PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Lysimachia. 



I 



LYSIMA'CHIA. Bloss. wheel-shaped : caps, glo- 

 bular, dagger-pointed; of 1 cell, 5 valves, 



* 



232 



and many seeds. 



any-jloivered 



Panieled 



bunches terminating. 



vulgaris. 



Curt. 2S8-£. hot. 76l.-Blaci<w. <17%-Kniph.7-Clus. in 50. 



2-ZW. 84-G*r. em. 474. l-Pari. 544. l~H. ox. v. 10* 

 U-Matt6. 949-Ft* dan. 689-Fucfc. ^l-Trag. 183. 



Leaves smooth, or wooly, in pairs or in threes, nearly sitting, 

 spear-shaped, waved at the edge. Cal. and bloss. sometimes with 

 b divisions. Filaments broad and united at the base into a cy- 

 linder inclbsing the germen. Flowers yellow. 



Yellow Willowherb. Yellow J 



raw Loosestrife. Banks of nv< 

 shady marshes. [By the side of the Avon at Pershore. M 



lard. — Moist situations in Hampshire, common. Mr. Pi 



June, J 



L.* Bunches lateral, on fruit- stalks. 



thyrsiflo'ra. 



E. bot. 176-Fl. dan. 517-Clus. 53. l-Ger. em. 475.3- 

 Baier. efist. at p. 91, and l6 l 2,f.l-Clus. 53. 2-iW.544. 



3-J. B. ii. 904. 3-ZW. 607. 1. 



Lateral branches in an upright plant is a peculiar circum- 

 stance. Bloss. divided almost to the base, with very short teeth 

 interposed ; segments marked at the end with tawny dots. Linn, 

 Stem never branched. Weber. Hardly a foot high. Leaves op- 

 posite, sitting, spear-shaped, half embracing; the stem. Bloss. 

 yellow, segments with red dots. The number of the stamens, 

 of the segments of the cup, and of the blossom, varies from 

 5 to 8. 



Tufted Loosestrife. [Marshes and bank's of rivers, near King's 

 Langley, Hertfordshire. In a bog near Severus's Hills, near 

 York. Dr. White. — But the bog^ having been since drained, 

 it is no longer to be found there, as the Doctor informs me. Dr. 





Smith.] — Anglesea 



P.June. 



.jh 



Leaves egg-shaped, acute : flowers solitary t stem trail- nemo'rum. 



ing 



Curt. 328-E. hot. 527-i 7 /. dan. \7\-Clus. i'u 182. 2-LoL 



Ar-Park. 558. 5-H. ox. v. 26. 



row 2. 1. 2-Ger, 494. 3. 



Stem cylindrical. Cal. segments very slender, Bloss. yellow, 

 *auch smaller than the leaves. 





