  In 
  swamps. 
  

  

  IV. 
  STEIRONEMA 
  Raf. 
  

  

  Perennial 
  herbs. 
  Leaves 
  opposite 
  or 
  whorled, 
  simple, 
  entire. 
  

   Flowers 
  yellow, 
  axillary 
  or 
  racemose, 
  on 
  slender 
  peduncles. 
  

   Calyx 
  tube 
  5-parted, 
  persistent. 
  Corolla 
  5-parted, 
  wheel-shaped, 
  

   tube 
  very 
  short 
  or 
  none, 
  the 
  lobes 
  denticulate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  bud 
  each 
  one 
  inclosing 
  a 
  stamen. 
  Stamens 
  5, 
  distinct 
  

   or 
  slightly 
  united 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  sterile 
  rudiments 
  often 
  alter- 
  

   nating 
  with 
  them. 
  Ovary 
  globose 
  ; 
  style 
  slender. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  glo- 
  

   bose, 
  5-valved, 
  few- 
  or 
  many-seeded 
  capsule.* 
  

  

  