PRIMULACEAE 903 



2. Lysimachia Fraseri Diiby. Perennial, glabrous or nearly so below. Stems erect, 

 1-2 m. tall, simple or sparingly branched, slightly grooved, often glaucous, commonly glan- 

 dular near the nodes : leaves in whorls of 3's or 4's, or the upper ones opposite, the blades 

 lanceolate, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, sometimes ovate-lanceolate, 6-15 cm. long, 

 usually acuminate at both ends, or acute at the base, punctate ; petioles 2-8 mm. long : 



f)anicle 0.5-1.5 dm. long, glandular : bracts linear-lanceolate to subulate : pedicels lanceo- 

 ate, about 5 mm. long, glandular-ciliate, reddish margined, acute : corolla yellow, about 

 1.5 cm. broad, the lobes elliptic or oval, obtuse or retuse at the apex, many times 

 longer than the tube : filaments glandular, unequal, united into a cup at the base : capsules 

 3-4 mm. long. 



In open woods, South Carolina to Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Summer. 



3. Lysimachia quadrifolia L. Perennial, more or less villous. Stems erect or 

 ascending, 2-9 dm. tall, usually simple : leaves in whorls of 3-7, mostly 4, or rarely some 

 or all opposite ; blades lanceolate to oval, acute, or short-acuminate, sessile or short- 

 petioled : flowers axillary : pedicels filiform, 2-4 cm. long : calyx punctate, the lobes lan- 

 ceolate, 5-6 mm. long, ciliate, acuminate : corolla yellow, 12-15 mm. broad, the lobes oblong 

 or oblong-ovate, rounded at the apex, usually spotted or streaked : filaments unequal, glan- 

 dular : capsules subglobose, more or less oblique, 3 mm. thick. 



In woods and thickets. New Brunswick to Minnesota, south to Georgia and Missouri. Summer. 



4. Lysimachia foliosa Small. Stems 3-6 dm. tall, simple, glabrous or sparingly 

 pubescent. Leaves in whorls of 3's, or rarely opposite or 4 in a whorl ; blades lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, 2-8 dm. tall, much paler beneath than above, sessile or nearly so : 

 flowers in terminal leafy-bracted racemes 1-2 dm. long : pedicels 1-2.5 cm. long, slender, 

 shorter than the bracts : calyx streaked ; lobes narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 3 mm. long, 

 acute or acutish, ciliate : corolla 10-12 mm. broad, firm ; lobes ovate to oblong-ovate, more 

 or less notched at the apex : filaments unequal, glandular : capsules subglobose, about 2 mm. 

 thick. 



In woods or thickets, District of Columbia to North Carolina. Summer. 



5. Lysimachia asperulaefolia Poir. Stems erect, 2-6 dm. tall, simple or 'sparingly 

 branched above: leaves in whorls of 3's or 4's, or sometimes merely opposite ; blades lan- 

 ceolate, 2-5 cm. long, acute or acuminate, 3-5-ribbed, sessile, glaucous beneath, finely 

 wrinkled above : raceme terminal, 5-12 cm. long: pedicels slender, 0,5-2 cm. long, glandu- 

 lar : calyx glandular, the lobes lanceolate, 4-5 mm. long, ciliate, acute, concave : corolla 

 yellow, 12-15 mm. broad, the lobes lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, glandular-ciliate, acute : 

 filaments unequal, glandular : capsules spheroidal, 3.5-4.5 mm. thick. 



In pine woods, North Carolina to Georgia. Summer. 



6. Lysimachia Loomisii Torr. Stems 3-8 dm. tall, more or less branched, gla- 

 brous or nearly so, ridged : leaves opposite or alternate ; blades linear, 1-3 cm. long, 

 blunt, reduced to scales at the base of the stem, sessile or nearly so : flowers yellow, in 

 cylindric racemes varying from 2-20 cm. in length : pedicels very slender, 6-10 mm. long : 

 calyx mottled ; lobes lanceolate, 2.5-3 mm. long, acute, glandular-ciliate : corolla yellow, 

 about 1 cm. broad ; lobes oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, striped with purple : filaments 

 glandular : capsules subglobose, about 2.5 mm. in diameter. 



In low ground. North Carolina to Georgia. Summer. 



7. _ Lysimachia terrestris (L. ) B.S.P. Stems glabrous, 5-8 dm. long, simple or 

 branching, sometimes producing suppressed branchlets in the form of elongated axillary 

 bulblets : leaves opposite, or rarely alternate ; blades lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or nar- 

 rowly elliptic, 2-6 cm. long, acute or acuminate at both ends, sessile or short-petioled, 

 abruptly reduced at the base of the raceme : flowers yellow, in terminal simple or branch- 

 ing usually elongated cylindric racemes: pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long: calyx mottled with 

 black; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 2 mm. long, acute or obtusish : corolla yellow, 11-13 mm. 

 broad ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or emarginate, streaked with purple : filaments 

 glandular-pilose : capsules depressed-globose, 2 mm. in diameter. [L. stricta Ait.] 



In swamps and low places, Newfoundland to Manitoba, south to Georgia and Arkansas. Summer. 



4. STEIRONBMA Eaf. 

 Perennial caulescent almost glabrous herbs. Leaves opposite, often whorled above : 

 blades destitute of glandular dots : petioles mostly ciliate. Flowers nodding, on slender 

 axillary peduncles. Sepals 5. Corolla yellow : lobes 5, erose-denticulate, each convolute 

 or involute about its stamen. Stamens 5, alternating with 5 staminodia : filaments distinct 

 or nearly so : anthers linear. Ovary 1-celled : style filiform. Capsule rounded, naked. 

 Seeds 10-20. Loosestrife. 



