222 PEIMULACEAE. 



3. L. terrestris (L.) B.S.P. Stem 5-8 dm. tall: leaf -blades lanceolate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, or narrowly elliptic, 2-6 cm. long, abruptly smaller near the 

 inflorescence: pedicels longer than the bracts: calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, 

 about 2 mm. long: corolla-lobes oblong-lanceolate: capsules about 2 mm. 

 thick. — Common, in wet sandy soil and swamps. 



4. L. vulgaris L. Stems commonly 1 m. tall or less, softly fine-pubescent: 

 leaf-blades lanceolate, oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or narrowly ovate, 5.5-13 cm. 

 long, acute or slightly acuminate: flowers short-pedicelled : calyx-lobes lanceo- 

 late, dark-margined, acuminate : corolla deep-yellow, 1.5—2 cm. wide ; lobes ovate 

 or oblong-ovate: capsules 3.5-4.5 mm. in diameter. — S. Shore of the Susque- 

 hanna at Tuequan. Nat. of Eu. 



3. STEIRONEMA Eaf. Perennial herbs, the foliage not glandular-punc- 

 tate. Leaves opposite. Corolla yellow, rotate: lobes erose or erose-ciliate, 

 mucronate. Filaments distinct or nearly so, alternating with manifest stami- 

 nodia. Anthers linear. — Sum. — Loosestrife. 



Bracts with ovate blades : leaf-blades rounded or cordate at the base. 



1. S. ciliatum. 

 Bracts with linear, oblong or narrowly lanceolate blades : 



leaf-blades narrowed at the base. 2. 8. lanccolatum. 



1. S. ciliatum (L.) Eaf. Stem 2-15 dm. tall: leaf -blades ovate, oblong-ovate 

 or broadly lanceolate, 4-12 cm. long, like the petioles ciliate: calyx-lobes nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, 6-7 mm. long: corolla-lobes ovate or obovate, erose-ciliate: 

 capsules about 5 mm. thick. — Common, in damp thickets. 



2. S, lanceolatum (Walt.) A. Gray. Stem 2-6 dm. tall: lower cauline leaves 

 with oblong or lanceolate blades; upper cauline leaves much longer than the 

 lower ones, the blades mainly linear, 3-10 cm. long, the petiole-like bases only 

 or mainly ciliate near the stem: calyx-lobes 4-5 mm. long: corolla-lobes 5-8 

 mm. long: staminodia ovate: capsules 2.5-3 mm. thick, — S. Eare, in sandy 

 soil, islands at McCall 's Ferry. — Schists. 



4. ANAGALLIS [Tourn.] L. Annual or rarely perennial herbs of culti- 

 vated or waste places. Leaves mostly opposite: blades thinnish. Corolla 

 rotate, longer than the calyx; lobes dilated. Filaments pubescent: anthers 

 oblong. 



1. A. arvensis L. Stem and branches 5-30 cm. long: leaf -blades ovate, or 

 oval, 5-20 mm. long, entire, sessile: calyx-lobes lanceolate, about 2 mm. long: 

 corolla scarlet or rarely white (blue in A. arvensis coerulea), 5-7 mm. wide; 

 lobes glandular-ciliate : capsules about 4 mm. in diameter, on recurved pedicels. 

 — Common, in sandy soil and in fields and waste places. Nat. of Eu. — 

 Sum. — Pooe-man's weather-glass. Shepherd's weather-glass. Pimpernel. 



5. DODECATHEON L. Perennial scapose herbs of cliffs or bluffs. 

 Leaves on a short caudex: blades entire to coarsely toothed. Flowers showy, 

 in a terminal umbel, nodding. Calyx-lobes reflexed in anthesis. Corolla with 

 a very short tube and reflexed longer lobes. Stamens erect. 



1. D. Meadia L. Leaf -blades spatulate to oblong, 5-20 cm. long, entire to 

 coarsely crenate: scapes overtopping the leaves: calyx-lobes linear to linear- 

 lanceolate, much longer than the tube: corolla pink-purple or almost white; 

 petals 1-1.5 cm. long: capsules oblong-cylindric, 1.2-1.5 cm. long, much longer 

 than the calyx. — M. S. Occasional, on rocky hillsides along the Conestoga 

 Creek and the Susquehanna. — Limestones, schists. — Spr. — Meadia. Shoot- 

 ing-star. American-cowslip. 



6. SAMOLUS [Tourn.] L. Annual or perennial caulescent herbs of wet 

 places. Leaves alternate: blades entire. Flowers in simple or branched. 



