PRIMULACEiE. 246 LYSIMACHIA. 



3. P. VERIS. — Leaves toothed, rugose, hairy beneath ; wmicZs many-flow- 

 ered, flowers all nodding ; cfl/j/z angular ; corolla concave. Native of Britan. 

 Flowers yellow. The plant smells strongly of anise. Leaves are used as a 

 potherb, and are recommended for feeding silkworms. Its varieties may be 

 increased by raising from the seed. June. Per. Cowslip Primrose. 



4. P. AURl'CULA. — Leaves obovate, entire or serrate, fleshy; sca-pe 

 many-flowered, central, as long as the leaves ; involucre of short leaves ; cahjx 

 powdery. Native of the Alps. A well known favorite of the florist. The 

 cultivated varieties are innumerable, and many of them of exquisite beauty 

 and fragrance. May. Per. Auriculate Primrose. 



2. HOTTO'NIA. 

 Corolla salverform, 5-lobed with the 5 stamens inserted on 

 its tube ; si ij^ma globose ; capsule globose-acuminate. 



In honor of Peter Hotton, professor in the University of Leyden, died 

 1701). Flesiiy, aquatic herbs, with radical leaves. Cal. deeply 5cleft, 

 divisions linear. Cor. seg. 5, equal, oblong, notched; tube cylindric, open. 

 Fil. short. Style short. Caps. 5-valved. Seeds many. 



H. INFL.\'T.4.. Ell. H. palustris. P. 



Scape articulate, the internodcs and lower parts inflated ; flowers verticil- 

 late, pedunculate. A curious aquatic plant, in swamps and stagnant waters. 

 Ms., R. I. and Ct. Stem immersed, round, thick, spongy with a whorl of 

 long and beautifully pectinate leaves at or near the surface of the water. 

 Peduncles or scapes several (6 — 10) together, arising in a sort of umbel from 

 the top of the stem, 8 — 10 inches long, inflated between the joints, forming the 

 most remarkable feature of the plant. Flowers small, white, in numerous 

 verticils, generally 4 in each. Pedicels half an inch long. June. Per. 



Water Feather. 



3. LYSIMA'CHIA. 



Corolla rotate, deeply S-cleft; stamens 5; stigma obtuse; 

 capsule globose, pointed, 10-valved. 



Gr. Kvaoi fiax.'l.the translation of wiiicii is the English name. Loosestrife. 

 from the absurd nation of the ancients that it quieted oxen impatient of the 

 yoke, or according to Liunajus, and also Pliny, from [.lysimachus, king of 

 Sicily. Herbs with opposite orverticillate leaves. Flowers solitary, racemose 

 or corymbed. Cal. deeply cleft into 5 acute segments, Fil. dilated and 

 partially united at base. Anth. notched at bothends. Style long as stamens. 

 Seeds few or many. 



1. L. THYRSIFLO'RA. L. L. capitata. p. 

 Racemes lateral, stalked ; s/c7« simple, smoilh; leaves sessile, opposite, 



lanceolate, acute, punctate, somewhat hoary beneath; fnirers small, yellow, 

 the number of the parts variable. Grows in swamps about 2 feet high, with 

 an erect, simple stem, bearing many pairs of narrow lanceolate leaves. Clus- 

 ters somewhat capitate on long, axillary peduncles. Stamens 6 — 7, much 

 exserted, united into a tube at base. Jn. Per. Tufted Loosestrife. 



2. L. STRICTA. WilUl. L. racemosa. Mx. 

 Raceme terminal, long and lax; petals lanceolate, spreading ; /r^^sfs lanceo- 

 late, sessile, opposite or in os. A very distinct sjjecies, found in low. wet 

 grounds. Stem upright, smooth as likewise is i^vtery other part of the plant. 



