76 Class V. Order I. 



LYSIMACHIA STRICTA. Mt. Upright Loosestrife. 



Racemes terminal ; petals lanceolate, spreading ; 

 leaves lanceolate, sessile. Ait. 



Syn. LrsiMACHiA RACEMOSA. Lam. Mich. 

 LrsiMAcniA BULBIFERA. Curtis. 



A very elegant species, its long, upright raceme appearing 

 like a hollow cylinder of flowers. Stem erect, smooth. Leaves 

 glabrous, dotted, acute. Raceme often half a foot in length. 

 Flowers on horizontal, capillary footstalks an inch in length 

 Calyx acute. Segments of the corolla lanceolate, yellow, black 

 at base. Filaments pubescent, monadelphous, three short and 

 two long; anthers saggittate. Germ globose, style ascending, 

 longer than the stamens; capsule five valved. This species 

 produces stem bulbs in the axils of the leaves. Low grounds. 

 July. Perennial. 



78. SABBATIA. 



S ABB ATI A CHLOROIDES. Ph. Sctbbatid. 



Slender, leaves lanceolate, erect ; branches few, 

 one flowered ; flowers ten or twelve parted, calyx 

 segments linear, shorter than the corolla. 



Syn. CHLQRA DODECAHDRA. L. 



ClilROfllA CHLOROIDES. MX. 



Stem a foot or more in height, erect, smooth, four angled, with 

 opposite branches, the branches often higher than the stem and 

 dichotomous. Leaves opposite, short, smooth, clasping, lanceo- 

 late, entire, erect. Flowers large, solitary on long peduncles. 

 Calyx divided into about twelve linear segments. Corolla much 

 larger than the calyx, divided to the base into about ten seg- 

 ments, which are oblong, obtuse, red, with a large yellow spot 

 at base, edged with brown. Stamens about twelve, anthers yel- 

 low, oblong-linear, rolled up at the tip as they grow old. Germ 

 oval, style declined, stigmas two, linear, as long as the style? 

 slightly twisted. The parts of the flower are very variable iij 

 number. Plymouth, wet ground. June. Biennial. ? 



