Lysimachia PRIMULACEAE Trientalis 



E. B. Bartram, 4 July 1907 (A); near Rowlandsville (Ce), L. F. A. 

 Tanger, 4625, 11 Aug. 1941 (A). Nat. from Europe. 



L. quadrifolia L. Whorled Loosestrife. 



Common in sandy soil; roadsides and clearings, New Castle and 

 Cecil Counties; less frequent southward: woods s. w. of Unionville 

 (Ta), Earle, 3693, 1 Aug. 1942 (A). June. 



L. terrestris (L.) BSP. (L. stricta Ait.) Bulb-bearing Loose- 

 strife. 



Frequent; swamps and margins of streams, Piedmont, and 

 Coastal Plain southward at least to Sussex County. Mid-June, 

 July. 



In autumn, the plant usually bears jointed bulblets in the axils. 



X L. producta (Gray) Fern. (L. quadrifolia X terrestris, probably.) 

 One collection: Georgetown (S), Williamson, 4 July 1908 (A). 



L. Nummularia L. Moneywort. 



A frequent escape from cultivation. June. Introd. from 

 Europe. 



L. ciliata L. {Steironema ciliatum (L.) Raf.) 



Frequent in wet ground, northern New Castle and Cecil Coun- 

 ties; rare southward: n. e. of Trappe (Ta), Earle, 2746, 5 July 1940 

 (A). Early June, July. 



L. lanceolata Walt. {S. lanceolatum (Walt.) Gray.) 



One collection: Conowingo (Ce), islands in the Susquehanna 

 River, J. Crawford, 27 July 1924 (A). This station is now sub- 

 merged. 



L. hybrida Mx. (Steironema lanceolatum var. hyhridum of Gray's 

 Man., ed. 7.) 



Frequent in the Coastal Plain area of New Castle County; one 

 station in Wicomico County: tidal flats, Salisbury, Wherry, 4 Sept. 

 1925 (A). July, Aug. 



Trientalis L. 



T. borealis Raf. {T. americana (Pers.) Pursh.) Chickweed 

 Wintergreen. Star Flower. 



Rare, in Sussex County: cedar swamps, Millsboro, Commons in 

 1876 (A, U) ; bank of streamlet along "seven-gates-road," 2 mi. n. w. 



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