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LYSIMACHIA lobelioldes. 

 Lobelia-like JLoose-strife. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord, Pbimulace^. 



LYSIMACHIA. Moeiich. Calyx quinquepartitus. Corolla hypogyna, 

 subrotata, tubo brevissimo, limbo quinquepartito, explanato v. connivente. 

 Stamina 5 v. 10, coroUse fauci inserta, quinque ejusdem laciniis opposita, fer- 

 tilia, alterna breviora anantbera, ssepissime nulla ; filamenta filiformia, libera 

 V. ima basi in annulum cobeerentia, antherse oblongse, biloculares, longitudi- 

 naliter clehiscentes. Ovarium, uniloculare, placenta basilari subglobosa. 

 Ovula plurima, peltatim ampbitropa. Stylus filiformis, stiyma obtnsum. 

 Capsula subglobosa, stylo persistente cuspidata, unilocularis, quinquevalvis, 

 nunc bivalvis, valvis apice demum bitrifidis. Semina plurima, orbiculata v. 

 angulata, placentse basUaris globosee liberse foveolis semi-immersa, dorso 

 plana, ventre convexo umbilicata. Embryo in axi albuminis carnosi rectus, 



umbilico parallelus. Herbee perennes, in temjyeratis hemisphcerce horealis 



indigence, erectcB v. j^rocKmhentes ; foliis alternis, oppositis v. integerrimis, in- 

 terdum punctato-glandidosis, floribus axillarihus solitariis v. racemosis, nunc 

 terminalibus spicatis v. spicato-racemosis, flatns v. albido-roseis aut piirpura- 

 scentibus. Endlicber. 



L. lobelioides ; caulibus adscendentibus, foliis oppositis ovatis subserratis bre- 

 viter petiolatis, racemis terminalibus nudis multifloris, floribus nutan- 

 tibus, corollis campanulatis quinquepartitis sepalis acutis paulo longiori- 

 bus, staminibus exsertis, capsulis spbsericis. Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 150. 



Caulis ascendens, teres, ramosus, l-l-pedalis, ramis omnibus in racemum 

 svhsecundum abeuntibus. Folia ovata, integra, glabra, in petiolum angustattty 

 opposita, summis tantuin alternis. Bracteae subulatcE, pedicellis breviores. 

 Corolla alba, basi rubescens, camptanidata, obtuse 5-Jida, calyce longior. Sta- 

 mina exserta. Capsula sphcBvica, pisi parvi magnitudine, indehiscens, rosea, 

 basi irregidariter rupta. 



Nepal, Kamaon, and other districts of Northern India 

 produce this pretty species of Loosestrife, which was first found 

 by Dr. Wallich's people in 1821, but which has been only 

 recently introduced to our gardens by the Hon. Court of 

 Directors of the East India Company, who presented seeds 

 of it to the Horticultural Society. 



