^10 FENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIAv lysimachia. 



/;/. 269. Nutt. Gen. L p. 12L Juss. p. 95. Lam. 

 7//. t. CI. Roem, y Schult. Gen. 653. Nat. 

 Ord. Lysimachi^ Juss. Loosestrife o 



1. h. slrkta A i t. : raceme terminal, very long, lax; 

 leaves opposite, lanceolate, sessile,- jftt. Kew. Lp. 199, 

 Willd. Spec. I. 818. Big. Bosl. p. 49. R o e m. <$.- 

 Schult. IV. p. l-2i\ L. racemosa Lam, Enc, 111. p. 571, 

 JWicA. F/. I. p. 128. Pursh FL 1. 135. L. hulbifera 

 Curt. Mag. t, 104-. 



Hoot perennial. Whole plant very smooth. Stem erect, a foot 

 anda half high. Leaves tapering at each extremily, punc- 

 tate, iVeqe'cntly with small bulbs in the axils. Flowers in a 

 terminal- race Fne 5^ — 8 inches long. Pedicels slender, nearly an 

 inch long, spreading alwiost horizontally, with subulate bracts 

 at the base. Segments ol the calyx lanceolate, acute. Corolla 

 twice a3 large as tlie calyx, yellow, spotted with red. Stamens 

 unequal. Cafisule globose, 5-valved, 5-seeded. 



Hab. In low, overflowed grounds. July — August. 



2. L. quddr'tfoUa L. ; leaves verticillate, in fours and fives, 

 6vate-!anceolate, acuminate; peduncles axillarj, 1 -flowered, 

 in fours ; segments of the corolla oval, entire, often obtuse. 

 Wil Id.- Spec, l.^^WQ. Pursh Fl.l.ii.] 3b. Big. Bosl. 

 p. 49. Elliott Qk. \. p. 233,. R o e m. 4^ Schul t. IV. 

 p. 123. L. hirsuia Mich. FL- L p. 124. L. punctata 

 Walt. Car. p. 92. 



Jioot perennial. S'te^n a foot or mbre bigh, more or less hairy, 

 simple. Leaves generally in fours, but someiifnes in fives or 

 even sixes, spreading, punctate ; margin and under surface a 

 little hairy. Peduncles shorter than the leaves. Segments of 

 the calyx linear-lanceolate, punctate with IMack. Corolla 

 twice the length of the calyx ; segments, ovate, obtuse. Sta- 

 mens unequal ; fUaments glandular-pubescent, dilated and 

 united into a shoit lube at the base ; anthers oblong, incum- 

 berit. !^iyle as long as the stamens, persistent ; stigma %\Tsi- 

 pie. Ca/isule 5-valved, 5-seeded. 



Hab. In wet meadows and thickets. June — July. 



3. L. ciliala L, : stem nearly smooth; leaves opposite, on 

 long petioles, snbcordate-ovate, acuminate; petioles ciliate ; 

 peduncles subgeminate ; flowers nodding. L. Sp. pL p. 210. 

 jl/ic/i. /v. 1. p. 126. PurshFL\.\^.\2,&. Big.Bost. 

 p. 48. Elliott Sk. ].Y>. ^33. Roem. <^ Schult. \V. 

 p. 127. IV a 1 1. Car. p. 92. L. (fuadrifolm /?. ciliata Will d. 

 Spec. 1. p. 818. 



Root perennial. Stem 2—3 feet high, very smooth, with a few 

 axillary branches near the middle. Leaves on petioles one- 



