PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Lysinmchia. 277 

 101. LYSIMACHIA. Loosestrife. 



Linn. Gen. S3. Juss.Oo. Fl.Dr.227. Tourn.t.dd. Lam. 1. 10}. 

 Gcertn. t. 50. 



Nat. Ord. see ii. 100. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, in 5 deep, spreading, acute segments, 

 permanent. Cor. of 1 petal, wheel-shaped ; tube none ; 

 limb widely exjianded, in 5 deep, ovate-oblong segments. 

 Filam. awl-shaped, inserted into the base of the corolla, 

 opposite to each segment. Aiith. oblong, notched at each 

 end. Gennen roundish. Style thread-shaped, the length 

 of the stamens. Stigma obtuse. Cajjs. globular, pointed, 

 of 1 cell, and 10 valves, sometimes cohering in pairs. 

 Seeds numerous, angular, covering a large, central, orbi- 

 cular, unconnected, pitted receptacle. 



The stamens are, in some instances, connected at their origin. 

 L. Linum-stellatum, see Fl. Grcec. t. 189, has really ten 

 valves to the capsule, though combined in pairs, as in our 

 L. 7iemorum. The corolla of the former indeed is less 

 deeply 5-cleft than it ought, as Linnaeus remarks, and 

 has really a short tube. 

 The whole genus is herbaceous, perennial, less frequently 

 annual. Leaves simple, midivided, entire ; opposite or 

 whorled ; scarcely ever alternate. Fl. scendess, terminal 



' and aggregate, or axillary and solitary, rarely axillary and 

 aggregate. Cor. yellow ; in a few white, or flesh-coloured. 



* Stalks many-Jlowered. 



1 . L. vulgaris. Great Yellow Loosestrife. 



Clusters panicled, terminal. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute. 



L. vulgaris. Linn.Sp.Pl.2Q^. mild.v.l. 8\6. FL Br. 227. Engl 



Bot?v. 1 1. ^ 761. Curt. Lond.fasc.o. 1. 19. Hook. Scot. /2. Fl. 



Dan.t.GSO. Bull. Fr. t.347. 

 L. n. 630. Hall. Hist. v.\.27S. 

 L. lutea. Rail Syn. 2S2. Ger. Em.474.f. 

 Lysimachia. Matth.Valgr. v. 2.298. f. Camer.Epit.6S6.f. 



In watery shady places, and reedy margins of rivers. 



Perennial. July. ^ . , , . ... 



Root creeping. Stems 3 or 4 feet high, erect, leafy, w'lth 4 or more 

 angles art'ording as the leaves are 2 or more together ; simple, 

 except at the top, where each terminates in a copious panicle ot 

 handsome yellow /oarr.s whose corymbose clusters are partly 

 axillary partly terminal j their talks awl-shaped biacteas, and 



