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PRIMULACEAE 



Lysimachia 



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Map 1596 



Lysimachia quadnfolia L. 



failed to report. This species is possibly restricted to the lake region of 



the state. 



Que. to Sask. and Alaska, southw. to Pa., Mo., and Calif. ; also in n. Eu. 



and n. Asia. 



3. Lysimachia quadrifolia L. Whorled Loosestrife. Map 1596. Found 



generally in dry, sandy soil, associated mostly with black oak or with 

 black and white oaks, and once I found it in a sedge marsh. In the south- 

 ern part of the state it is found in dry soil on black and white oak ridges 

 and sometimes in old worn out fields. It is only an infrequent plant where 

 found and never forms close stands. It is interesting to note that there 

 are no records for the area about Lake Michigan, although we should ex- 

 pect it there. It is absent throughout the central part of the state because 

 the soil is not sufficiently acid. Add Wells County to the map. 



Our Indiana specimens are all more or less pubescent. 



N. B. to Minn., southw. to Ga. and Mo. 



4. Lysimachia terrestris (L.) BSP. Swampcandle. Map 1597. An 

 infrequent plant on mucky borders of lakes, marshes, and sloughs, and 

 more rarely on wet, sandy borders of lakes. We have one specimen from 

 the very wet marly border of a lake. Instead of flowering, this species 

 sometimes develops bulblets in the axils of the leaves ; also sometimes the 

 lower leaves are alternate when normally they would be opposite. 



A form of this species occurs in which the flowers are in the axils of 

 foliaceous bracts. Our specimen from Pulaski County is of this form. 

 There is no evidence or specimen to support the Monroe County record. 

 Newf. to Man., southw. to Ga. and Ark. 



5. Lysimachia ciliata L. (Steironema ciliatum (L.) Raf.) Fringed 

 Loosestrife. Map 1598. Frequent to abundant in swampy woodland, wet 

 prairies, wet borders of streams, and wet roadsides. 



N. S. to B. C, southw. to Fla., Ala., Kans., N. Mex., and Ariz. 



